froot Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 so, last week, on speedtest.net my result was around 2200 kilobitsper second, and now it's 130 i'm on sympatico dsl "hi speed lite," no router no firewall keep in mind that before the past 2 weeks, it was always at 130 can i get it back up?
Keiver Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 Call your ISP and yell at them for being crap.
froot Posted November 11, 2007 Author Report Posted November 11, 2007 just how bad is 130 o.o could i get a better connection for like $4 a month?
»Purge Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 I got 1920 KB/s download on my university connection, but a low upload speed of 311 KB/s.
Russky Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 4$ a month i dont think you can get !@#$%^&*...
rootbear75 Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 4$ a month i dont think you can get !@#$%^&*...it will get you 1/2 of dial up speed
Keiver Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 just how bad is 130 o.o could i get a better connection for like $4 a month? 130 is like 3x dialup, which is absolute trash, and not worth ANY money.
Dav Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 IMO 2meg should be a bare minimum for internet. this is what my 4meg cable line is giving me atm http://www.speedtest.net/result/201088662.png
candygirl Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 I have a 7mb plan can you tell lolhttp://www.speedtest.net/result/201135427.png I was going to get the higher one but the line is no good
Testtube Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 Last Result:Download Speed: 11250 kbps (1406.3 KB/sec transfer rate)Upload Speed: 4419 kbps (552.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Cancer+ Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 http://www.speedtest.net/result/201148598.png I have Comcast and this is what I get. Is your 130 down or up?
X`terrania Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 Froot, my only suggestion is to get a better ISP. Sympatico is probably one of the worst companies in the entire world, and it's owned by the french. You do not want people like Cancer+ running your internets!!! (and I'm in the same boat as candy, I'm paying for half of what I should be getting)
rootbear75 Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 (edited) didnt we already have a speedtest topic? home network:http://www.speedtest.net/result/201192445.pngtho im on wireless atm... i suspect if i were wired it would be more Edited November 11, 2007 by rootbear75
»Purge Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 yeah but froot asked a question in his topic
candygirl Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 (edited) If you would like to know more about sympatico go here http://www.dslreports.com/forum/sympatJust to let you know "Sympatico is now throttling Bit Torrents now. So downloading crap will be slow symp knows how i feel about there service. Edited November 11, 2007 by candygirl
X`terrania Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 If you would like to know more about sympatico go here http://www.dslreports.com/forum/sympatJust to let you know "Sympatico is now throttling Bit Torrents now. So downloading crap will be slow symp knows how i feel about there service. after speaking to four people who either spoke french or had a thick indian accent, I finally got ahold of an english person and made my complaints.
candygirl Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 X`terrania if you call 310-surf your calling indian.
froot Posted November 11, 2007 Author Report Posted November 11, 2007 http://www.speedtest.net/result/201211247.png i think last time both were 130
candygirl Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 what plan do you have and were in canada do you live froot?
Dav Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 may be a long shot but have you run a trace in CTM? perhaps there is a router nearby playing up or something. ANyway if you are paying for better then that phone them. If they don't fix it leave for a new ISP.
candygirl Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 There is a program which may give you a better perspective on what is occurring in your case. Its called DU Meter and may be downloaded from a safe URL below http://www.download.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=...amp;search.y=10
froot Posted November 11, 2007 Author Report Posted November 11, 2007 (edited) "hi speed lite," costs aruond 25-30 and i live in toronto and dav... how to do edit: couldn't make out CTM for continuum, lol. ill post results after i try DU meter so this is what DU meter says. i get anywhere from 12-120 on "received," about 2-4 on "sent" and it says 175.3 kbps on the left side, w/e that means Tracing Zone: SSCC RedStar IP Address: 209.59.175.210 Hop IP Address Host Name Loss(%) Min/Avg/Max Ping --- --------------- -------------------------------- ------- ---------------- 1 192.168.2.1 <unknown> 0.0 0 0 0 2 ... ... 0.0 1000000 0 0 3 ... ... 0.0 1000000 0 0 Cycles: 113 i know enough to know that that isn't good o.o Edited November 11, 2007 by froot
Cancer+ Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 only thing you can do is call and !@#$%^&* and then leave if it doesn't get better. Because as you can see from other people, your connection sucks. Even rootbears is better and he is wireless, that should never happen.
candygirl Posted November 11, 2007 Report Posted November 11, 2007 (edited) You need to take it to -> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/sympat There is online Bell Sympatico agents on that forum and they can help you. You will need to registar (so you can post) Edited November 11, 2007 by candygirl
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