dreadful speed/Not good service

[Rik]

Hi

I try not to raise people's hopes, but always like to explore and eliminate potential sources of problems. Not being privy to what is being said between the OP and IDNet, there may be a good reason for the reversion to a fixed-speed product, before trying again - though it's my understanding that ISPs can arrange for the training period to be re-started.

My big concern is that a prefigured router from IDNet is likely to use the 1458 MTU which Miriam recommends (though I don't know as I didn't buy a router from them). If this is the case and the OP is throwing 1500 packets at it, he's got fragmentation before data even leaves his machine. Tweaking can make significant changes in that situation.

I get very consistent speeds, within 2-3kbps, a little slower than I got at Nildram, but they did have an MTU of 1500, so I'd expect that. Because of the quality and lenght of my line, I'm on a 2500 profile, and need all the help I can get. Tweaking really can, with patience, achieve that. There's a few registry tweaks that can be done additionally to increase the performance of IE6, if used (which I must for my 'net banking).

For the record, optimum performance on Wanadoo was obtained with an MTU of 1430, while AOL users need to set it at 1400.

[old Bill]

Update,
           Have just run the BT speedtester. Very happy with the following result.
Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test:  -provides background information.
    IP profile for your line is - 3000 kbps
    DSL connection rate: 832 kbps(UP-STREAM)  3776 kbps(DOWN-STREAM)
    Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 2771 kbps

If you wish to discuss these results please contact your ISP.

If you are experiencing problems with specific applications, servers or websites please contact your ISP for assistance.

Your test has completed please close this window to exit the performance tester.


   BT were supposed to upgrade my exchange today, Pehaps they have at long last got round  to doing it. Might just be that my line is starting to recover from all the breaks in it. Anyway its going in the right direction now, thanks for everyones help.



   

[Inactive]

Looking good old bill, fingers crossed..