Internet Speeds, and Problems . . .

[Glitch100]

Internet...

Well as we all know, Internet is pretty much on the up recently in comparison to most things.
...But with such good things are always problems. Personally im experiencing some devastating lag recently online, and for downloads. So i thought i'd go have a speedtest whilst on LAPTOP (wireless; which i know slows internet somewhat) and whilst on Xbox, not downloading, just on Dashboard.
And here were my results:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/412015284.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Which is pretty average i suppose, and id suspect my Ping to be around 40, if im going through wired Internet on the laptop, or just on xbox which is also wired.

So then im downloading some updates for the LOTRO Trial, and it occurs to me, that im capping at 220KBps, on download, and its like that through torrents or just general downloads also.

Then it occurs to me; WHY dont i download at anything above that, or even so; NEAR my 1900 odd download speed?



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Also, on a side note, everyone go on Speedtest (WWW.SPEEDTEST.NET) and link your results here. (IMG tags)


And i also did this 'Glasnost' test to see if your ISP interferes with your downloads, or manipulates your connection and mine dosen't; and on there the download in a torrent test was like 500KBps :?
Heres a link to the test if you want to do it; Scroll down:
Link (http://broadband.mpi-sws.org/transparency/bttest.php)

[bingo83]

There are many reasons why you dont download at the max bandwidth available to you. The main one will be that not every site has the ability to offer you downloads at your max speed. Some will give you the full whack but others will cap it to 100kbs or less.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/402226700.png

Here is mine, i can max out my bandwidth downloading from Newsgroups and can get upto 700k a sec depending on time of day.

With the pic above I would get a max of 520k a sec and upload of 120k a sec.

Which is more than enough for most things including browsing and running two 360's online at the same time.

A remember there is huge difference between Kilobits (http://www.matisse.net/bitcalc/) and Kilobytes.

[SkyChat]

How am I doing?

http://www.speedtest.net/result/402353725.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Fleeboi]

How am I doing?

http://www.speedtest.net/result/402353725.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Much better than me.

1.5mb down, 700kbs up. CBF to go to Speedtest to have it confirm it, I just know it is that.

[phatmuther]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/402199500.png


So then im downloading some updates for the LOTRO Trial, and it occurs to me, that im capping at 220KBps, on download, and its like that through torrents or just general downloads also.

Then it occurs to me; WHY dont i download at anything above that, or even so; NEAR my 1900 odd download speed?


You are downloading at your max speed. The 1976 doesnt represent the download speed you can get, It represents your connection speed. Your at 2mb which tops out around 190-220ks/s

Remember when everywhere had 512kb/s broadband? Max download speed was 50kb/s ish. Basically just take the last digit off for a rough download speed.

[atheistium]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/402543324.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

My internets sucks.

[Raisedbyflames]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/402546005.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
heres mine it doesnt seem that fast i get host alot on cod for some reason

[Mant]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/402553028.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Not too shabby. Hi ping though for the speed - hmm.

It really depends on the server your grabbing files from, the bandwidth speed they have and the load on them from other users too. I doubt I ever max out my connection over Live or PSN when downloading content from them, especially at busy times when a decent piece of content is release, which has been pretty rare recently.

Just need someone from Korea to blow all us brits/euros away with their 100Mb speeds. *sigh*

[Wriggy]

Prepare to go crazy...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/402557709.png

EDIT
I just noticed my ping :|

I manage to lag on every Xbox Live game I play (with exceptions of course). :(

[mjmaskrey]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/402557937.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Pretty damn good for only £10 a month unlimited usage, no throttling or capping etc. Can usually squeeze a bit more out of it too...upto 14mb down.

:)

[silentbazz]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/402598712.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Pretty happy with that, it's not the best but then we cannot get Cable (it's North Wales, FFS, I'm just pleased I can get broadband!) ;)

[Dcontrol]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/402745529.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

It's been much worse but it supports 3 360's on xbox live with ease. Tried that theory out on the weekend with no problems.

1.5mb down, 700kbs up. CBF to go to Speedtest to have it confirm it, I just know it is that.

Well at least it's better than that time you only had dial up like speeds.

[Raisedbyflames]

yeah i get 3 pcs and 2 360s out of it while im downloading

[bingo83]

Most of your upload speeds are shockingly low. How some of you game on live is beyond me, unless your all a bunch of Narrowband Assassins ;)

[Glitch100]

:'(
Me wun better intarnetz :(

[Snowy M1nge]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/403160592.png

Suck my upstream -----es, I win :)

In reality my downstream is at around 1.8 MBps which is 1800KBPS on the speedtest scale, I can alter my Signal to Noise ratios to get 2.4 MBps but with it at that I lose a bit of Upstream. And for games, it's the upstream that counts, so that's how I have it set right now :) If I didn't use XBL much, I'd have it set to download and would get 2600kbps - around 2.4MBps and about 1500kbps Upstream :D

I'd say I get host on Halo even with a 50% American party around 70% of the time :) For some reason my ping is bad? No idea why, that's bull----, lol :p

EDIT)- I might play around with my router settings and see what results I get :p

Oh just checked, and apparantly my ISP has been having problems with ICMP (Ping) so that's why my ping is 80+ :p

[Dcontrol]

Most of your upload speeds are shockingly low. How some of you game on live is beyond me

Mine used to be around the 180 kb/s mark before even under a 100 kb/s so it was even worse but lately my speeds have improved a lot. A quick phone call to my "chums" at BT and all is normal again.

[damien©]

Introducing Dial-Up on Acid....

http://www.speedtest.net/result/410840821.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Suck my Chuddys!

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It's hardly ----ing worth it :D

[Snowy M1nge]

Introducing Dial-Up on Acid....

http://www.speedtest.net/result/410840821.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Suck my Chuddys!

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It's hardly ----ing worth it :D

The upload isn't to far away from some broadband customers I know :p

[Glitch100]

(Points at self)

[Superbean]

I feel your pain Glitch

http://www.speedtest.net/result/411333528.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

This is on a good day, most of the time it only caps 1200Kbps

[Jodaphone]

I thought I would just leave this here...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/411926332.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Glitch100]

I feel your pain Glitch

http://www.speedtest.net/result/411333528.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

This is on a good day, most of the time it only caps 1200Kbps

Dude...
Its so True :(
I wun good internetz :(

[phatmuther]

Mine is too depressing... :'(

[Snowy M1nge]

It says BT under the speeds?

[Veteran]

Dunno what the packages are in the UK, but don't forget that if you are getting phone + TV + Internet through the same pipe, that there are certain bandwidth limits set aside for the phone and TV. Here in France, the TV takes priority for my ISP. I always get better network connectivity when the TV is off.

Not sure if this is quantifiable or not, but it seems to me that if you have a decent connection to a game in XBL, you are slowed down to the slowest connection. E.g. if I have 4 green bars and somebody else has 2 yellow bars, then all players will be slowed down to 2 yellow bars. I tend to get better results when I don't have the best network conection to a game, otherwise I just see people skating across the screen.

[damien©]

It says BT under the speeds?

Depending on what ISP you are with, depends on what it says.(Y)

[WHM Wiwar]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/416134105.png

Nothing better than a good virgin :)

[Matttbh]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/416150608.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/416149005.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Tried London and Maidenhead, lol at the London ping.

[Raisedbyflames]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/416288023.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

bt need to sort this out or im leaving ----- i carnt even get in a game of cod waw

[Fleeboi]

My ping is always around 80+.

Raised, that ping is bad. Is that the closest server?

[Raisedbyflames]

yeah ive done maidenhead and london and its the same ----

http://www.speedtest.net/result/416291626.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

the fact is i should be pushing 7 or 8 and this is a joke its throttling for sure they do it too much -----

[Dcontrol]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/402745529.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Old ISP BT (above) new ISP Sky (below).

[/URL][URL="http://www.speedtest.net"]http://www.speedtest.net/result/459084918.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

This was done on a wireless network (I know I should test it with the wired connection for the best result)

How the distance is different on the both of them I have no clue but I'm happy to be back online and I have better speeds for less money as well. I never have to speak to BT ever again (cue manic laughter).

EDIT - 17th May

Just thought I'd test it out again but on the pc this time. It's getting better.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/475311605.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

So far the difference in ISP's is astonishing. BT are abysmal in comparison to Sky so far so good :).

[fincheyboy]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/459124687.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Back to normal again, pretty happy with mine atm. Touch wood. :)

[Sean]

Worst here?

http://www.speedtest.net/result/459293536.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Glitch100]

It might be atm Sean, but recently my internet has been dropping to 0.01MB/s
and no upload basically haha...
So i call Virgin, and they tell me its my end. Its never happened, and at 5PM Most days it does it now... :@

http://www.speedtest.net/result/459299531.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Thats it atm...
Hopefully it stays that way.

[Sean]

Well my result runs 3 xboxes playing on Live and 4 computers browsing the internet so I don't know why it's so low.

[phatmuther]

Worst here?

http://www.speedtest.net/result/459293536.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


Booya!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/527089506.png

What the ---- BT. Took me ten mins to post this.

[Dcontrol]

BBC Link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8171074.stm) I think a lot of us can relate to this. Seems Virgin Media are the daddy in the UK.

[MattyElite69]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/527109594.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I'm amazed I can even connect to this site :unsure:
Hands up if yours is worse than this?
I long for hands.

[phatmuther]

Erm... two posts up ;)

[Dcontrol]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/527122005.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Just thought I'd test mine out as I haven't for a while and it all seems to be working fine :).

[MattyElite69]

Erm... two posts up ;)

By the beard of Zeus.....

[phatmuther]

Haha, to be fair though that was just for this afternoon, not constantly. So if thats yours all the time, I feel for you.

[Glitch100]

Heres mine from this afternoon:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/528618277.png
Thats my new speed from my original (main post)

[Project-Cooper]

Heh...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/529594807.png


...this was done on a wireless connection, should try it on a wired one later. :P