WBC - successful connections

Sebby · Jun 16, 2009, 12:46:34

Quote from: stevethegas on Jun 16, 2009, 11:14:45
I believe the rise in downstream attenuation is a feature of ADSL2+ as compared with ADSL2 and ADSL

That's correct. ADSL2+ adds a few dBs.

Noreen · Jun 16, 2009, 14:37:25

Apparently my new connection was made at around 11.30 this morning. I'm using a Netgear DG834v3 with latest firmware. The router's new details are shown below.

BT test site is busy so haven't been able to do a test there yet.
Speedtest.com says 12.66MBs/0.89MBs
MySpeed says 12.3MBs/894KBs
Speed.io says 11.56MBs/974KBs
ThinkBroadBand says 8.9MBs/0.9MBs

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Rik · Jun 16, 2009, 15:45:25

I have a feeling the BT site doesn't recognise new connections for a day or two, Noreen, either that or there's dozens of us who went over today and want to find out what our profiles are.

ThinkBroadband seems to have been conservative for me too, the rest were within a whisker of each other so I am reasonably confident I've gained 400k, as much as I could have expected. You, otoh...

Noreen · Jun 16, 2009, 17:14:35

I tried TBB again just now and got 4.9 MBs down and then noticed the ref to port 80. I ticked that and got 7.8MBs down so apparently it does make a difference.

I noticed when looking at my router's logs that the connection took a little while to settle down, it's stayed connected since.

QuoteTue, 2009-06-16 10:52:03 - LCP down.
Tue, 2009-06-16 10:52:11 - Initialize LCP.
Tue, 2009-06-16 10:52:11 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Tue, 2009-06-16 10:52:41 - CHAP authentication success
Tue, 2009-06-16 10:57:54 - LCP down.
Tue, 2009-06-16 11:01:37 - Initialize LCP.
Tue, 2009-06-16 11:01:37 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Tue, 2009-06-16 11:02:38 - Initialize LCP.
Tue, 2009-06-16 11:02:38 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Tue, 2009-06-16 11:03:14 - CHAP authentication success
Tue, 2009-06-16 11:06:13 - LCP down.
Tue, 2009-06-16 11:06:44 - Initialize LCP.
Tue, 2009-06-16 11:06:44 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Tue, 2009-06-16 11:07:08 - CHAP authentication success
Tue, 2009-06-16 11:27:17 - LCP down.
Tue, 2009-06-16 11:27:53 - Initialize LCP.
Tue, 2009-06-16 11:27:53 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Tue, 2009-06-16 11:28:16 - CHAP authentication success

Rik · Jun 16, 2009, 17:22:07

I've just had the one re-sync, Noreen, but what's puzzling both IDNet and me is that my sync speed changed by just 3k, and neither speed was a multiple of 32k as was always the case with Max.

lozcart · Jun 16, 2009, 17:28:20

I have had three re-syncs this afternoon 7237,7274 and 7282.

Rik · Jun 16, 2009, 17:30:23

Again, none a multiple of 32k. It does seem like the goalposts have moved.

4Way · Jun 16, 2009, 18:31:42

When I was swapped over I was able to do a BT speedtest the same day. I think I did it about 7 -8 hours after the swap.

Rik · Jun 16, 2009, 18:34:57

It must like you (or there were a lot of people swapped today).

weemee · Jun 16, 2009, 18:55:46

Hi all,

I swapped over today too. I'm not sure things are working out too well though. Here are my stats:

ADSL Link Downstream
Connection Speed 15227 kbps
Line Attenuation 22 db
Noise Margin 7 db

ADSL Link Upstream
Connection Speed 855 kbps
Line Attenuation 5.5 db
Noise Margin 6 db

The problem seems to be a lack of speed. The average speed test seems to give about 400kbps, I havent been able to download any files above about 300kbps.

An ADSLguide speed test have given me the following:
Speed Down 688.99 Kbps ( 0.7 Mbps )
Speed Up 721.97 Kbps ( 0.7 Mbps )

Do you think I am expecting to much too quick or is something wrong?

Thanks

Rik · Jun 16, 2009, 18:58:23

It may be a profile issue, can you manage a BT speed test? I started off OK, with speeds of around 3.3M, but my latest tests have shown just 600k, lower than I've ever seen on Max.

weemee · Jun 16, 2009, 19:07:11

Quote from: Rik on Jun 16, 2009, 18:58:23
It may be a profile issue, can you manage a BT speed test? I started off OK, with speeds of around 3.3M, but my latest tests have shown just 600k, lower than I've ever seen on Max.

Hi Rik,

Thanks for the reply. here is my BT speed test results:

Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 15224 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 852 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 13000 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 2938

Regards

Rik · Jun 16, 2009, 19:12:51

Pretty yuk, weemee, a bit like mine. The next few days will be 'interesting' to say the least.

lozcart · Jun 16, 2009, 19:15:44

I've just managed a BT speed test with the following results:

Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 7280 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 760 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 6780 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 3755 kbps

Is it a normal line profile?

Bill · Jun 16, 2009, 19:22:32

Quote from: Rik on Jun 16, 2009, 18:58:23
It may be a profile issue, can you manage a BT speed test? I started off OK, with speeds of around 3.3M, but my latest tests have shown just 600k, lower than I've ever seen on Max.

Not dissimilar here. I was getting around 8.5Mbps after the profile hike, then it dropped to under 1Mbps around 6-7pm, now it's back to about 6Mbps.

Activity monitor trace looks like severe congestion...

BT Test finally let me in:

Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 11580 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 1023 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 10000 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 6089 kbps

Simon · Jun 16, 2009, 19:25:03

It will be interesting to see if speeds pick up later this evening, after peak time.

Rik · Jun 16, 2009, 19:26:12

You're way better off than me, Bill. I've just had a re-sync to 3822/795 (roughly the same d/s as with Max), but can only get 1M d/s, the slowest speed I've ever seen from IDNet. Something is not good in the land of WBC and, while it's too early to form a judgement, my fears about making to move seem to be coming to pass.

Rik · Jun 16, 2009, 19:29:07

Quote from: lozcart on Jun 16, 2009, 19:15:44
I've just managed a BT speed test with the following results:

Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 7280 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 760 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 6780 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 3755 kbps

Is it a normal line profile?

Sorry, missed this one. No, I've not got that profile on my list at all.

lozcart · Jun 16, 2009, 19:34:17

Quote from: Rik on Jun 16, 2009, 19:29:07
Sorry, missed this one. No, I've not got that profile on my list at all.

Thats what i thought Rik $:-\$

Rik · Jun 16, 2009, 19:36:34

It's very odd, though BT have been a bit secretive about WBC profiles, so maybe they've snuck that one in?

Bill · Jun 16, 2009, 20:07:03

I'm just downloading a Java update for the Mac... 158MB, estimated time 40 minutes

I hope something improves...

Sebby · Jun 16, 2009, 20:08:03

That's certainly possible, Rik. Anything's possible when it comes to BT!

weemee · Jun 16, 2009, 20:14:03

Quote from: Bill on Jun 16, 2009, 20:07:03
I'm just downloading a Java update for the Mac... 158MB, estimated time 40 minutes

I hope something improves...

It's so bad here I can't even run the Tiscalli Speed test

Edit: It ran, but isn't pretty

Your current bandwidth reading is:
86.10kbps
which means you can download at 10.76 KB/sec. from our servers

You know what I don't think I'll bother at that speed!

Rik · Jun 16, 2009, 20:23:22

I'm afraid evening treacle is the order of the day today, see Simon's announcement. I'm spitting blood, I can only imagine how he feels.

PuncH · Jun 16, 2009, 20:24:48

Certainly seems like I'm not the only one either then!

Even though I swapped over early Saturday morning it wasn't finalised until last night...and then this happened:

Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 17847 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 1240 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 15000 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 1515 kbps

To me, that points to everything being fine between my router and my exchange? Would I be right in thinking that?