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| Thread ID: 73968 | 2006-11-07 06:14:00 | A thing about the slow broadband | stu161204 (123) | PC World Chat |
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| 497194 | 2006-11-08 03:18:00 | Don’t forget local traffic is slow as well Here is a question for you Terry, how do you know this? (I think you may be right as since I have been on 125.xxx (since Monday, 6 November, 2006), my speeds have sucked, but the speeds had been fine on 222.153.xxx.xxx & 222.152.xxx.xxx before then. How do I know this??? By applying the methods of scientific observation and deduction and applying commonsense :) I was actually online both when my Go Large plan cut in, and when the IP range 219.xxx.xxx.xxx was allocated. Immediatley before Go Large I was downloading from Youtube and elsewhere (international) at 170-200+ kBytes per sec, on the Adventure plan. Thereafter download on Go Large has never exceeded about 70 kbytes per sec and but most often down to less than 20 KBps. Therefore it is reasonable to conclude that the problem is a Go Large one, and not due to a mass of people suddenly deciding to download because they knew I was about to change to Go Large :) At approx, 7.45/7.50 am on Tuesday 2 November, internet connection was lost, and when it returned my IP address had changed to 219.890.220.228. Immediately, international speeds went up and became slightly faster than they had been on Adventure. At 10am I recorded these figures: Xtra jetsreamgames site 3574 kbps download speed. Speakeasy: New York 1543 kbps Seattle 2389 kbps (For a comparison New York this morning was giving a download of 9 k bits per sec, the slowest I've ever seen. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 497195 | 2006-11-08 03:31:00 | How do I know this??? By applying the methods of scientific observation and deduction and applying commonsense :) Thank you for shearing your insight :) |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 497196 | 2006-11-08 12:01:00 | The onyl way to test this is if s/he changed to orcon max/max zeroshock to see if s/he gets a boost. You will find its the wiring to their house and not the ISP (as they are both going through the same place). ...when he had 2mb he downloaded at 250-300kb/s...now its dial up.. |
jesse_jax (9283) | ||
| 497197 | 2006-11-08 19:27:00 | Remember this: Telecom said broadband services and speeds were affected by several factors: the distance of the home from the exchange, the length of copper wire transmitting data, the quality of modems customers used and the quality of wiring in their homes. The company intended to establish a line checker in October giving customers the ability to see what peak speeds their lines were capable of delivering. Telecom estimated that speeds would vary between households so that 4 per cent would achieve speeds between 8-10 megabits per second, 51 per cent would get speeds of 6-8 megabits per second, 20 per cent would get speeds between 4-6 megabits per second, and 16 per cent would achieve speeds between 2-4 megabits per second. Telecom said to achieve the unconstrained speeds, it would invest in network upgrades-shorter copper loops through placing equipment in street cabinets rather than telephone exchanges, and would target Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin first. The problems were occurring because of copper loop performance, modem behaviour, external noise services, and concentration of ADSL services within a cable binder. Telecom would continue to provide quarterly updates on its website on the performance of its network and its future plans. It was published some time before the FS came into affect. Wonder if their figures are accurate? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 497198 | 2006-11-08 21:39:00 | Experience shows that it is not possible to believe much of what Telecom says . I also see that in my posting above, replying to Stu, that I said the 219 . xxx IP flipped in on Tuesday 2 November, that should have read Tuesday 31 October . The IP reverted back to the 125 series sometime in the afternoon of the same day . Now try and spot the difference between these two replies from Xtra, the first one received on 31 October: "Our Response 31/10/2006 01:01 PM Thank you for your email . I apologise that the Go Large plan has not meet your expectations . We are aware some customers have been experiencing congestion and slow connections speeds on the Go Large plan . We apologise for this and we have made adjustments to our network to rectify the issue and continue to monitor the situation very closely . Thank you for your patience in this matter and please be assured we are constantly trying to improve your Xtra broadband experience . Kind regards " And now this one received on 6th November: "Our Response 06/11/2006 12:55 PM Hi Terry Thank you for your email . I apologise that the Go Large plan has not meet your expectations . We are aware some customers have been experiencing congestion and slow connections speeds on the Go Large plan . We apologise for this and we have made adjustments to our network to rectify the issue and continue to monitor the situation very closely . Thank you for your patience in this matter and please be assured we are constantly trying to improve your Xtra broadband experience . Regards, Broadband Team Adsl_helpdesk@telecom . co . nz " This is a pro-forma response already written by 31st October, just a few days after unleashing . It has already been posted on this forum elsewhere . So who believes they made adjustments to the network? That's what I mean about being fobbed off by them, and not believing a word they say . Quote, "they know we are not being straight up . " I rang Xtra on Monday 6th and after difficulty with strange accents, supposedly managed to change back to Adventure plan, with the changeover taking place at midnight . No such thing thing happened . |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 497199 | 2006-11-09 02:04:00 | Perhaps Mr Juha Saarinen can explain? | Cicero (40) | ||
| 497200 | 2006-11-09 23:32:00 | Yeah I've been hearing about this 125 range lately. A mate who was on the old 10GB cap plan said if he ever went over his limit for the month he got dropped down to the 125 range but now hes always on the 125. Also his speeds have dropped down to like 80k from http. Me, I'm with slingshot. I pay the same $$ for 32k dls so honestly I don't care if I only get 80k. Its better then the crap I'm getting now. One quick question. With the IP range 125. Is that just a NZ IP? Like is 125.xx exclusive to telecom/nz ? As you can tell I know jack all about the subject. :dogeye: :blush: |
Avalon (11409) | ||
| 497201 | 2006-11-09 23:53:00 | Yeah I've been hearing about this 125 range lately . A mate who was on the old 10GB cap plan said if he ever went over his limit for the month he got dropped down to the 125 range but now hes always on the 125 . Also his speeds have dropped down to like 80k from http . Me, I'm with slingshot . I pay the same $$ for 32k dls so honestly I don't care if I only get 80k . Its better then the crap I'm getting now . One quick question . With the IP range 125 . Is that just a NZ IP? Like is 125 . xx exclusive to telecom/nz ? As you can tell I know jack all about the subject . :dogeye: :blush: Location: New Zealand [City: ] ARIN says that this IP belongs to APNIC; I'm looking it up there . Using 30+ day old [STALE - being deleted now] cached answer (or, you can get fresh results) . Hiding E-mail address (you can get results with the E-mail address) . % [whois . apnic . net node-2] % Whois data copyright terms . apnic . net/db/dbcopyright . html" target="_blank">www . apnic . net inetnum: 125 . 236 . 128 . 0 - 125 . 236 . 191 . 255 netname: FIPD-XTRA-NZ descr: Telecom Xtra country: NZ admin-c: IA42-AP tech-c: IA42-AP notify: ***@netgate . net . nz mnt-by: NZTELECOM changed: ****@netgate . net . nz 20061013 status: ASSIGNED NON-PORTABLE source: APNIC person: IP Administrator address: Telecom Internet Registry address: Level 9, Mayoral Drive BLDG address: Private Bag 92028 address: Auckland country: NZ phone: +64-306-4523 e-mail: ***@ggi . net . nz nic-hdl: IA42-AP mnt-by: NZTELECOM changed: ****@netgate . net . nz 20061106 source: APNIC |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 497202 | 2006-11-10 00:46:00 | Websites are always saying I am from London with my 125 IP :( | trinsic (6945) | ||
| 497203 | 2006-11-10 00:51:00 | Yes speedtest.net giving the same info today | kumaraguy (4464) | ||
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