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Technical News & Discussion => IDNet Help => Topic started by: peasblossom on Sep 11, 2014, 16:48:45

Title: Sluggish donwload speed
Post by: peasblossom on Sep 11, 2014, 16:48:45
It's fine for watching videos as it turns out, but my broadband speed seems to slow down when it's tackling a podcast. (These are usually via the BBC or audioboo.) Looking at the desktop as it does this, it seems to be trying to download two at a time though only one finally appears. Thoughts? Ideas? Solutions?

Downstream: 3069kb   Noise: 30

Upstream: 828kb          Noise: 13
Title: Re: Sluggish donwload speed
Post by: Steve on Sep 11, 2014, 17:10:08
I'm assuming adsl2+ , if your downstream noise margin is correct i.e. 30 . Your downstream sync I think has being limited. why? Noise/interference or fault on your line causing it to re sync. Assuming your router is ok I would check with support.
Title: Re: Sluggish donwload speed
Post by: zappaDPJ on Sep 11, 2014, 17:46:00
The Internet in general seems intermittently very slow to me at the moment. It may have nothing to do with your issue but it wouldn't surprise me if we are still being effected by 512K router limit problem.
Title: Re: Sluggish donwload speed
Post by: peasblossom on Sep 11, 2014, 18:33:21
Quote from: Steve on Sep 11, 2014, 17:10:08
I'm assuming adsl2+ , if your downstream noise margin is correct i.e. 30 . Your downstream sync I think has being limited. why? Noise/interference or fault on your line causing it to re sync. Assuming your router is ok I would check with support.

At a rough guess, I'd imagine that BT might have looked at my broadband activity before it got fixed recently and thought, we'd best limit that. But I'll ring support tomorrow. (It is ADSL+2.) Thanks.
Title: Re: Sluggish donwload speed
Post by: peasblossom on Sep 12, 2014, 10:18:23
It's been reset now by IDNet and at the moment it's running like a whippet. It's not been tested with a podcast yet mind, but that's for later. The difference in general speed in noticeable though.
Title: Re: Sluggish donwload speed
Post by: Steve on Sep 12, 2014, 11:31:01
Hopefully it will stay that way otherwise you'll have to dig deeper and look for possible issues your side of the master socket.