Has anyone actually heard of contention on a sky/easynet exchange before now?
Yeah I know this exchange has its history and so I really cant help but have a familiar feel with this
but on top of that there's also something "not right" with the high latency either.
Speed at its lowest point @ around 8pm was circa 750kbps even upstream was a bit variable.
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/119697145356713323144.htmlhttp://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/119697166264743923201.htmlhttp://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1196972159&v=2971733I do know that a month or so ago sky has stopped taking orders on the exchange is it was supposedly full despite only being enabled for about 6 months or so. However if they are now taking orders again - one would have hoped that it was cause the kit had been upgraded?
Line stats 40dB atten. SNR Margin 22dB. on the base account. - Router Sagem F@st
Checked filters - took some of my spares. Checked PC - No malware . Using NetMeter - confirmed no other traffic present. Double checked wireless security and changed default login. Test Socket etc. Also checked using my lappy. Only piece of hardware not changed was the router - but that is going to be difficult since the login is locked into the sagem fast and as yet afaik no-ones managed to hack it.
Browsing seemed sluggish and slow - but that could be cause Im used to 8Mb. Despite what some may say - I do and have visibly noticed when speeds start to drop anyhow.
Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms myrouter.home [192.168.0.1]
2 95 ms 79 ms 79 ms cr0.lcflw.uk.easynet.net [87.87.250.215]
3 79 ms 75 ms 74 ms 87.87.141.225
4 91 ms 92 ms 91 ms bundle-2.er10.thlon.ov.easynet.net [195.66.224.43]
5 186 ms 220 ms 217 ms bbc-gw0-linx.prt0.rbsov.bbc.co.uk [195.66.224.194]
6 131 ms 93 ms 91 ms 212.58.238.149
7 91 ms 112 ms 94 ms rdirwww-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131]
Trace complete.
Line is obviously interleaved but thats some hellish increase in latency! - when mine is around 15ms to the Beeb.
Admittedly by the time I left @ 10ish speed had increased to just over 1700kbps. Latency was still pretty carp though and hadnt changed - at 79ms to "first hop".
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Will contact someone else this w/e who I know's on sky and get him to do a tracert.
Jabns - any of your mates using sky seeing or saying anything similar?