slow connection?

[jamis]

Well , im on 2.2mb and i just tested my internet connection and i got 130kb/sec. Im with bt also on mir i lagg like FK and no1 else laggs..

Just to save ingel to post -
PC is scanned no viruses/adware. and i restarted it.

 

[Ragnar]

Heh actually i was going to ask that :P but well, maybe BT is just overloaded atm? As in many people connected, try do several test's and try do a test the next day?

 

[stan]

bt r **** end off

 

[Ragnar]

bt r **** end off

IMO BT is the best bb provider, i would never say that for AOL tho

 

[TheBoss]

IMO BT is the best bb provider, i would never say that for AOL tho

Ntl pwn BT :jog:

 

[DarkXXX]

Ntl pwn BT :jog:

aint ntl cable thow? or am i just wrong? :P

 

[jamis]

Ntl pwn BT :jog:

Ntl is like bt only craper.

the max speed i ever got is 1.1mb on the test.

and bt are crap , took them 2 months to ugprade my connnection.on the phone "ok please allow 7days to upgrade"...

 

[TheBoss]

Naa ntl pwned end off dont like it f o

 

[Ragnar]

Ntl is like bt only craper.

the max speed i ever got is 1.1mb on the test.

and bt are crap , took them 2 months to ugprade my connnection.on the phone "ok please allow 7days to upgrade"...

Try do a test somewhere in the morning tomorrow when the line is surely not overloaded.

 

[Demonic]

As with anything on the Net (be it NTL, AOL, BT etc...) it depends on how swamped your shared connection is - yes thats right - you share your connection with lots of other people.

Mostly you will find that a lot in your area (inc Yourself eh) will be using BitTorrent and raping that connection 24/7 and people wonder why its slow!!!

I am on NTL 2mbit and I get 250KB/Sec all the time unless the other end is crap...

 

[Ragnar]

As with anything on the Net (be it NTL, AOL, BT etc...) it depends on how swamped your shared connection is - yes thats right - you share your connection with lots of other people.

Mostly you will find that a lot in your area (inc Yourself eh) will be using BitTorrent and raping that connection 24/7 and people wonder why its slow!!!

I am on NTL 2mbit and I get 250KB/Sec all the time unless the other end is crap...

I shared my connection with my neighbour.. that is just sick considering he was downloading movies 24/7... i was lucky to get 15KB/s on a 1MB shared line lol.

 

[DarkXXX]

As with anything on the Net (be it NTL, AOL, BT etc...) it depends on how swamped your shared connection is - yes thats right - you share your connection with lots of other people.

Mostly you will find that a lot in your area (inc Yourself eh) will be using BitTorrent and raping that connection 24/7 and people wonder why its slow!!!

I am on NTL 2mbit and I get 250KB/Sec all the time unless the other end is crap...

think i share mine with my whole estate, best download speeds i get are around 120kb/s, as for bit torrents, i get around 30kb/s tops, for p2p download progs i get about 50kb/s tops =/

on 1mb talktalk line

 

[jamis]

Heh actually i was going to ask that :P but well, maybe BT is just overloaded atm? As in many people connected, try do several test's and try do a test the next day?

Well , you try to be helpful but at the same time iritating. Mainly because u say the same thing over and over and over....

"my pc is working slow"
try anti virus
"my internet working slow"
try anti virus or "keep trying lots of tests daily!! cos lotz a people are connected"
"i cant see the video i need a codec.."
well serch on the internet and dl the codec
Do you do this intentionaly to get a +1? or are u just plain stupid.

And dark did u get cara bk ?

 

[Demonic]

ADSL - on a 50:1 conntention - means it shares XXX Bandwidth with 50 people - theory been not everybody will be using the net at the same time..

Cable Modem - 200 people per UBR sharing XXX Bandwidth - same as above...

What happens though is lets say 10 of them all DOwnload or Upload at the same time on your 50:1 there - this will use up all the bandwidth and thus when you start downloading/ playing games - it is crap on a stick...

Solution for this:::::

Most ISP's will bring in a CAP - NTL is 1 GIG day / 30 GIG month (Guideline only atm) and BT I think is 15 gig or 25 Gig depending on which one you choose. In JUNE 2005 BT will enfoce the Cap so once you go over that 15 GIGS - something happens (slow down your connection or whatever)...

At the end of the Day Broadband was never meant to be used as a Permanent 24/7 Line grabbing Files - people will do this though - why buy a game when you can download it !!! At the end of the Day you cannot really complain, it is sold as a Shared Service and a bit like the Airlines, they overbook...simple tbh

 

[urbanfox]

wow, that must suck, shared bandwidth and all *looks as modem and smiles*

 

[Pete107]

NTL will slow the conec down or fine you, the best provider I know of is Telewest they aint got a cap YET I dunno if it ever will.
Where NTL isn't Telewest is
Where Telewest isn't NTL is
They came to an agreement and thats what happend, im stuck with this 1GB a day on NTL which sucks because my Dad down loads movies so i get a limited share, if I was to go on BT lets say 1mb conec I wouldnt get the full speed even if it wasn't networked because the lines around my area arn't "clean" so they say and BT wont sort it so even if I was on a fastest connection I I would never get the max speed.

 

[Demonic]

NTL will slow the conec down or fine you, the best provider I know of is Telewest they aint got a cap YET I dunno if it ever will.
Where NTL isn't Telewest is
Where Telewest isn't NTL is
They came to an agreement and thats what happend, im stuck with this 1GB a day on NTL which sucks because my Dad down loads movies so i get a limited share, if I was to go on BT lets say 1mb conec I wouldnt get the full speed even if it wasn't networked because the lines around my area arn't "clean" so they say and BT wont sort it so even if I was on a fastest connection I I would never get the max speed.

Where on earth do you get this infomation??? NTL have a Guideline ONLY, has been like this for some time now, way before they upgraded everybody to 1/2/3Mbit. They wont lsow down your connection, they wont Fine you - nothing will happen at all. If you Download/Upload 24/7 and a lot of people in your area complain about a crap connection then they WILL write you a letter - only problem is I can count on One hand how many people had a letter so far.

I know of at least 5 people in my area alone that Grab 24.7 - yet my connection is fine, always has been. Maybe this has something to do with the fact that its Fibre (1Gbit) to the UBR box and can handle all these people fine?? I personally HATE BitTorrent - Why wait a week for a Game that I cannot play online when I can nip to the shops, buy a REAL copy and get the Updates + Play Online no problem...As for Movies - You honeslty want to watch that Star Wars III on some CAM job with people in the background and poor Quality or would you rather experience it on a BIG screen with proper sound...hmmm

 

[Pete107]

i dont download much i dont down load movies my dad does.

 

[Ragnar]

Well , you try to be helpful but at the same time iritating. Mainly because u say the same thing over and over and over....

"my pc is working slow"
try anti virus
"my internet working slow"
try anti virus or "keep trying lots of tests daily!! cos lotz a people are connected"
"i cant see the video i need a codec.."
well serch on the internet and dl the codec
Do you do this intentionaly to get a +1? or are u just plain stupid.

And dark did u get cara bk ?

Actually most of the times that people's comp is working slow, is mostly because of spyware/adware. As for internet slow, i didnt say do daily tests. I said just try do another test the next morning when most of the people are at work or at school. For the codec, you didnt actually say

I cant see the video, i need a codec

you just said that you cant see the video, you can just see hear the sound. So i thought that you really are stupid and you dont even know what a codec is, or that you dont know what you need to do, i just said what you do need to do.:bounce:

 

[Insane]

NTL will slow the conec down or fine you, the best provider I know of is Telewest they aint got a cap YET I dunno if it ever will.
Where NTL isn't Telewest is
Where Telewest isn't NTL is
They came to an agreement and thats what happend, im stuck with this 1GB a day on NTL which sucks because my Dad down loads movies so i get a limited share, if I was to go on BT lets say 1mb conec I wouldnt get the full speed even if it wasn't networked because the lines around my area arn't "clean" so they say and BT wont sort it so even if I was on a fastest connection I I would never get the max speed.

NTL are gonna own Telewest, if they dont already afiak! And NTL own Cable & Wireless too....

heres a transcript about the merger from January this year!!

Rivals of NTL and Telewest are pushing for conditions to be attached to any merger of the two businesses that would force the cable companies to open their network to other telecoms operators.
With both companies having completed their financial restructurings, investment bankers expect them to merge this year. While refusing to comment directly on the possibility of creating a single British cable television operator, executives from both companies are mindful of the potential benefits of a deal.

But the possibility of more regulation could cause a real headache. One regulatory expert said yesterday: "Any merged business would be larger and more likely to face tighter regulation."

There is a growing desire among telecoms companies for NTL and Telewest, whose fibre-optic cables reach more than 13 million UK homes, to open up their networks so other companies can provide services such as broadband internet access.

AOL, the internet service provider (ISP), has a deal with both companies to use their lines for narrowband internet access but so far has only managed to secure a deal for broadband access with NTL. In contrast, there are several hundred ISPs using BT's lines, which reach all the country's 25 million households, to provide broadband access.

"It would be very helpful to have open access to their net works in the same way as we do with BT," said one ISP executive. "That would be especially important if the two companies merged."

Any deal would have to be approved by the Office of Fair Trading, which can call on advice from the telecoms regulator Ofcom during its inquiry. Ofcom and other bodies in the industry can also make their views on the merger known to the OFT during its investigation.

In its review of the market last year, Ofcom ruled that neither NTL nor Telewest had significant market power in the provision of wholesale broadband access and held back from demanding that either company allow rivals to use its infrastructure.

Others in the industry, how ever, believe that a merger of the two would create a company with significant market power and will make their case if a merger is announced.

BT's chief executive, Ben Verwaayen, made several comments last year about the competitive importance of Britain's cable network in the overall market for broadband. Yesterday, a spokesman for the company said that its regulatory advisers would scrutinise any planned merger of NTL and Telewest.

But BT's own retail arm is an obvious proponent of opening up the cable network as NTL has already made it plain that it intends to take part in local loop unbundling, the process by which BT's own local phone lines are made available to rival operators.