Sky broadband speed estimate

jem16

teddysmum wrote: »

On O2, I was getting an average of about 5, though with several dips. With Sky, I get about 20% more (over 6 a few minutes ago), with no noticeable flat periods.

Did you get 6mb to begin with or has it settled at that over a few days?

penrhyn

You guys need to learn how to find your router line statistics and how to interpret them.
They provide difinitive data regarding your connection.
Speed testers while useful give variable results depending on network traffic.

teddysmum

I got just under 5 for a couple of days and then the increase to nearer 5.7-5.9 regularly.


I do realise that the 6 plus I had earlier is subject to traffic, as it had dropped to 5.9 a few minutes later. However, there is a noticeable increase from average 5 to average 5.8. (I'm not really interested in an exact measurement)

penrhyn

Up to you, but what you are quoting is meaningless in terms of your actual link speed which is easy to obtain by logging on to your router.

jem16

penrhyn wrote: »

Up to you, but what you are quoting is meaningless in terms of your actual link speed which is easy to obtain by logging on to your router.

Just switched today. User Router Stats yesterday and today after the switch. Yesterday was 6325kbps with O2 and today with Sky it's 4092kbps.

Router stats from Router;


Router Statistics

System Up Time: 03:49:20


Port

Status

TxPkts

RxPkts

Collision Pkts

Tx b/s

Rx b/s

Up Time


WAN
PPPoA 707122 366182 0 170450 75402 03:48:24

LAN
Up 95340 100042 0 52897 15327 03:49:20

WLAN
Up 58288 11376 0 12272 0 01:06:54


Broadband Link

Downstream

Upstream


Connection Speed
4092 kbps 605 kbps

Line Attenuation
48.0 dB 30.3 dB

Noise Margin
6.5 dB 16.16 dB


Any comments as to why it's lower as nothing at my end has changed?

penrhyn

Are you plugged into your master socket?
Any extensions ?

jem16

penrhyn wrote: »

Are you plugged into your master socket?

Yes

Any extensions ?

Yes but bell wire removed.

Nothing has changed at my end. Both the O2 router and the Sky Hub showed same connection speed after Sky switch. I checked the O2 router which had reconnected automatically before I replaced it with the Sky Hub.

Gordon_Hose

If you only switched yesterday then Sky will be running their DLM for the next 10 days or so. Whatever you do don't switch off your router, leave it on constantly until the 10 days are up.

Your line will be set at the fastest speed it can handle.

penrhyn

FYI Jem a little on DLM here.
http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-dlm/49859-dlm-process.html

jem16

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

If you only switched yesterday then Sky will be running their DLM for the next 10 days or so. Whatever you do don't switch off your router, leave it on constantly until the 10 days are up.

Ok thanks. Doesn't seem to have started DLM as yet.