speed

[griff]

i have just had virgin in to up me to the 50meg speed and i do a speed test and it says 46 on average which is fine but when i download on newsleech 3.9 it fluxuates a lot it goes from 3.6m/bits down to 1.19 m/bits any ideas why it fluxuates so much ? it was fine when i was on 10meg it always stayed on 1.19m.bit

cheers

[oneman]

you know there are throttling periods for usenet and P2P ?

Check the virginmedia website, can't be bothered to type the times again.

[griff]

i know about the throttling. it isnt that. it would half the connection not make it fluxuate

[oneman]

i know about the throttling. it isnt that. it would half the connection not make it fluxuate

Actually it will fluxate depending on local. And speed is not half, its up to a 3/4 reduction.

Have you tried virgins own servers or free trial with giganews or astraweb ?

[MrFug]

If you can, change your SSL port. I know Giga offer 2 SSL ports, 443 and the standard 561 (er, I think). The latter suffers from traffic management, but when using 443 I get my 50mb connection consistently maxed out.

[griff]

i am on astraweb and it has been fine for yrs. i was on 10 and had no probs always maxed out now i am up to 50 its fluxuates a lot

[oneman]

i am on astraweb and it has been fine for yrs. i was on 10 and had no probs always maxed out now i am up to 50 its fluxuates a lot

Have you called VM about it ?

What are downloads via http or FTP like ?

[MrFug]

i am on astraweb and it has been fine for yrs. i was on 10 and had no probs always maxed out now i am up to 50 its fluxuates a lot

Since you've been a usenet user for years you probably know this but make sure your connections are set to 20 in your server settings. Having few connections can cause speed fluctuations.

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[griff]

done that mr fug. i changed the port number to 443 and work fine now ideal thanks now i can use the full 50 ha