iPlayer keeps freezing for me (mainly evening viewing), so I used Speedtest to test the speed of my broadband connection, and got the following results:
<a href="http://www.speedtest.net";><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/314141861.png";></a>
My IPS is BT, and it is a rather shitty download speed. I'm not too savvy about these things - how could I make it faster?
― Tongham Hobbs, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:01 (eighteen years ago)
Sorry, this link might work:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/314141861.png
― Tongham Hobbs, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:02 (eighteen years ago)
Move to www.bethere.co.uk
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:13 (eighteen years ago)
Move to Belgium (wireless router, even)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/314153118.png
― StanM, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:22 (eighteen years ago)
What happens if you use the other server (not Maidenhead, that looks extremely slow) ?
― StanM, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:24 (eighteen years ago)
That's not a shitty download speed, dude.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:25 (eighteen years ago)
Upload is a bit suck.
Oh, sorry. I thought StanM was being helpful.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:28 (eighteen years ago)
i got 3985 down 853 up (Beating Stan!) but I have no idea when upload speed comes in handy for me.
― Ludo, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:33 (eighteen years ago)
Curiously, StanM, this is what the results look like with the non-recommended server - higher download, lower upload speeds?
http://www.speedtest.net/result/314158953.png
libcrypt, do you mean my download (with router incidentally, and on a brand new iMac) is not shitty or StanM's?
I've had no other problems - I wouldn't have noticed the low speed if it hadn't been for Charlie and Lola freezing on iPlayer.
― Tongham Hobbs, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:38 (eighteen years ago)
that second server's ping is a lot better, but your upload is even slower there :-(
― StanM, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:40 (eighteen years ago)
5k down/1k up
The upload speed is very handy for sending magazine files to the printer in Missouri.
― Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:44 (eighteen years ago)
Sorry Hobbs; I thought StanM was fixing yr broken post.
In any case, the best thing for you to do is call yr ISP and say "halp; my Internet is broke!" Explain yr symptoms and show them the speed test. If they can't make fixies, then get a new ISP.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 20:17 (eighteen years ago)
Sorry for the confusion, I usually tend to help people but I didn't this time :-)
― StanM, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 20:19 (eighteen years ago)
Since we're all comparing length, suck on this one:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2676/picture2ez7.png
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 20:27 (eighteen years ago)
The server in Latvia is 6 times quicker for me than the server in Maidenhead.
― Mark C, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 13:24 (seventeen years ago)
There is a longstanding problem with the combination of Mac + BT + iPlayer, which seems finally to have been sorted on the new Home Hub.
― Stevie T, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 13:46 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/314735348.png
― krakow, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 22:36 (seventeen years ago)
Oslo just beat Dublin for me. Maidenhead sucked serious balls.
― krakow, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 22:37 (seventeen years ago)
oh dear, 0range Broadband... http://www.speedtest.net/result/314738164.png ...maybe if they stopped making stupid TV commercials they could get on this? TBF, the SMTP e-mail server problem seems to be fixed.
― snoball, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 22:47 (seventeen years ago)