but its still shouldnt result in the crap upstream that im getting
im clearly not even being capped at the time of the speed tests because the downstream is fine
very disappointing especially as one of the reasons i joined virgin was so i could buy and xbox and play online
which i can now do, except i cant host a room with more than like 6 players, yet my friend who has 8 meg sky adsl can host a room with 12 people no problem
very annoying
Umm... your upload is plenty. On the note of your connection rate though, these companies are giving everyone a connection that cannot be dedicated. I mean let's say the ISP only has 10 people to serve, and they give all 10 people a 1Mbps line, then they only need a 10Mbps line themselves to serve all 10 people. But instead what they do is give everyone a 5Mbps connection while only having a total capacity of 10Mbps for everyone when they really need a 50Mbps connection. But they're betting that all these 10 people are not online all the time... so if two people are utilizing their full connection then it's already eating up the whole 10Mbps backbone. If a third or more gets online then it should try to spread the connection using some sort of traffic shaping protocol or whatever so that if all 10 do get online utilizing their full connection, everyone only gets 1Mbps... and it varies of course.
This goes for DSL and Cable, but is mostly noticable on Cable becuase DSL works off larger areas which means a bigger pipe fed to a CO and cable is usually a neighborhood node.
This goes for DSL and Cable, but is mostly noticable on Cable becuase DSL works off larger areas which means a bigger pipe fed to a CO and cable is usually a neighborhood node.
After working for a DSL provider I can tell you this is a big myth. The same contention issues exist for both technologies. It's down to how the company in question deals with it in the end. Youe explaination of where the contention occurs is partially correct, ADSL will be contended at the CO in American terms, we know those as local exchanges in the UK and then at the ISP. All depends on how its been set up.
Not to toot my own horn, but this was the common speed at the college I used to go to. It was a technical university (similar to MIT) and we had a T3 per floor of our dorm. We downloaded a dvd once over useNext in mins. So without further Ado...
After working for a DSL provider I can tell you this is a big myth. The same contention issues exist for both technologies. It's down to how the company in question deals with it in the end. Youe explaination of where the contention occurs is partially correct, ADSL will be contended at the CO in American terms, we know those as local exchanges in the UK and then at the ISP. All depends on how its been set up.
That's not always entirely true. In my area, Comcast, who is the major cable company, uses horribly outdated trunking networks to provide for their users. It's basically one "trunk" that supplies entire blocks. And that one trunk will feed into the muxer for that area. And you can only support so many frequencies in one 18 gauge coax cable. So just the physical limitations of the hardwiring itself severely limits cable. Whereas Bellsouth, our major DSL provider in this area, uses the existing phone lines that run individually to each house from DSLAM's on each block.
We have a local radio band (?) system set up locally, kind of a spider web type of thing called TinCan.net. We all have this box with a non-directional antennae that recieves from any other box in the area. It's about $39.00 a month for up to 1.5 megs. It only reaches that late at night but what a difference from dial up! :bigggrin:
I can D/L mp3's in two or three minutes as compared to twenty or thirty if I was lucky enough not to get cut off.
MGK
13860 Download speed and 1812 Upload I have optiumonline cable.. about 40.00+ a month im not 100% sure because i dont pay the bill and i used the NY server...
13860 Download speed and 1812 Upload I have optiumonline cable.. about 40.00+ a month im not 100% sure because i dont pay the bill and i used the NY server...
Update, I switched to teksavvy premium im running 2X 5056/800 adsl lines bonded using multilink ppp. After the all the overhead overhead and atm overhead im left with 8.6/1.3.
Both lines are standard g.dmt adsl on fastpath synced at 5056/800.
edit: If anyone is interested in teksavvy their probably the best isp out there. The only problem with them is that they use bell's equipment for last mile service. (Bells Copper, Dslams & ATM network)
There tech support is very smart and they maintain a active presence on dslreports.com forum.
edit: Im probably going to get another line to get a nice 15,000/2400
Here are some screens. Sorry about the quality of them, I did this in a hurry.
The itunes download speed will be inaccurate as you stopped one and downloaded another it will just pull what it has out of cache at an accelerated rate. (Assuming your using firefox)
The itunes download speed will be inaccurate as you stopped one and downloaded another it will just pull what it has out of cache at an accelerated rate. (Assuming your using firefox)
It looks like your trying to cheat ....
Why would you even assume that? Here is a another pic from an Nvidia server just to appease you as well as a speedtest.net result
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Upload Speed: 1623 kbps (202.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
I have comcast....I don't know how much I pay...
I figured you would've had MSN broadband.
(Oh I slay me).
Umm... your upload is plenty. On the note of your connection rate though, these companies are giving everyone a connection that cannot be dedicated. I mean let's say the ISP only has 10 people to serve, and they give all 10 people a 1Mbps line, then they only need a 10Mbps line themselves to serve all 10 people. But instead what they do is give everyone a 5Mbps connection while only having a total capacity of 10Mbps for everyone when they really need a 50Mbps connection. But they're betting that all these 10 people are not online all the time... so if two people are utilizing their full connection then it's already eating up the whole 10Mbps backbone. If a third or more gets online then it should try to spread the connection using some sort of traffic shaping protocol or whatever so that if all 10 do get online utilizing their full connection, everyone only gets 1Mbps... and it varies of course.
This goes for DSL and Cable, but is mostly noticable on Cable becuase DSL works off larger areas which means a bigger pipe fed to a CO and cable is usually a neighborhood node.
891 down and 417 up.
We pay round 250 NOK ($43)
We use Telenor
After working for a DSL provider I can tell you this is a big myth. The same contention issues exist for both technologies. It's down to how the company in question deals with it in the end. Youe explaination of where the contention occurs is partially correct, ADSL will be contended at the CO in American terms, we know those as local exchanges in the UK and then at the ISP. All depends on how its been set up.
The supposed T1 Connection in my room. I could have sworn T1 stopped ~1500kbps. and that the upload was the same. Oh well. Its faster at any rate.
That's not always entirely true. In my area, Comcast, who is the major cable company, uses horribly outdated trunking networks to provide for their users. It's basically one "trunk" that supplies entire blocks. And that one trunk will feed into the muxer for that area. And you can only support so many frequencies in one 18 gauge coax cable. So just the physical limitations of the hardwiring itself severely limits cable. Whereas Bellsouth, our major DSL provider in this area, uses the existing phone lines that run individually to each house from DSLAM's on each block.
But that is a good point, in some areas there is always somebody who gets it very wrong.
We have a local radio band (?) system set up locally, kind of a spider web type of thing called TinCan.net. We all have this box with a non-directional antennae that recieves from any other box in the area. It's about $39.00 a month for up to 1.5 megs. It only reaches that late at night but what a difference from dial up! :bigggrin:
I can D/L mp3's in two or three minutes as compared to twenty or thirty if I was lucky enough not to get cut off.
MGK
LOL you want to move in with him mine is
13860 Download speed and 1812 Upload I have optiumonline cable.. about 40.00+ a month im not 100% sure because i dont pay the bill
Its a bit conjusted right now (3 people on my forum its hosted from my home connection).
Also why is noone else providing a traceroute.
What good is the connection if your ping sucks.
Both lines are standard g.dmt adsl on fastpath synced at 5056/800.
edit: If anyone is interested in teksavvy their probably the best isp out there. The only problem with them is that they use bell's equipment for last mile service. (Bells Copper, Dslams & ATM network)
There tech support is very smart and they maintain a active presence on dslreports.com forum.
edit: Im probably going to get another line to get a nice 15,000/2400
Got a screenshot of that.
With those speeds your modem must be uncapped. From what ive read the Docsis 2's spec only calls for 38,000/27,000 for the entire node.
Rogers light cable through a router
Suddenlink cable
Current sync rate is 7,190kpbs down 1,248kbps up so can't really complain. Using Be ADSL2+
The itunes download speed will be inaccurate as you stopped one and downloaded another it will just pull what it has out of cache at an accelerated rate. (Assuming your using firefox)
It looks like your trying to cheat ....
Why would you even assume that? Here is a another pic from an Nvidia server just to appease you as well as a speedtest.net result