Speed issues this eveing

[#1]

Is there an issue this evening with speed and pings, i'm having trouble downloading a file from megaupload and web pages are opening really slowly also pings are timing out.

[#2]

I'm afraid there is. Just look at some of the other posts in the others threads on this board.

[#3]

It was patch Tuesday yesterday.
6 critical updates pushed out to about quarter of a million people
We are starting to see sign of improvement however, but last night would not have been a good indicator.

[#4]

Ok thanks.

[#5]

Quote from: Gloria

It was patch Tuesday yesterday

So what's your excuse for it being slow as hell tonight then?  Pages are taking ages to open, constant time-out and DNS errors are a plenty.    There's no difference from last night, so are you going to say that this is just "patch Wednesday" and be done with it?

[#6]

I rather suspect a lot of people may not have had their computer on yesterday so the Microsoft traffic will still be heavy (although not quite as much as last night).

[#7]

Browsing is a little slower but so far a speed test and ping test to jolt are returning normal results. What gateway are you on?

[#8]

I've noticed a big improvement, what gateway are you on?, do you know what you're current BT  & PN profiles are?

[#9]

well I am on PCL AG03 and have no drop in normal web surfing

[#10]

Wow! ptn-ag1

[#11]

Flying tonight 6M profile pcl-ag03

[#12]

ptn-ag01 

[#13]

Sorry Azagoth re-reading the thread I spotted you wouldn't have realised my questions were for you.
What's your BT and PN profiles?

[#14]

Sorry, didn't realise it was aimed at me.
BT :-

Download speedachieved during the test was - 1354 Kbps
 For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.
 Additional Information:
 Your DSL Connection Rate :7616 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
 IP Profile for your line is - 6500 Kbps

Plusnet :-

Current line speed:    6500

[#15]

OMG, not good (the throughput speed). If you normally achieve that sync speed easily in the evening, you could risk a reboot of the modem/router, but I'd do it by powering down and waiting say 10 minutes before powering up again. If you don't want to do it tonight, do it between say 0900 and 1500 tomorrow to hopefully get the best sync.
Otherwise you could try a soft-disconnect from the internet, to Gateway hop, if you have a Connect/Disconnect button on your Modem/Router interface.
HTH.