internet seems really slow

tomanders91

tomanders91

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I have 4mb NTL/virgin media broadband, which has always been fine, although recently it has been getting slower and slower, even after ive done a full spyware and virus check. I also recently bought a new router, after just having a modem before but wouldnt of thought that would be the problem, anyone got any suggestions?

Thanks.
 
I'm on the same ISP and speed and i do notice a slowdown in web browsing some times, pages take a while to load when they are normally instantaneous, but if i go on DOD the speeds are great. Not sure what could be causing it.
 
I was just thinking exactly the same thing with my connection. Browsing is fine, but trying to download anything, even from http://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk results in a capped speed of between 180k and 200k

Pulling from newsgroups is the same. I have rebooted the modem and router, it appears to be a congestion/contention problem.... I'm sitting here watching my net speeds jump from 150-200k and down to 100k.

Nothing on the status pages suggests any problems..... oh well.

edit: ah the 20mb rollout is starting may 1st so they are probably messing around with stuff
 
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The Stoke area has been plagued with problems for more than a week now. Mine was luckily fine until last night then i drop to the equivalent of a 700k connection.
 
Zirax said:
I was just thinking exactly the same thing with my connection. Browsing is fine, but trying to download anything, even from http://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk results in a capped speed of between 180k and 200k

Pulling from newsgroups is the same. I have rebooted the modem and router, it appears to be a congestion/contention problem.... I'm sitting here watching my net speeds jump from 150-200k and down to 100k.

Nothing on the status pages suggests any problems..... oh well.

edit: ah the 20mb rollout is starting may 1st so they are probably messing around with stuff
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Is the 4mb upgrade going aswell? apprently its going to 10mb.
 
tomanders91 said:
Is the 4mb upgrade going aswell? apprently its going to 10mb.
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I'll be honest and say I have no idea :) In the 20mb thread some say its going to 10, some don't.
 
VM CS is playing dumb for the 4 > 10 upgrades. There is a hint that it will probably start around september.
 
I'm downloading at around 450-500 from that blueyonder site, but one or two nights this week ive downloaded at 20, and my wow ping has been 200-300.
 
My connection is really starting to hit the fan.

1st 512K took 14422 ms = 35.5 KB/sec, approx 293 Kbps, 0.29 Mbps
2nd 512K took 14921 ms = 34.3 KB/sec, approx 283 Kbps, 0.28 Mbps
3rd 512K took 6704 ms = 76.4 KB/sec, approx 630 Kbps, 0.62 Mbps
4th 512K took 13796 ms = 37.1 KB/sec, approx 306 Kbps, 0.3 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 378 Kbps, 0.37 Mbps

Apparently the CS systems are down too now so they act even more stupid. :rolleyes:
 
VM are capping heavy users, some only after 1Gig download at any one time, been happening a lot recently and although should only affect 10mb tier there seems to be a technical fault in that it is affecting other tiers, so if your 10meg connection is stuck around 4.6 and your 4 meg is at 2, then your being shaped!
 
I think a lot of people are having problems with the network conking out. Probably due to VM current maintenance. I need to download the latest 2142 patch. But even though it only about 250mb it's got 8 hours remaining.
 
I sometimes download 30Gb in 1 night, I probably hit 50Gb+ a month and I have never had my speed drop.

My 10mb connection is fine, must be certain area's suffering.
 
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