Speed and ping issues!

[Cookiemonster]

Been noticing a decline in my output speed past few days...this is my recent speed test..

Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test:  -provides background information.
    IP profile for your line is - 7150 kbps
    DSL connection rate: 832 kbps(UP-STREAM)  8128 kbps(DOWN-STREAM)
    Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 3893 kbps

Also my ping's are all over the place..This is me pinging the BBC using the 2-Wire ping network test..

Pinging [212.58.253.74] 30 times with: 64 bytes of data

ping successful: icmp_seq=0 time=53 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=1 time=59 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=2 time=57 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=3 time=57 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=4 time=51 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=5 time=54 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=6 time=44 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=7 time=44 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=8 time=48 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=9 time=48 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=10 time=40 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=11 time=39 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=12 time=44 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=13 time=42 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=14 time=46 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=15 time=50 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=16 time=46 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=17 time=51 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=18 time=58 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=19 time=49 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=20 time=52 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=21 time=47 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=22 time=52 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=23 time=49 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=24 time=57 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=25 time=48 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=26 time=51 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=27 time=59 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=28 time=59 ms
ping successful: icmp_seq=29 time=57 ms

As you can see very erratic when i usually have a stable 26-30ms. Any ideas? I have replaced filters and i tried the test socket etc etc.

[Sebby]

I don't think there's anything obvious, so I'd let IDNet know. It's probably a weird BT issue.

[Rik]

Possibly just general degradation of the line, which is becoming more frequent these days, or a congested exchange.

[Cookiemonster]

I tell you what, ADSL is a strange beast, that's everything back to normal now. Ping's and output speed are as they should be!

Another case of ADSL gremlins i think..

[Rik]

Trouble is, Steve, there are so many points along the route that can choke at any instant. You really have to take a long-term view of it. For example, as long as I've been online, I been concious of what I call the Six o'clock Sunday Syndrome - you can almost 'see' traffic levels rise about then, and sites slow down.

[Cookiemonster]

Yeah that's what i thought but it was continuously slow for the past few days so i ruled out that. But as you say it could be a number of things. In future i guess i should only really worry if it becomes 56k speeds

[Rik]

No, it's always worth keeping an eye on things, Steve, but look for trends rather than instances. For example, if pings go high, I run Ping Graph for a day to see if there's a pattern.

[Sebby]

It could have been work at your exchange, but difficult to say. I'm glad it's sorted anyway.

[Cookiemonster]

Well i thought that so i took a walk up and i couldn't see any Openreach or BT vans so i guess it's another mystery.

[Sebby]

Maybe BT have gone green and make the engineers walk to the exchanges now.

[Cookiemonster]

That would be sneaky!!! I always skip a heartbeat just anyway when i see an Openreach van appear in my village. Having them walk  would be more difficult to spot