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Title: Insane packet loss?
Post by: sof2er on Jul 20, 2011, 21:04:48
I'm unable to watch any stream or video as everything keeps buffering, is it a local issue or?

Below is my TBB Link

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/ff1d69732d1703271905554d06a9f90f.html
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: Steve on Jul 20, 2011, 21:08:01
There was a light hearted comment re the release of Mac OS X Lion in another thread . I wonder if the two things fit together as there will be a lot of people trying to download 4Gb of data today all at the same time.
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: jameshurrell on Jul 20, 2011, 21:19:27
All three IDNet lines I monitor are showing the same packet loss as you - seems to have started after a glitch at around 3pm. All three graphs are showing a sharp red line at that time (like yours too).

Browsing seems a bit sluggish here too.
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: Bill on Jul 20, 2011, 21:31:31
I'm seeing that 3pm spike (to varying degrees) on several BQMs that are nothing to do with IDNet, including BE... :dunno:
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: lozcart on Jul 20, 2011, 21:33:39
If it's also affecting other ISPs then it could be due to the Mac Lion release which was around 3.00pm this afternoon.
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: Steve on Jul 20, 2011, 21:33:58
I agree, certainly I don't usually see any packet loss except for the blip after midnight but  my BGM is showing red since early pm and browsing is sluggish even when I've paused my 4Gb download which incidentally probably won't finish until breakfast time.
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: jameshurrell on Jul 20, 2011, 21:36:51
Quote from: Bill on Jul 20, 2011, 21:31:31
I'm seeing that 3pm spike (to varying degrees) on several BQMs that are nothing to do with IDNet, including BE... :dunno:

Weird... didn't lose PPP on any of the lines either... wonder if it was a TBB issue...? Or Lion perhaps!?
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: lozcart on Jul 20, 2011, 21:37:30
I was going to start my download around 12 midnight to get it off peak. I bet we see a Big increase in packet loss around that time tonight.
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: Bill on Jul 20, 2011, 21:40:36
Quote from: lozcart on Jul 20, 2011, 21:33:39
If it's also affecting other ISPs then it could be due to the Mac Lion release which was around 3.00pm this afternoon.

I'm happy to blame the packet loss and speed drops on that, but why the big spike?
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: Technical Ben on Jul 20, 2011, 22:12:50
Mine is reading 88% :O
[edit]
Must be the website. I'm getting 100% A OK for ping requests to google and BBC.
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: Bill on Jul 20, 2011, 22:15:25
Ouch... mine's only about 5%, but that's bad for this time of day.

I think I'll go to bed before midnight tonight, then I can get a good rest before looking at the off-peak figures in the morning :P
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: Steve on Jul 20, 2011, 23:45:51
Things have either suddenly got better or Safari 5.1 is turbo charged compared to the previous version. :dunno:

Edit: I'm fairly certain that suddenly speed and reduced latency has returned.
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: zappaDPJ on Jul 21, 2011, 00:19:42
(http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share-thumb/36c6659b9d48be33d19aa83fc5e9622b-21-07-2011.png) (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/36c6659b9d48be33d19aa83fc5e9622b-21-07-2011.html)

Lots of lag spikes and some packet loss for me but my speed is actually quite good for this time of the day/night.

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/1394705930.png)
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: sof2er on Aug 09, 2011, 16:30:11
Anyone having the same packet loss again? I can't seem to watch any stream or youtube as it keeps buffering constantly. Gaming isn't even going smooth because of the packet loss.
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: Glenn on Aug 09, 2011, 16:36:02
(http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share-thumb/2fcbf916a857f76a675c3e152c8ab0f8-09-08-2011.png) (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/2fcbf916a857f76a675c3e152c8ab0f8-09-08-2011.html)

Looks like I'm getting it too
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: .Griff. on Aug 09, 2011, 17:11:31
Same -

(http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share-thumb/bb3af090336080c82298281801182035-09-08-2011.png) (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/bb3af090336080c82298281801182035-09-08-2011.html)

Probably down to the sheer amount of people online watching news streams waiting to see if it all kicks off again this evening.
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: exxos on Aug 09, 2011, 19:36:25
I've been seeing some problems the past few days, my girlfriend is on sky, we play games via direct IP, and we have been having random drop outs and game slow downs the past couple of days. We both rebooted the router a few hours ago and it seems ok again. I know my download speed dropped from 4mb to 1mb when i tested it a few hours ago too, its back up to 4mb now, so all seems ok for the moment.

Also, while on about speeds, is it possible to increase the upload speed ? I tend to download stuff on my girlfriends pc as she gets sometimes around 15mb and its unlimited so i tend not to bother here anymore, but I do do a lot of website stuff which is mostely uploading and at 30k or so upload speed things can drag on for a while at times.
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: Rik on Aug 10, 2011, 09:57:59
I don't think so, but you could ask support.
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: Simon_idnet on Aug 10, 2011, 12:31:51
We saw a huge increase in traffic to news sites yesterday. Probably people checking the stock markets and riots.
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: Simon on Aug 10, 2011, 12:34:40
Thought it might be something to do with that.
Title: Re: Insane packet loss?
Post by: Rik on Aug 10, 2011, 12:38:08
It's a safe bet that, if the BBC site is slow, something big's happening in the news.