BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

[TW]Fox · 24 Jan 2013 at 20:27

Anyone else getting really slow connections to the forums right now? rest of the net seems fine.

R.O.S.S.I · 24 Jan 2013 at 20:29

Fine for me mate.

Sycho · 24 Jan 2013 at 20:48

[TW]Fox;23626024 said:
Anyone else getting really slow connections to the forums right now? rest of the net seems fine.

Yeah it's really annoying....seems to happen now and then too.

Brummies · 24 Jan 2013 at 20:53

[TW]Fox;23626024 said:
Anyone else getting really slow connections to the forums right now? rest of the net seems fine.

Yeah i've got it here too

Locky · 24 Jan 2013 at 21:16

Same here, but my inet is slow anyway at this time.

parityboy · 24 Jan 2013 at 21:20

HEADRAT said:
Meh!, for 330Mbps I could convince myself its worth it

For those speeds, so could I.

R.O.S.S.I said:
If I purchased a Huawei off Ebay would it be as simple as just swapping the ECI modem over with the Huawei and it would auto pick up the connection on the Huawei and continue running as normal?

If I end up with an ECI, I'll likely hit eBay and get an Huawei.

Rusty0611 · 24 Jan 2013 at 21:29

[TW]Fox;23626024 said:
Anyone else getting really slow connections to the forums right now? rest of the net seems fine.

Yeah same.

George Hincapie · 24 Jan 2013 at 22:42

Really slow Internet browsing tonight

Not just OCUK, but all of the sites I use. Tried OpenDNS settings in my laptop and it made no difference.

Download speeds are fine - bizarre.

Any ideas?

Lazy · 24 Jan 2013 at 22:49

Same as above, slow connection to OCUK intermittently tonight everything else seems fine.

Rroff · 24 Jan 2013 at 22:51

Getting the same here, not just to OcUK but seems to affect some sites worse than others, seems to be a fairly wide area issue. Suspect LINX is having problems.

KIA said:
It isn't that difficult! See my link above. There is a solder-free method.

Still involves opening the modem up and buying extra stuff tho - if I'm gonna order extra parts, etc. I might as well just order a replacement VDSL modem thats unlocked out the box

George Hincapie · 24 Jan 2013 at 23:04

Suddenly got faster - back to normal now.

DirtyJester · 24 Jan 2013 at 23:32

[TW]Fox;23626024 said:
Anyone else getting really slow connections to the forums right now? rest of the net seems fine.

Yes around time of asking though appears to have settled now.

R.O.S.S.I · 25 Jan 2013 at 10:14

Just done a bit of testing now with the BT speed tester and my connection and got the following....

Connected direct to Modem - 74.42Mbps down, 13.46Mbps up.
Connected direct into Router - 73.25Mbps down, 8.36Mbps up.
Connected into switch - 59.62Mbps down, 5.50Mbps up.
From my desk (which is connected to same switch) - 70.47Mbps down, 8.25Mbps up.

Can't understand why I get a better speed from my desk which runs over a longer cable back to the switch, than when i'm stood next to the switch with a laptop direct in.

Seems to be though that the Draytek router and potentially the switch is sapping the upstream somehow.

R.O.S.S.I · 25 Jan 2013 at 10:18

Just turned off some QoS that was enabled on the Draytek and the upload has jumped up to 11.5Mbps'ish........wonder what else is holding it back.

lozzd · 25 Jan 2013 at 11:19

R.O.S.S.I said:
Just turned off some QoS that was enabled on the Draytek and the upload has jumped up to 11.5Mbps'ish........wonder what else is holding it back.

The modem also has QoS enabled by default on upload. Disable that too if you've unlocked your modem.

R.O.S.S.I · 25 Jan 2013 at 12:19

I've not, its an ECI one which is a pain in the ass to get into!

parityboy · 25 Jan 2013 at 13:21

R.O.S.S.I said:
Connected direct to Modem - 74.42Mbps down, 13.46Mbps up.
Connected direct into Router - 73.25Mbps down, 8.36Mbps up.
Connected into switch - 59.62Mbps down, 5.50Mbps up.
From my desk (which is connected to same switch) - 70.47Mbps down, 8.25Mbps up.

Try connecting your desktop directly into the router and let us know what you get. It sounds like your switch is also playing a part - what model switch is it?

Sycho · 25 Jan 2013 at 15:13

My speed gone from 69mb to 42mb suddenly should I ignore it and not reset anything?

DirtyJester · 25 Jan 2013 at 15:17

What does it say here

R.O.S.S.I · 25 Jan 2013 at 15:20

parityboy said:
Try connecting your desktop directly into the router and let us know what you get. It sounds like your switch is also playing a part - what model switch is it?

I'm not messing around taking my desktop machine down to the server room and plugging it in!

The switch is a Gigabit HP one......HP V1810-48g.