Internet and networking Gurus

[iYRe]

I think you will find its 24 Mb/s
Not 24 MB/s which equals 192 Mb/s.........also you will probably find if a DSLAM is split up over a street these speeds are significantly lower when everyone uses it.

VDSL is great if you can afford it.......but to be honest most can't.

To the OP, chances are they gave you a good burst when they connect you because they 'dedicate' your line on DSLAM when they are doing config testing.......this all changes when your just a schmuck like everyone else. So expect a dramatic speed drop. To be honest anything over 4 Mb/s is good in NZ.

sticky shift key :P

They don't increase your connection speed at any time - what ever you sync at is what you sync at, and that is determined by the things I mentioned.. The installers dont have that much power...

[p.dath]

Have you plugged in anything extra to any telephone jacks, like phones, faxes, alarms, extension cords, etc?

If so, try unplugging them again.

[Reido]

I only have 1 phone socket at my place.

Its naked broadband so the router is the only thing connected to it.
I have changed the filter and tried a different router.

Got home from work connection speed was 7500kbps.

Rebooted the router and now its 2700kbps....

*Sigh* wish I could afford VDSL2...

[p.dath]

Has it been raining in your area? Perhaps water is getting into the lines or joints and degrading the connection.

If it has been raining, see if it improves after a week of warm weather.

[avgas]

sticky shift key :P

They don't increase your connection speed at any time - what ever you sync at is what you sync at, and that is determined by the things I mentioned.. The installers dont have that much power...

Never said anything about increasing speed

But 'dedication' to a connection basically means prioritizing packets/ports. While you correct most installers don't have the know how (let alone power).......people above them can

I have found some very strange little things talking to the right people and mucking around with things. Anyone checked the speed on their xbox live? I downloaded a 1gb file recently on there in about 15-20 minutes.

But as mentioned before a consistent 4Mb/s connection is worth gold on ADSL in NZ.

[steve_t]

I only have 1 phone socket at my place.

Its naked broadband so the router is the only thing connected to it.
I have changed the filter and tried a different router.

Got home from work connection speed was 7500kbps.

Rebooted the router and now its 2700kbps....

*Sigh* wish I could afford VDSL2...

If you're still looking at the number on the modem's menu display, that's just the speed at which it initially syncs. It's not an accurate representation of your connection speed. Go to speedtest.net and run that a few times at different times through the day. It'll give you a better indication of what you're actually connected at

[Gremlin]

I have found some very strange little things talking to the right people and mucking around with things. Anyone checked the speed on their xbox live? I downloaded a 1gb file recently on there in about 15-20 minutes.

Quite possible your ISP is caching that file. Not sure how xboxs connect, but also possible they can detect that traffic and prioritise it, making it look better, etc, trick people.

[iYRe]

Quite possible your ISP is caching that file. Not sure how xboxs connect, but also possible they can detect that traffic and prioritise it, making it look better, etc, trick people.

All the big ISP's and many of the smaller ones cache content. People complain when it takes a long time to download - which it _has_ to from overseas.

One ISP I worked at, we were building a torrent caching system, so that if someone else had downloaded a torrent already, it would be cached and you were get it REALLY fast, and saves the ISP bandwidth. It was deemed too dodgy so they canned it and went with a different proxy system.

[Oblivion]

Vodafone also do VoiP Traffic prioritization eg, things like streaming are at the bottom of the list while, gaming and other such things are at the top. This affects your speeds if you have multiple tabs open at once. Youtube+Facebook+ Some online game

I would also try to test your internet connection at some of the ungodly hours of the morning. During the day we get a relatively consistent 40-70 ping, while at night its around 30. See if that helps you get better speeds. If not, just say to them, I'm not getting the speeds that I was promised when I signed up to this. If not, I may consider switching services to someone that treats there customers better. Rage at them. Politely of course

[iYRe]

just remember that the speed you connect at (the ADSL line speed) is not the same as the speeds you get downloading stuff from your ISP..

The ADSL line speed is what you connect to the ADSL network at (ie, the open road speed limit), and the speed that you get from your ISP is like congestion on the motorway. You might get 15 mb/s but your ISP may or may not be able to supply that kind of speed back to you.. for many reasons, for example, most of them have to connect to telecom to get your connection handed off to them, and this is usually restricted by telecom (unless you are using something like VF red zone, which is their own network and doesnt go through telecom).

The speed your modem reports you connect at is not the same..
Mine says:

Line Rate - Upstream (Kbps):	1017
Line Rate - Downstream (Kbps):	20787

I have never downloaded anything at 20mb/s (its actually not possible in a single threaded download anyway in NZ).

[Ronin]

I only have 1 phone socket at my place.

Its naked broadband so the router is the only thing connected to it.
I have changed the filter and tried a different router.

Got home from work connection speed was 7500kbps.

Rebooted the router and now its 2700kbps....

*Sigh* wish I could afford VDSL2...

Naked ADSL with a filter? The internet, your doing it wrong.

[iYRe]

Naked ADSL with a filter? The internet, your doing it wrong.

yeah.. filters are for phones..

[steve_t]

yeah.. filters are for phones..

But the ADSL socket of the filter is unfiltered right? And most modems now only come with an RJ11-RJ11 cable so you have to use the filter unless you have a BT-RJ11 cable from a phone or something. Surely the filter being in situ would make 3/10ths of F-all difference?

[Ronin]

But the ADSL socket of the filter is unfiltered right? And most modems now only come with an RJ11-RJ11 cable so you have to use the filter unless you have a BT-RJ11 cable from a phone or something. Surely the filter being in situ would make 3/10ths of F-all difference?

You would be amazed at the amount of people who use the wrong plug...

[iYRe]

But the ADSL socket of the filter is unfiltered right? And most modems now only come with an RJ11-RJ11 cable so you have to use the filter unless you have a BT-RJ11 cable from a phone or something. Surely the filter being in situ would make 3/10ths of F-all difference?

only if you plug the router into the filter.. I have naked adsl and VOIP.. it rocks.. (it also helps having worked in the network engineering dept of the ISP I use lol)