Speed Increase during peak times

[mahoganyjoint]

Hey

been using skyb for about 2 years now.

For the past 5 months (maybe longer, i really cant remember) my internet has been unbelievably slow, around 0.1 mb during the evening (17:00 - 23:00)

i'd get 2.0 mb during the day, since about 2 days ago the speed has risen at night to about 2.0 mb so i can actually stream videos, surf ect.

Has anything changed in the past few days and will it stay the same.

cheers

[Exdee]

What exchange are you connected to?

Post your router stats

[mahoganyjoint]

my exchange is

SamKnows - Broadband Availability - Milverton (WWMILV) Exchange

trying to find my stats on my router

[mahoganyjoint]

the only info i could find, ignore my router above my name, i actually have a linksys

--- System Information ---
Vendor: Linksys
ModelName: WAG160N
Firmware Version: A1.00.15 , 2009-05-31T16:58:02
GUI Version: A1.00.15_007
Boot Version: 1.0.37-5.4
Hardware Version: 0.01

--- DSL Information ---
DSL Driver Version: AnnexA version - A2pB022g.d20e
DSL VPI/VCI: 0/38
DSL Status: ShowtimeRetrain Reason: 0
DSL Mode: G.DMT
DSL Channel: INTR
DSL Upstream Rate: 448 Kbps
DSL Downstream Rate: 3648 Kbps

Down up
DSL Noise Margin: 4.7 dB 15.0 dB
DSL Attenuation: 52.0 dB 31.5 dB
DSL Transmit Power: 18.9 dBm 12.4 dBm

--- Wireless Information ---
Wireless Driver Version: 6.1.1.111
Wireless Tools Version: 28
Wireless Status: Enabled
Wireless Wide Channel: 9
Wireless Standard Channel: 11- 2.462GHZ
Wireless SSID: linksys

--- Dynamic Information ---
LAN Mac Address: 00:1D:7E:B2:FC8
WAN Mac Address: 00:1D:7E:B2:FCA
Wireless Mac Address: 00:1D:7E:B2:FC9

---

[Exdee]

You are on Sky Connect which is a victim of heavily throttling. It's fortunate that you are experiencing good speeds at the moment but this is likely to be short-lived.

Sorry

[mahoganyjoint]

ahh, i was expecting it anyway, thinking of changing broadband providers because having 0.1 mb during the night is very frustrating.

can you recommend and other isp's that dont throttle and have good reviews?

[Exdee]

I am afraid there are no LLU providers at your exchange which means that any ISP offering broadband in your area will just be offering a rebranded BT product which will not be any different from your existing connection.

You might want to try 3G dongles in peak times if you have decent coverage.

[mahoganyjoint]

so is it sky that throttles my connection or is BT, and i would still get throttled if i changed ISP?

[Exdee]

Basically sky don't have its own equipment in your exchange and are selling you a product which runs on BT's network and has some serious bandwidth issues.

You would still be throttled if you changed ISP.

[mahoganyjoint]

Cheers for your help Exdee

Thats what i get for living in the countryside lol, one day it will change