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Odd broadband speed problem
Mark Allanson - 20/10/07 at 08:51 AM

I am with Pipex and have had excellent speeds until last week when I first noticed this weird problem.

When first booted, the connection is around 5meg and progressively slows down the longer I use the connection until after an hour it is sub dial up speed.

I have changed the DNS server numbers but it has made no difference, I live 400yards from the exchange, no virus found by AVG or any online checkers, regcleaner has cleaned, I don't know what to check next.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Mark


britishtrident - 20/10/07 at 10:03 AM

Sounds like an equipment problem at either your end or the exchange, I had something similar just over a year ago it was the card at the exchange took a long to get it fixed, it was only after the voice line also went down that I managed to get it fixed.

To prove it you will need to try another router.


andyharding - 20/10/07 at 10:39 AM

This will give you a positive read out of your download speed for comparison purposes:-

http://www.inetc.co.uk/speedtest/


phoenix70 - 20/10/07 at 10:48 AM

Do they have any download limits, if so have you hit it and they are throttling you back


tegwin - 20/10/07 at 11:47 AM

Stop downloading the porn....that will speed things back up again


eccsmk - 21/10/07 at 10:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by andyharding
This will give you a positive read out of your download speed for comparison purposes:-

http://www.inetc.co.uk/speedtest/

sorry to hijack but i tested mine and it saysmy download speed is
698.9 Kbps.


britishtrident - 22/10/07 at 10:44 AM

quote:
Originally posted by eccsmk
quote:
Originally posted by andyharding
This will give you a positive read out of your download speed for comparison purposes:-

http://www.inetc.co.uk/speedtest/

sorry to hijack but i tested mine and it saysmy download speed is
698.9 Kbps.


How far are you from the exchange ?
Braoadband speed depends on distance, and other factors that effect line attenuation and signal to noise ration

Most modsem-routers have a diagnostic page that you can use to test the attenuations and snr.



[Edited on 22/10/07 by britishtrident]