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English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: Captain Darling on June 30, 2009, 00:18:04

Title: Upload speeds
Post by: Captain Darling on June 30, 2009, 00:18:04

Hi, :)

I've recently moved ISP and I just would like your comments on the upload speed that I was "Set to" by SKY.

We have the 8MB broadband package, Download speed is 8MB but upload speed is 0.4MB.

The other day I tried to upload a video that I just finished and it estimated to complete uploading after 11 hours - it didn't take 11 hours - it only took a couple of hours to get a error message to tell me that the upload failed..
Then I started to think - my old ISP wasn't this slow..

Is it me demanding too much upload speed or is it them giving out too little upload speed?
I went onto Speed Test (http://www.speedtest.net/) and the upload speed was well below ISP average.

What is your upload speed?

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: Master Captain on June 30, 2009, 00:24:20

my upload speed is about the same as yours, around .4-.5 mb/s but my download is about 20-22 mb/s ;D

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: Minime on June 30, 2009, 02:04:35

here's my crappy download/upload
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/506620175.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
but I think they are working on a new system that might make it better.

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: TJK on June 30, 2009, 06:55:05

Here are mine in norway

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/506735456.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
and here from a server in London
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/506737178.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
and from norway to LA. Cal. USA
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/506740172.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
So you see the speed will be poor as longer away you go

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: IRI5HJ4CK on June 30, 2009, 07:43:04

I tested mine too!

Manchester, England
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/506753590.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

United States
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/506754499.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

This is very interesting :lol:

Jack ;D

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: kerNeli on June 30, 2009, 10:56:07

Saad they dropped Helsinki from test... or Nebulas servers are down :<

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/506836529.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
to LA
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/506837412.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
to London
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/506837849.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

And my connection should be 24/1 :<

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: TerryRussell on June 30, 2009, 11:35:07

Unless you have a cable connection (and even then only some cable connections), your upload speed will be a lot slower than your download speed. That's what the "A" in ADSL means - "asynchronous" - meaning different.

With a business 8 MB BT connection, my upload speed is just below 1Meg. (0.95 last time I looked).

But Sky do seem appalingly bad. That's why they're cheap, I guess. You'll probably find that their support is not very supportive, either. Everyone I know who has tried to get support has been very disappointed with the low quality service that Sky provide.

Mr Murdoch wants every penny he can squeeze out of you, of course, so all corners will be cut...  :thumbdown:

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: The Ferry Man on June 30, 2009, 19:47:17

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/507159703.png)

Not sure how good mine is, but the internet has been playing up...

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: TerryRussell on June 30, 2009, 20:08:01

My download speed is a bit low, but we are in the middle of the overnight server synchronisations so there is probably a lot of data being moved on the network.

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: Captain Darling on June 30, 2009, 23:43:46

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/507328126.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

Tore - Distance of 50 miles.. :-\

EDIT:
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/507331287.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

HMMMMMM

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: TJK on July 01, 2009, 08:47:03

Quote from: Captain Darling on June 30, 2009, 23:43:46

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/507328126.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

Tore - Distance of 50 miles.. :-\

EDIT:
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/507331287.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

HMMMMMM

HI Captain Darling
yea i see the line are not so good, but your ISP are they promise you the speed hole time or it say up to that are the usual in Norway my ISP promise me up to 28 MB i have a cable broadband BDW and a upload 2.8 MB, so here in Norway they usual give you 10%  download for upload but can bay more upload speed if needed.
Tore

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: Captain Spencer on July 01, 2009, 10:19:39

I think britain are lacking in high speed broadband. All these ISP's are talking about Fibreoptic connections, with gigabit speeds but I'm still waiting for a bloody 8mb connection, let alone anything quicker!!

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: TJK on July 01, 2009, 10:55:50

Well here in Norway and the city i live in there are a ISP that have Fibreoptic connections with a speed up to 4 GB but do wee need that, they give you Internet, TV, radio, rent a video, games  or many other things.
Maybe UK are a outsider with the Internet speed, why not protest if it are so bad.

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: Captain Spencer on July 01, 2009, 13:21:45

Protest? Ha!

That won't get us anywhere, apart from perhaps a night in a cell  ::)

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: Captain Darling on July 01, 2009, 13:39:11

With the recession you'd find BT (british telecom)would be very reluctant to make noticeable improvements to the network...

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: TerryRussell on July 01, 2009, 20:40:44

Having seen what everyone else is getting, I'm very pleased with my BT connections (above). I have three locations over a 12 mile circle, and all of them give very similar results.

The one here at world's end (Selsey) actually is the best by about 2%. But we're only 0.5 mile (1Km) from the exchange.

Title: Re: Upload speeds
Post by: IRI5HJ4CK on July 02, 2009, 07:51:17

To me, the speed dosen't really matter, it dosen't seem to make a difference for what I use the internet for anyway :lol:

Ship Sim MP isn't a problem either (Most of the time..).

Jack.