Ways to further diagnose internet problem?

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Hi just wondering what further tests i can do to diagnose where the problem is with my adsl line

speedtest gets this:

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i usually get around 10mb download and 0.45 upload and pings between 39 - 50


on pingtest.net i get

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the bt wholesale test reports no real problems


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1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.

Download Speed

10.27 Mbps

0 Mbps 21 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed

Download speedachieved during the test was - 10.27 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 4 Mbps-21 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 12.65 Mbps

2. Upstream Test: -provides background information.

Upload Speed

0.32 Mbps

0 Mbps 0.45 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed

Upload speed achieved during the test was - 0.32Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 0.45 Mbps



Also tried tracert to bbc.co.uk to see whereabouts there could be a problem.

On only the second hop ping started at 119ms hrmmm thats not good!
 
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did a tracert this morning and ping back to normal....so that smacks of congestion on the line at peak times...great :(




Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.244.22]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms dsldevice.lan [192.168.1.254]
2 34 ms 33 ms 33 ms lo0.11.Central11.ptn-bng02.plus.net [195.166.130
.191]
3 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms irb.11.PTW-CR01.plus.net [84.93.249.17]
4 34 ms 34 ms 35 ms kingston-gw.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.239.6]
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 34 ms 34 ms 33 ms ae0.er01.telhc.bbc.co.uk [132.185.254.109]
8 34 ms 34 ms 34 ms 132.185.255.148
9 34 ms 33 ms 33 ms 212.58.244.22

Trace complete.
 

Thanks, done. Will test for next few days if doesnt get better i was thinking about switching isp anyway. Im on plusnet broadband right now but only get sometimes 6mb down and 0.35 upload and pings atm are 120 - 130 for £27 a month.

I'll probably switch over to talk talk medium fibre. Up to 38mb download and 2mb upload. only £17.99 for the first year and then £35 after 12 months plus £60 voucher etc.
 
Hi MarkeR, i checked plusnet forums and it seems to be affecting a few people hrmm lol. My adsl is still "suffering" the slow speeds in the evenings anyway.

I'm not too bothered as i think i will be moving ISP and getting fibre (will work out cheaper for me). In the meantime i registered to this:

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/6624dabdab2890b658a237aaf7c11f28.html

but im getting 100% packet loss..could it be because of dynamic ip address? (im not sure if im on static ip)

I'll phone plusnet tomorrow see how i get on. Their online troubleshooter isnt that helpful...i dont have an extra router to test so i would have to agree to this:

I haven't tried a different router and I understand that I could be charged if there's a fault with my equipment

^^^^^^^
Dont really fancy being charged if they just send an engineer out and discover no faults (well that they can find, or at their end). Curious that they say its "my equipment" when the router is supplied by plusnet.
 
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