speed of your broadband?

Non Joggler related discussion.
danfoshizzle
Posts: 1271
Joined: Sun May 29, 2011 2:08 am
Location: somewhere near Rochester castle.

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by danfoshizzle »

I used it originally as its seems to be the "goto" place for testing, not sure if its the best though.
Fullscreen squeezeplay windows, server 2003, foshiz mini v1 and v2, (and a few broken builds) :P so far.....
more to come!!

Jogglers " Obi Wan" according to Pete_c :D
gegs
Posts: 1146
Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:22 pm
Location: Edinburgh

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by gegs »

I've found the BBC iPlayer diagnostics test is quite good for testing video streaming. It frequently gives a higher overall bandwidth result than speedtest.net.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics
User avatar
pete
Posts: 2950
Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:33 am
Location: Time Traveler

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by pete »

Here's what I see from Chicago. (no BBC videos though).
Attachments
Speeds-1.jpg
- Pete
O2 Jogglers running EFI Ubuntu / Squeezeplayer
OpenPeak Voip Telephony / Zigbee tabletops hardware modded with Seabios / RTC / Ethernet ROM edits / SSD drives running XPe for automation screens

Auto mater
ilovemyjoggler
Posts: 711
Joined: Sun May 13, 2012 4:42 pm

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by ilovemyjoggler »

Sorry for reviving an old thread but this left me gobsmacked :shock: . What a diverse range! From the sublime to the ridiculous (poor Turvey - hope things have improved!). Am very jealous and may have to investigate changing my supplier.
gegs
Posts: 1146
Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:22 pm
Location: Edinburgh

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by gegs »

pete_c wrote:Here's what I see from Chicago. (no BBC videos though).
Try UnoDNS. They have iPlayer on their list of services.
User avatar
BuZz
Site Admin
Posts: 1460
Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:15 am

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by BuZz »

for friends (that's you ;-) ) You can use my proxy - which is fine for ondemand bbc streams - live have geolocked streaming servers. pm me and ill send you details. thanks! :)
gegs
Posts: 1146
Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:22 pm
Location: Edinburgh

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by gegs »

I still recommend trying UnoDNS - especially if you set it up on a device that doesn't have sensitive personal information passing through. I don't route through UnoDNS servers for my general internet traffic but I have it set up on my ATV2, Wii and (occasionally) the Xbox 360.

It's cheap and faster than a VPN and works on devices other than your computer (unlike a VPN - which also slows your connection speed).

They have an eight day free trial that you only need to provide a u/name and p/w for (no credit card details, unlike the Netflix free trial). I have several geo-locked* services running through my Joggler and ATV2, including US Netflix. Their customer service is pretty good too. I've had to raise a support ticket twice and my problems have been fixed within 24 hours; not bad for a company in another time zone (Toronto, Canada).

Crikey! it sounds like I should be on commission.

---EDIT---
* maybe that should be 'geo-unlocked'
Last edited by gegs on Fri Jul 20, 2012 2:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.
ilovemyjoggler
Posts: 711
Joined: Sun May 13, 2012 4:42 pm

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by ilovemyjoggler »

BuZz wrote:for friends (that's you ;-) ) You can use my proxy - which is fine for ondemand bbc streams - live have geolocked streaming servers. pm me and ill send you details. thanks! :)
I'm guessing this isn't aimed at me - as I have no idea what it means! :lol:
Turvey
Posts: 65
Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:04 pm
Location: Kirkwall

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by Turvey »

ilovemyjoggler wrote:What a diverse range! From the sublime to the ridiculous (poor Turvey - hope things have improved!).
Could live with this result ;)


Image
ilovemyjoggler
Posts: 711
Joined: Sun May 13, 2012 4:42 pm

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by ilovemyjoggler »

Turvey wrote:
ilovemyjoggler wrote:What a diverse range! From the sublime to the ridiculous (poor Turvey - hope things have improved!).
Could live with this result ;)


Image
I could live with your result too! Just checked mine and and it's the slowest on here damn it :( . The phone companies still have a long way to go to give us what we need/want.
Turvey
Posts: 65
Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:04 pm
Location: Kirkwall

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by Turvey »

ilovemyjoggler wrote:The phone companies still have a long way to go to give us what we need/want.

And pay well for ;-) :evil: :evil: :evil:
User avatar
pete
Posts: 2950
Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:33 am
Location: Time Traveler

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by pete »

Here is my latest results.

Image
- Pete
O2 Jogglers running EFI Ubuntu / Squeezeplayer
OpenPeak Voip Telephony / Zigbee tabletops hardware modded with Seabios / RTC / Ethernet ROM edits / SSD drives running XPe for automation screens

Auto mater
danfoshizzle
Posts: 1271
Joined: Sun May 29, 2011 2:08 am
Location: somewhere near Rochester castle.

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by danfoshizzle »

Image

theres my latest :)
Fullscreen squeezeplay windows, server 2003, foshiz mini v1 and v2, (and a few broken builds) :P so far.....
more to come!!

Jogglers " Obi Wan" according to Pete_c :D
User avatar
roobarb!
Posts: 1745
Joined: Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:30 pm
Location: Salford, UK
Contact:

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by roobarb! »

Finally available in my street... BT Infinity ordered... :)
BirdsLikeWires - Get fresh builds of Debian Bullseye and Bookworm for OpenFrame with the latest 5.10 and 6.1 kernels! 8-)
ilovemyjoggler
Posts: 711
Joined: Sun May 13, 2012 4:42 pm

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by ilovemyjoggler »

My supplier's emailed saying they're upgrading the broadband in our area and it will effect me. That's good news right? Except they don't say what the improvements are or what difference, if any, I should see (not even on their help page). :?:

Knowing my luck I'll probably lose internet connection completely.
User avatar
roobarb!
Posts: 1745
Joined: Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:30 pm
Location: Salford, UK
Contact:

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by roobarb! »

roobarb! wrote:Finally available in my street... BT Infinity ordered... :)
Well, after some fiddling around and removal of the Home Hub 3 (using an AirPort Extreme instead), this is the comparison.

Before BT Infinity (using Virgin Media's ADSL service):

Image

After BT Infinity:

Image

There's definitely been a change... :shock:
BirdsLikeWires - Get fresh builds of Debian Bullseye and Bookworm for OpenFrame with the latest 5.10 and 6.1 kernels! 8-)
User avatar
offbeatdave
Posts: 1045
Joined: Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:43 pm

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by offbeatdave »

Just a bit of a change! I'm still getting the ADSL2+ up and running with stability here! Saturday was spent re-wiring the phone and network extensions in the house. Up from 5.7-6.3Mb/s all the way to the dizzy heights of 13-14Mb/s for download with an upload increase from 0.44Mb/s to 0.88Mb/s. Wouldn't know what to do with 70Mb/s download!
"EVERY DAY I'M JOGGLERING!"
Jogglering since Dec '09;
Tinkering with Jogglers since Feb '10 thanks to PMJ, Jogtools, PnP & sqpOS;
Gave something back Feb '12 to Apr '14 with PnP Mk II & PnP III;
Finally 'completed' PnP III Apr '15!
Turvey
Posts: 65
Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:04 pm
Location: Kirkwall

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by Turvey »

And here's tonight's superfast connection...

Image

:roll:

Just shot of an email to TalkTalk support but I wont hold my breath.
levenstain
Posts: 2
Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2012 7:55 pm

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by levenstain »

I'm getting 15mbit/s from my ISP :D
User avatar
offbeatdave
Posts: 1045
Joined: Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:43 pm

Re: speed of your broadband?

Post by offbeatdave »

Image

Have managed to get my line sorted after initial issues with ADSL2+. An incompatible router and dodgy extension wiring caused lots of loss of sync events to start with - it was an assortment of starfish arrangements from extensions. However, my new simple daisy chain arrangement is working flawlessly with the router towards the end of the chain on a filtered plate with the further extensions being automatically filtered for the Sky+ box and the cordless phones.

Sync reliably at 17500+kbps now so that'll do me nicely as there is no hope of FFTC ever making it's way over to this part of the country.
"EVERY DAY I'M JOGGLERING!"
Jogglering since Dec '09;
Tinkering with Jogglers since Feb '10 thanks to PMJ, Jogtools, PnP & sqpOS;
Gave something back Feb '12 to Apr '14 with PnP Mk II & PnP III;
Finally 'completed' PnP III Apr '15!
Post Reply