Somethings going on here!

[Ted]

Wow, something not right here at all!!
The net seemed a bit sluggish so i ran a few speedtests.

My speeds are almost never under 6meg download and if they are, only just.
I'll keep an eye on it and see what happens.


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[Rik]

Yet another isolated, unexplained, report Ted. My speeds are spot on still. Do you know when you go 21CN?

[Ted]

IIRC its late 2009. I'm not overly bothered, looks like a had a few random PPP disconnects recently going by the logs.

[Rik]

Which are the symptoms I've seen when I've been able to identify 21CN work.

I wish BT would come clean on what exactly to expect from the work, and when.

[Ted]

Hopefully just a glitch somewhere
I'll frighten the life out of the router and reboot it in the morning if there's no change. But i'm sure it'll be fine.

[Rik]

I always find a stern talking to works wonders, Ted. Showing it a Netgear is quite effective too.

[Inactive]

I had similar last night as well, speeds dropped by about half, all OK again today.

[Ted]

I had similar last night as well, speeds dropped by about half, all OK again today.

your speeds never drop, the end is nigh 

[Ted]

I always find a stern talking to works wonders, Ted. Showing it a Netgear is quite effective too.

Ah! I gave the Netgear to my mate Chris, so it will have to be "bat therapy" again.

[Inactive]

your speeds never drop, the end is nigh 

They have been,  this past week or so Ted.. 

[Sebby]

I just ran a Namesco speedtest and got very poor results (around 600k, compared with my usual 4000k). I'm just trying to do a BT speed test (trying being the key word) to see if it's Namesco or something else.

[Ted]

I just ran a Namesco speedtest and got very poor results (around 600k, compared with my usual 4000k). I'm just trying to do a BT speed test (trying being the key word) to see if it's Namesco or something else.

Woo Hoo!! (sorry sebby) not just me then

[Sebby]

Right, the results from the BT speed test are fine, so I suspect it's a Namesco issue.

[Rik]

I've just run one, Sebby, slightly optimistic for a 3000 profile, but in their normal range.

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1208016961&v=4064646

[Ted]

Right, the results from the BT speed test are fine, so I suspect it's a Namesco issue.

Rats!!

[Sebby]

I've just run one, Sebby, slightly optimistic for a 3000 profile, but in their normal range.

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1208016961&v=4064646

Very strange.

[Ray]

All fine here as well.

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1208017157&v=4064677

[Rik]

Very strange.

Server load? Network traffic at that time? Wind direction? It's why I don't put too much faith in testers - too many variables.

[Inactive]

My speed is down by around 25% at BT, Thinkbroadband and at Namesco.

Reminds me of my days at Plusnet.. 

[Ted]

Tried a BT test but won't finish Grrrrrrrrr!

Have a look at these, you'd think someone would run a grammar check, at least!

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[Rik]

It's probably being hosted in India, Ted.

[Ted]

No doubt at all.

[Inactive]

Looks like a Java problem?? Ted, mine works OK using IE6.

[Ted]

Yes i saw that but it said there was a problem right at the start, i didn't expect it to go any further but it did, only not to finish.
I'll try again later, don't usually have any problem.

[wonder woman]

Have had very low speeds for most of this week.  Just run a speedtest on thinkbroadband and this is the result




Date   12/04/08 17:12:35      
Speed Down   430.05 Kbps ( 0.4 Mbps )      
Speed Up   376.34 Kbps ( 0.4 Mbps )      
Port   8095      
Server   speedtest1.adslguide.org.uk   


Unfortunately I am unable to run the bt speedtest.  Spoke to support on Friday afternoon and the lady suggested I send them the results of my speed test over the weekend if I have sluggish speeds.  Obviously I will be doing this.  I know my line wont take a great speed but this is really slow and driving the old man up the wall.