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My daughter Bridie says tinternet is slow. I haven't really noticed any problems, but she downloads music and streams video etc, I mostly just play poker and browse blonde.

If I hover my cursor over the little connection icon, it says "Speed 48.0 Mps, is that fast or slow?

Where and how do we start to investigate this problem?

If you're as bad as I am, I'd recommend ignoring the problem  ;ashamed;

I had similar trouble a while back.  I ended up messing my computer up so much I had to get someone to reconfigure the whole damned thing.

Apart from all the time it took up and the 4 nervous breakdowns on the way, it would have been almost as cheap to buy my daughter a brand new computer.

So I say good luck, and when you try to fix it, make sure everything breakable within reach is nailed down.

Thats the connection speed between you and the router - Internet speed is different. Try taking a speed test (www.adslguide.org is one of many)

Date     03/08/08 11:35:00
Speed Down    309.60 Kbps ( 0.3 Mbps )
Speed Up    245.39 Kbps ( 0.2 Mbps )
Port    8095
Server    speedtest1.adslguide.org.uk


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Yer thats hella slow...

Try switching your router off then on again..

If still doesn't speed up phone your ISP get them to see if anything is wrong on the line.

this is mine

Date 03/08/08 11:33:55
Speed Down 1808.28 Kbps ( 1.8 Mbps )
Speed Up 290.03 Kbps ( 0.3 Mbps )

Speed Test Results
Date 03/08/08 11:24:58
Speed Down 1408.71 Kbps ( 1.4 Mbps )
Speed Up 731.99 Kbps ( 0.7 Mbps )
Port 8095
Server speedtest2.adslguide.org.uk

Mine -- and I am at the limit of distance from the exchange -- yours is slower than a wet weekend in Ballymena

Mine

03/08/08 11:42:05
Speed Down 1907.56 Kbps ( 1.9 Mbps )
Speed Up 187.44 Kbps ( 0.2 Mbps )


Is this OK?

Here be mine:

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/121776008684115325443.html

Date     03/08/08 11:42:08
Speed Down    4340.03 Kbps ( 4.2 Mbps )
Speed Up    474.11 Kbps ( 0.5 Mbps )

Anyone know if theres a Vista problem with Flashplayer? Cant get any Youtube videos up and my downloading flash seems to go in a loop?

Have you got the latest version from http://www.adobe.com ?

Just means you lose your chips faster  ;angel;

Date 03/08/08 11:45:01
Speed Down 3337.24 Kbps ( 3.3 Mbps )
Speed Up 626.31 Kbps ( 0.6 Mbps )
Port 8095
Server speedtest1.adslguide.org.uk

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/121776020633644332714.html


03/08/08 11:44:01
Speed Down    6564.59 Kbps ( 6.4 Mbps )
Speed Up    445.97 Kbps ( 0.4 Mbps )
Port    8095
Server    speedtest2.adslguide.org.uk

That's ours, none of these results are meaningful though unless we know what speed you should be connected at - mine is an 8mg connection, but always slower on the weekends. Last night it dropped right down to the speed of a 2mg connection which for us is terrible, but for you at the moment it would be very fast.

So, what should your connection roughly run at?

Eventually got it installed using zip file (wish I knew what that was), tks Matty

Just tested Harmony's connection, SkyBroadband, while I have a couple of tables open -

Date     03/08/08 18:08:00
Speed Down    6643.34 Kbps ( 6.5 Mbps )
Speed Up    347.00 Kbps ( 0.3 Mbps )
Port    8095
Server    speedtest2.adslguide.org.uk

Didnt Tom say his Internet is through a 3G dongle?

Harsh but having spent a wet weekend in Ballymena I sort of know where you are coming from

Not quite as bad as Red's but still pretty dire.  Problems with living too far from the telephone exchange :( (I'm supposed to get up to 8mg)

Date 04/08/08 11:38:15
Speed Down 954.78 Kbps ( 0.9 Mbps )
Speed Up 644.92 Kbps ( 0.6 Mbps )
Port 8095

Thanks everyone.

I called my SP. At the moment my broadband speed is 2Mbps which, by incredible coincedence, is to be upgraded to 4Mbps today.

mine is pretty dire, only have a 1meg connection (amazing that that's now considered shit eh?) but it mainly seems to be the Wii interfering with it that makes it slow.