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| Thread ID: 113968 | 2010-11-12 08:33:00 | Quirks of the net | The Error Guy (14052) | Press F1 |
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| 1152268 | 2010-11-12 08:33:00 | Ok, so I usually get 2mb/s on my orcon FS/124kb/s plan when testing servers all over NZ. this never seemed right, since, at the most I was only 1.1km's from the exchange. Line tests showed quite bad line attenuation, consistent consistent the speeds I was getting. I put it down to the poor wiring quality it the house/street connection. something I planed to get onto over the holidays. Today I ran a speedtest to the Auckland server (recommended by Speed test since orcon's IP's all point to Auckland.) I was much surprised to see a 6.8mb/s result! Since I live in wellington I decided to test the wellington server (theoretically is should have less latency and a similar speed) however the test capped at the usual 2mb/s, which puzzled me. I tested the Auckland server 4x as well as the wellington server, all return the same results, Auck 6mb/s Wlg 2mb/s Whats going on there? wellington ping time is about 20ms longer than the Auckland one as well. As far as I know no work has been done on the cabinets, a new fiber line has been laid at the bottom of the hill, but that is not for residential use (apparently its a privately owned line) All I can say is it's just plain weird! Stats from modem seem to have been improved, telecom must have done something to their cabinet that I haven't had word of. still doesn't explain the wellington speeds though. Statistics Downstream Upstream Line Rate 11759 Kbps 988 Kbps Attainable Line Rate 17780 Kbps 1040 Kbps Noise Margin 17.4 dB 13.4 dB Line Attenuation 23.0 dB 11.4 dB Output Power 0.0 dBm 12.8 dBm |
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| 1152269 | 2010-11-13 01:17:00 | Try a TraceRoute to each of the speedtest sites and see if there's anything silly going on. | Paul.Cov (425) | ||
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