On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 23:09 +0000, Tim wrote:
> On Fri December 7 2007 22:50, Rob Malpass wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > OK - Christmas does seem to be the season of miracles. My new Virgin
> > cable modem arrived today (as they said it would) and had all the necessary
> > cables, splitters etc and was working inside 10 minutes. [Whether or not
> > my Virgin bill is correct is anohter matter!!!]
> >
> > Now here's an oddity for you. Once in situe, at about 3pm today, I was
> > getting 2.4Mbps. Having relocated the CM (the wife didn't like trailing
> > cables and that's understandable), I'm currently getting 1.2Mbps.
> >
> > There's been a lot of talk on this list this week about speeds, but in the
> > process of relocating the modem (and power cycling in the process), I've
> > seen the speed halve. Could this be due to power cycling the modem - or
> > is it more to do with net speeds will slow (even on cable) during the
> > evenings as more folks are using it? I don't mind a deceleration in speed
> > in peak hours but for it to fall by 50% - quite a drop.
> >
> > FWIW I'm connecting to ftp.mirrorservice.org (which I think is UK) to
> > achieve the 1.2Mbps.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Rob
>
> I normally use this site for checking the speed of my cable connection
>
> http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html
>
> They always seem to be the most reliable.
>
> If you still get the low speed after a another test then I would check the
> cabling and maybe change it just in case you have a bad wire somewhere.
>
> For the record I am on the vigin 4mb service and I am getting 3.7 down and 0.4
> up.
>
> Tim
>
I'm on the 2Mb service and now back up at 1.8Mbps down according to
http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/speedtest/?r=26
It must be because most folks seem to be out shopping on Saturday
mornings!
Cheers
Rob
