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Title: TBQM: just intrigued . . .
Post by: mervl on Feb 24, 2012, 11:14:32
My Broadband Ping (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/e501a1b58a370acdc1411ec22dff0c4d-24-02-2012.html)

??? what might have caused this unusual excitement on my connection overnight? Apart from the couple of reboots, web pages took several attempts to load around midnight at the only time I was actively using the connection, and corrected errors sped up to several hundred thousand per minute (i.e. x100) according to the modem, but the connection was not otherwise in use (i.e. no connected devices overnight), and nothing otherwise unusual on the GUI (including no unknown connected devices and wireless security set throughout to WPA2). I can't see any exchange or network fault reported anywhere (EABOR).

For the last six months the connection has been as it was until the 6pm blip, and hopefully now might be returning to from 10am. (The post 8am blip was my usual breakfast downloading so not unexpected).
Title: Re: TBQM: just intrigued . . .
Post by: Rik on Feb 24, 2012, 11:20:07
It's possible the exchange was heavily congested during that period. My own traces, both BT and Telefonica, show no issues.
Title: Re: TBQM: just intrigued . . .
Post by: Glenn on Feb 24, 2012, 11:21:32
My FTTC line is flat for the same time period.
Title: Re: TBQM: just intrigued . . .
Post by: esh on Feb 24, 2012, 13:39:49
Wow, that's pretty exciting. That doesn't look like normal congestion... sounds like a virtual path was switching around or some crazy routing glitches.
Title: Re: TBQM: just intrigued . . .
Post by: lozcart on Feb 24, 2012, 14:49:38
My connection was not used last night except for any push emails to my phone and my graph shows some strange goings on around 1.00am and 3.00am which I've not had before.


My Broadband Ping (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/a5fb6dc2c087dd64b3880a22355315fe-24-02-2012.html)

Title: Re: TBQM: just intrigued . . .
Post by: Rik on Feb 24, 2012, 17:24:30
Exchange work? :dunno:
Title: Re: TBQM: just intrigued . . .
Post by: Steve on Feb 24, 2012, 18:07:45
This was mine earlier this year and it made no sense to me at all.

(http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share-thumb/c5343845e43826f1b71295cca34ff77a-07-02-2012.png) (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/c5343845e43826f1b71295cca34ff77a-07-02-2012.html)
Title: Re: TBQM: just intrigued . . .
Post by: Rik on Feb 24, 2012, 18:16:11
It looks like an RDF plot from the Battle of Britain, Steve, only inverted and more colourful.  ;D
Title: Re: TBQM: just intrigued . . .
Post by: Glenn on Feb 24, 2012, 18:25:26
And to think my dad could detect the planes flying in to/out of Berlin, from displays like that during the airlift.
Title: Re: TBQM: just intrigued . . .
Post by: Rik on Feb 25, 2012, 10:28:14
I know what you mean, Glenn. When you look at early radar displays, you wonder how anyone could make sense of them.