Any reason why we are only hitting 2.1Mb/s??

[g0fhm]

Hi Guys,

Anybody know if there are any outages this evening in the Norfolk area? or in the broader sky network?

The router states we are connected at 5728, but on speedtest.net, we are only hitting 2183 tops on download.

Even webpages would be quicker coming by dial up!!

The router has been rebooted a good few times, but to no avail.

If 2183 is the new "evening norm" then we will be ringing for our PAC code.....

:-)

J

[Smithy99]

Need router stats.

Oh, it's a MAC code.

[dholdi]

Speed test sites are unreliable at the best of times, especially so during busy periods such as evenings. Even at 2183 thats nearly 39 times faster than dial up. Some router stats would help make a more informed analysis.

[g0fhm]

Our router is connected at 5727 down and 448 up

Attenuation 19db Down, 11db up

Noise margin 6db Down, 23db upstream.

And it has been rebooted countless times this evening, and even reset!

Yes, speedtest.net can be flaky at the best of times etc etc. But when NVIDIA drivers come down normally at 500K+ per second (as they did this afternoon), and tonight they were coming at 67K/s, and various other known "fast" download sources were no better. It took nearly 15 minutes to install flashplayer onto a PC that I have just built and am in the process of setting up!

Just checked speedtest.net again, and we're now down to 1932bps. That's the best speed, with using a server in Germany!

This is how our last ISP (Orange) went, before we jumped and came to Sky. The wireless is picking up quite a few BT Home Hubs in the area.... I blame them personally, as if people are using them for TV, they are supping our bandwidth :-)

Oh, yes, I know its MAC... I got a new mobile for xmas, and I still have PAC on the brain, as I had a battle with a mobile provider, who were doing everything in their power to stop me from jumping ship.... a quick threat with OFCOMedy did the trick though!

J

[dholdi]

@micmac
Firstly have aread of this.
Sky router stats (speed, noise, attenuation) explained
You will see from this that with your attenuation the best you can expect is @4500.
The fact that you have no mastersocket and that you mention the "first" socket suggests you may have problems with internal wiring.
Now have a read of this thread.
Cabling and faceplate help
And in particular.
Terminology
The ring wire is often a cause of excess noise and improvements can be seen by removing it.

@g0fhm - wireless then, try thernet cable to see what that gives, I bet its an improvement. If you have to stay with wireless try different channels until you find one thats better. All those neighbours may be on the same or nearby channel as you clogging up the airways.

[googleme]

Originally Posted by g0fhm

448 up

Connect package, you going through traffic shaping by the sounds of things

[g0fhm]

3 of the PC's on the network at home ARE hard wired... including this one!

I generally only turn the wireless on, when I need to use it.... more secure that way!

I'm using the one I'm in the process of building on a USB wireless dongle, and there isnt a hell of a lot of difference..... maybe cos it's only a few feet from the router!!

I'll bet that at round 23.00 things will pick up again, as and when people start flicking switches, and going to bed......

Another thing that really gets on my pip (totally unrelated to speed issues) is that our local Exchange (Downham Market - 01366), for some reason does not appear to have had it's local loop unbundled.... it's a big town (bigger than some that have LLU).. and for some reason, we can never get on any of the "Free" ADSL services (TalkTalk for instance), all have to be paid for.... contrary to what Sky told us when we signed up, and found later that we were being charged for broadband!! What did they give us?? a £40 credit!!

Right rant over :-)

J

[dholdi]

Well in that case you are not on mid, as your profile states, but connect.
This is a rebadged BT product and traffic shaping at peak times is employed.

[g0fhm]

So basically, we are being throttled at peak times, and not getting the speeds that we are paying £20/month for? Is that it? lol

[googleme]

To be blunt yes your getting throttled. If you where on bt's equipment with any other ISP you would get the same.

Maybe worth looking at netmeter to look at your useage.

There are one or two of us looking at work around or fixes to this problem..... No 100% fixes yet though