Speeds

[Ardua]

I have been with IdNet for over 2 years. The one constant has been the speed of my connection; however, over the past few months, downstream speeds have become very variable. This morning I got a downstream speed of 6487 Kbps. This afternoon my downstream speed is down to 2520 Kbps. My profile remains at a constant 8128 Kbps. These speeds are taken from Thinkbroadband as I cannot get BT Speedtester to work. I fear that exchange congestion is to blame. Thoughts/comments - thanks.

[Rik]

Two possibilities, exchange congestion (we've seen a lot of VP congestion lately), or you're on a congested central at IDNet. What are your ping times like, do they vary?

[Ardua]

High technical merit....  Hope that this makes sense.
Ping has started...

PING idnet.com (212.69.36.10): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=59 time=46.245 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=59 time=35.489 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=59 time=33.900 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=3 ttl=59 time=33.357 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=4 ttl=59 time=33.825 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=5 ttl=59 time=37.668 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=6 ttl=59 time=34.806 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=7 ttl=59 time=32.567 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=8 ttl=59 time=36.228 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=9 ttl=59 time=43.514 ms

--- idnet.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 32.567/36.760/46.245/4.337 ms

[Rik]

They're not bad. It would be worth having a word with support and see if they can spot anything odd going on with your line.

[Ardua]

Thanks - will do.

[Ardua]

Rik,

Spoke to Simon at IDnet who suggested a router re-boot. Downstream speed has now risen to 5309 Kbps! Thanks again.

[Rik]

Good news.