Broadband Speed

Hi all
I currently live in a flat, which is part of a larger house, and my internet is provided by my landlord as part of the rent. Recently, however, the speed of it has been horrendously slow, and i'm wondering if it's a problem with my setup, or whether i have right to complain about it. I've read through my contracts and there's no clause relating to performance. The main reason i'm reluctant to moan is that i'm deliberately breaking the T&C by having more than one machine online at once (contract says i'm only allowed one, which is ridiculous, as i have 2 PCs, an Xbox 360 and 2 laptops. I don't do any downloading (one PC is just a TV and downloads the programme guide, but obviously slow speeds are a horrendous problem when it comes to general browsing, checking e-mails etc.

Here are my speedtest results. any help appreciated



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That seems like a horrendous speed indeed... 0,25 Mb (Megabit) download is the same as 0.03124 MB/s (Megabyte), as an example, here is mine:



That's nearly 5 MB/s download...

Where I live, this is normal.

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It says alot if even an Australian in @#$%& nowhere has better speed then you do

i had to lol at the ping though... then Iceman turns up with a ping of 10ms.... *sigh*

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Yes but it is the highest package our provider has at the moment, though that's something around 75 euro's for Internet connection like that, digital television and telephone. With 5 Mbit/sec you would be more then fine, my 39 is only if you download alot. But 0.25.. yeh, that's way to low :P

harjinator Wrote:
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> Hi all
> I currently live in a flat, which is part of a
> larger house, and my internet is provided by my
> landlord as part of the rent. Recently, however,
> the speed of it has been horrendously slow, and
> i'm wondering if it's a problem with my setup, or
> whether i have right to complain about it. I've
> read through my contracts and there's no clause
> relating to performance. The main reason i'm
> reluctant to moan is that i'm deliberately
> breaking the T&C by having more than one machine
> online at once (contract says i'm only allowed
> one, which is ridiculous, as i have 2 PCs, an Xbox
> 360 and 2 laptops. I don't do any downloading
> (one PC is just a TV and downloads the programme
> guide, but obviously slow speeds are a horrendous
> problem when it comes to general browsing,
> checking e-mails etc.
>
> Here are my speedtest results. any help
> appreciated
>
> [www.speedtest.net]

If you are sharing the connection with other people in the building, the most likely cause is likely to be lack of available bandwidth, either due to someone whoring it all, or just too many people trying to use it.

You can easily rule out your end by disconnecting your 360 and all but one of the PCs, and running the speed test again. If it doesn't change, it's not likely to be you, and you shouldn't worry about having a moan

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Yes, Australian broadband is indeed quite slow, by European standards in particular.

Luckily mine is faster than Mal's though.

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Iceman-Kimi Wrote:
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> That seems like a horrendous speed indeed... 0,25
> Mb (Megabit) download is the same as 0.03124 MB/s
> (Megabyte), as an example, here is mine:
>
> [www.speedtest.net]
>
> That's nearly 5 MB/s download...


Byron that's effing quick!! You guys get the best speed anywhere in europe!

Here's mine on AOL. Or CPW I should say. It's gone up compared to the problems I was having last month

I'm around Byron's speed Same provider and same thing, digital television; telephone and internet in 1

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you guys with your fast internet speed repulse me, why does the UK suck so much?

according to the test i'm on 6.99mb download and 0.7mb upload, which isn't bad, but i'm lucky if i even get half that, best download speed i've witness is around 800kb

on the 20Mb package - so not bad considering its Saturday, and i'm on a wireless network with 2 other things attached atm

Sim

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Im in Aus, and mines not too bad - thats also running off a wireless router with my PS3, Wii and Iphone also hanging off it

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I haver no clue if mine is good or bad!?

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iCeMaN pAuL Wrote:
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> [www.speedtest.net]
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> I haver no clue if mine is good or bad!?


depends on what package you're on and how much you're far away from your exchange

To sound like a NooB - what does the ping mean?

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Byron nice download! I am gonna need to upgrade my internet to at least 20mb.






Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/06/2009 02:50PM by kaid.

im on sky broadband paying for 16mb doesnt look like im getting it lol

Getting what I pay for, at least right now, it's been kinda shitty for the past few days :P

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