Terrible speeds on Entanet

I'm not a heavy downloader - I rarely go over half my bandwidth allowance.

I would suspect it's because you're on a business package, but who knows?
 
Jeez , you dont have to have black marks for your bandwidth to be choked to death
The "heavy" people only get a little bit more removed than the normal people (each bandwidth reduction "step" as it were)

If enta dont buy enough bandwidth on a node from BT then everyone will suffer on that node.
About 3 months ago things were fine , now its getting to be a joke
 
PiKe said:
http://www.speedtester.bt.com/ tells you what your BRAS is which will help you work out if it's Enta or not.
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What is BRAS?

I did a speedtest on there and got the following:

Download speedachieved during the test was - 889 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 200-1000 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :1152 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 632 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 1000 Kbps
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My sync speed has dropped but I noticed my noise margin has increased to 14.1db for downstream.

Been testing speeds regularly. Can't break the 1 Mb barrier, 0.99. :(
 
Jambo said:
What is BRAS?

I did a speedtest on there and got the following:



My sync speed has dropped but I noticed my noise margin has increased to 14.1db for downstream.

Been testing speeds regularly. Can't break the 1 Mb barrier, 0.99. :(
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It probably increase to stabilize the line.
 
seems odd.
if you're connected at X but only getting 0.1X I'd be on the line to my ISP (if it was with anything other than P2P) giving them an earful
 
I have reported the urine extracting speeds a few times now

Though I have just got lucky BE enabled my exchange last monday , so I sense a migration
coming on :-)
 
2nd November 2009 MEASURES TO IMPROVE ENTANET BROADBAND SPEEDS

We have been monitoring traffic across the Entanet DSL network following increased feedback about poor connection speeds on our standard broadband packages, both in the charged and uncharged periods. We have identified that approximately 90% of customers are seeing their user experience adversely affected by approximately 10% of the customer base who are using their connection for non-interactive bulk services, for example news groups and peer-to-peer. Our aim is to deliver a positive user experience primarily for interactive services, for example web browsing, video streaming, VoIP and hosted application access.

In order to achieve this we will be applying techniques to give interactive services a higher priority across the DSL network. This action is in line with clause 2.5 of our Ts&Cs which refers to carrying out improvements, preventing overload of the network and preserving the integrity of the services. It is also being taken following consultation with several of our larger Partners. For the avoidance of doubt, we have so far not applied any protocol shaping or protocol prioritisation techniques.

Q: When will we start this?
A: We will begin prioritising traffic from 00:01hrs, Wednesday 4th November 2009.

Q: Is this action permanent?
A: We will monitor the impact of the traffic prioritisation for a period of approximately 3 weeks. If it is determined that this approach is successful then it is likely we will continue with this activity.

Q: Will we advise Partners of the impact of prioritising traffic in this way and whether it will become permanent?
A: Yes, aside from the overall improvement to service that we expect Partners and EUs to see as a result of our traffic prioritisation, we will seek feedback from Partners and confirm our decision on whether the measures will become permanent.

Q: How will it work?
A: Interactive services will be given higher priority across the DSL network. We do not intend or expect to impose any hard capping of specific protocols. This is unlike certain other communications providers who set permanent limits on specific protocols. Rather, we intend to dynamically manage traffic such that all services are available according to their priority. Therefore, varying levels of speed restriction will be applied to non-interactive bulk services where they adversely impact interactive services. It is not possible at this stage to identify specific parameters.

Q: Will Partners and EUs be able to see how traffic is being prioritised?
A: Not at the outset, although we will be considering if specific information can be provided in the future. In the meantime we will continue to provide details of our node utilisation on noc.enta.net.

Q: Will the existing Business and Family product prioritisation remain?
A: Yes, the current product attributes are unchanged.

Q: Will we advise Entanet-billed EUs directly?
A: No, as we are not introducing a product change we do not need to directly advise Entanet-billed EUs. However, we will add a formal notice to noc.enta.net and the e-billing site.

Q: What will happen to the Anti Loss Tool (ALT)?
A: During the period that we prioritise traffic as described above, the ALT (including the high bandwidth user marking system) will not be in operation.

Q: Will this affect EWCS customers?
A: No, our wholesale customers will not be impacted by this measure.

We are confident that the introduction of these traffic prioritisation techniques will significantly improve the user experience for the majority of EUs. If you have any questions about this email please contact your account manager in the first instance.
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Just got that email myself.

One of the biggest reasons I chose them as a provider was no traffic shaping. Now they have implemented it, I might as well just go with a cheaper supplier and get the same service.
 
That is absolute carp they are talking
The reason why its sooooooo slow is that they are not buying enough bandwidth of BT
The ALT is showing as off most of the time but the throughput says otherwise
eg I sync at 9.7 , but nearly all weekend all I could get was about 65-120K per second
I do a fair amount of newsgroup downloading , BUT it happens after 2am in the morning
I NEVER download during evening hours ( apart from occasional game patches etc)
But I mean sometimes you couldn't even have a hand crank cos xvideos are stream soo slow
 
well the new system is in and I am still only getting s speedtest.net download speed of under 2mb!!!!!!!!!

Ping is still good for gameing though!
 
Terrible speeds today, whats going on? :(

crummyspeed.jpg
Its usualy around the 7-8 mark!!
 
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