eddie h

...anyone else struggling to keep a connection.

I keep getting IP lease expired etc..

only way to get back on is unplug/plug in the modem a few times.

any ideas???

eddie

ozzy

nope. I've had one outage in about 3 years with my BY connection. Could be a problem in your area. Have you checked the BY site?

Steve Perriam

np with my conn.

hope u get it sorted.

Tim-Grove

Ive had a prob like that over the past week or so, the connection has gone down 3 or 4 times and the only way to sort it is by reseting the modem. Dont know why this has started happening, bit of a pain in the ***

BuRR

Might be something to do with the speed upgrades they're doing in May?

Stueyb

I have the same problem on ntl and it was rock steady until midweek !

eddie h

i went to the by site, but nothing listed, so i decided to click their complaints button...you guessed it ..it lost connection and wouldn't reconnect.

So i've not really used it much this weekend, but touch wood it seems fine at the moment, been on' tinternet 'bout a hour or so now with no foul ups.

Thanks for your replys,

eddie

tinhead

Burr-speed upgrades?
That explains why my download speed has suddenly increased by 50%
Now achieving 90Kb/s
Sorry eddie this is not much help is it.

BuRR

Mine too. Mine's now hitting 150kbYtEs / sec

wideboyuk

Yes they are upgrading speeds FOC by 50% so ur standard broadband is now 728kbs!

Graz

Does say somewhere on the blueyonder web site that your cable modem will be reset as part of the upgrade and hence the connection dropped.

Not done mine yet, well not that I've noticed.

Tim-Grove

think mine has been done getting 90k/sec downloads now

wideboyuk

If you run a speed test http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp/ what speeds are u getting on ur BY connection?
Thanks

eddie h

Still unreliable, but here are my speeds:

Downstream 779 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 123 Kbps (inc. overheads)

BuRR

Your Connection

Downstream 1365 Kbps (170.6 KB/sec) 1474 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 228 Kbps (28.5 KB/sec) 246 Kbps (inc. overheads)

Harry_Boy

Downstream 959 Kbps (119.9 KB/sec) 1035 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 247 Kbps (30.9 KB/sec) 266 Kbps (inc. overheads)

That's using an NTL 1Mb service. What's your's BuRR?

IanW

Downstream 1436 Kbps (179.5 KB/sec) 1550 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 235 Kbps (29.4 KB/sec) 253 Kbps (inc. overheads)

This test was done on my laptop via a wireless link I am on the Blueyonder 1Mb service (i guess i have had my upgade though ) although i will be going to the 3Mb in a few weeks.

Steve Perriam

yeah it bl00dy kewl having the extra speed

from that speed test - well just bout from it as for some reason i am getting the following message when i try to click on it initially......

Your web browser does not support frames or is currently configured not to display frames. However, you may open our speed tester here.]

so i clicked on the 'here' and it works ? dunno why its complaining bout frames ? my IE not changed ?

oh well if anyones seen this message and can help lemme know !


Downstream 1419 Kbps (177.4 KB/sec) 1532 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 238 Kbps (29.8 KB/sec) 257 Kbps (inc. overheads)


this is telewest blueyonder 1mb become 1.5mb

BuRR

Mine the 1Mb line (now obviously 1.5 )

That speed test was done whilst FTP'ing to my Xbox, whilst one of the kids was playing Call of Duty online (on his own PC)

wideboyuk

wtf am i getting this on a 512 cable connection!?!?

Downstream 57 Kbps (7.1 KB/sec) 61 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 116 Kbps (14.5 KB/sec) 125 Kbps (inc. overheads)

Steve Perriam

wot were u doing at the time of running the test

thats not v good is it ! understatement of the yr there btw

ozzy

BY 1.5Mb Cable

Downstream 1431 Kbps (178.9 KB/sec) 1545 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 142 Kbps (17.8 KB/sec) 153 Kbps (inc. overheads)

Stefan

wideboyuk

Weren't doing anything!
I get download speeds of around 60kb/sec on bittorrent sometimes upto 100kb.
But the speed test shows bad figures!
It was run on a 400mhz machine, that shouldnt matter should it?