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Whats going wrong?

Bermondsey BobBermondsey Bob
edited January 2010 in Chit chat
My internet speed is really playing "silly buggers" recently. I've run a speedtest and got this result...

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But, everything is taking an age to download. Youtube videos buffer for ages, BBC Iplayer is very slow unless I drop to the lower bandwidth option. Even the pictures in the caption compo thread are downloading at near dial-up speed?

I know speed also depends on the servers that all these are coming from, but the whole internet can't be on a "go slow", just because it's snowing (it's actually been like this for a while now)
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  • dekhdekh
    edited January 2010
    Try a google offering:

    http://www.measurementlab.net/
  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited January 2010
    Bermondsey Bob wrote: »
    My internet speed is really playing "silly buggers" recently. I've run a speedtest and got this result...

    672739951.png

    But, everything is taking an age to download. Youtube videos buffer for ages, BBC Iplayer is very slow unless I drop to the lower bandwidth option. Even the pictures in the caption compo thread are downloading at near dial-up speed?

    I know speed also depends on the servers that all these are coming from, but the whole internet can't be on a "go slow", just because it's snowing (it's actually been like this for a while now)

    Yeah...been the same here.I just thought it was probably due to more people being online 'coz they're all stuck indoors and/or are on holiday..but I don't know how much that would affect it, being as tech-savvy as a banana...
    The Black Cauldron (PC)
  • STeaMSTeaM
    edited January 2010
    Bermondsey Bob wrote: »
    deadpan666 wrote: »

    Are you 2 on Be or O2 broadband??
  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited January 2010
    STeaM wrote: »
    Are you 2 on Be or O2 broadband??

    Orange broadband here....I'm plugged directly in, so it's not as bad as my mum and my brother who are connected wirelesslly upstairs..I only really notice youtube videos being slow, but my mum's won't load her e-mail or orange for ages...

    Oh, and we've always been set up like this, so it's not the amount of people using it! :)
    The Black Cauldron (PC)
  • fogfog
    edited January 2010
    http://www.samknows.com/broadband/search.php

    try using that to find out how far you are from your local exchange.. I told my friend to get a cable modem (virgin etc) because the connection via his BT line is like 50k a second or something really woeful


    assuming orange are using BT lines?!?!

    they might have put you on a a different ratio of users maybe if your a heavy downloader (in peak time?!?!) hhmm
  • STeaMSTeaM
    edited January 2010
    I'm on O2 and suffered some serious slowness on my 20Mb line. Was down to 2 or 3 Mbps at some points.

    Turns out they had done something, found a page on t'internet that showed you how to TelNet into your router and reset some DNS settings.

    Mine works a treat now.

    Apparently O2 and Be use the same kit or something.

    Just thought it might be same problemo I had.
  • chevchev
    edited January 2010
    STeaM wrote: »
    Apparently O2 and Be use the same kit or something.

    O2 is Be. They are both Telefonica. I use them and I get more than the 8Mbps I'm paying for. I have no complaints.
    zx.itch.io
  • Bermondsey BobBermondsey Bob
    edited January 2010
    deadpan666 wrote: »
    Orange broadband here....I'm plugged directly in, so it's not as bad as my mum and my brother who are connected wirelesslly upstairs..I only really notice youtube videos being slow, but my mum's won't load her e-mail or orange for ages...

    Oh, and we've always been set up like this, so it's not the amount of people using it! :)

    I'm on Orange too and mine is directly wired into my PC and isn't a wireless connection. i find the Orange Live Box to be very tempremental with it's wireless conection too.

    Today, pictures are loading OK, but Youtube still sucks. The flash games on Facebook are loading faster today too. Must be Orange being crap again!
  • STeaMSTeaM
    edited January 2010
    aowen wrote: »
    O2 is Be. They are both Telefonica. I use them and I get more than the 8Mbps I'm paying for. I have no complaints.

    AH! OK...I knew there was some commonality in there!!

    My wife works for O2, I pay knack all and get the fastest line available...as I'm about a half mile from my nearest exchange I can usually get around 12 - 14Mbps...sometimes a little quicker if there's a following wind :lol:
  • rustyredlinerustyredline
    edited January 2010
    Bermondsey Bob wrote: »
    My internet speed is really playing "silly buggers" recently. I've run a speedtest and got this result...

    672739951.png

    But, everything is taking an age to download. Youtube videos buffer for ages, BBC Iplayer is very slow unless I drop to the lower bandwidth option. Even the pictures in the caption compo thread are downloading at near dial-up speed?

    I know speed also depends on the servers that all these are coming from, but the whole internet can't be on a "go slow", just because it's snowing (it's actually been like this for a while now)
    Are you in Coventry same here;)
  • Bermondsey BobBermondsey Bob
    edited January 2010
    rustyredline wrote: »
    Are you in Coventry same here;)

    No, Scarborough in North Yorkshire. piccys are loading fine now and I downloaded the new Misfits songs off of I-tunes in seconds yesterday, but videos are just taking forever. It's like having Dreamcast dialup speed all over again :(
  • rustyredlinerustyredline
    edited January 2010
    Doesn't sound like a bandwidth issue it could be a problem with your PC or browser streaming video:-?
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