ihug ultra speed test - ne1 with ultra wanna try this test for me?

of late it appears that my conncetion has dropped in speed dramatically.

This is my latest test from ihugs website

This test will estimate the download speed of your internet connection. The
test works by sending a file to your computers browser and timing how long
it takes to download. Your connection speed is calculated by dividing the
file size by the download time. Results of your speed test:

56 Kbps - dial up
128 Kbps - ADSL
Your Connection
256 Kbps - Wireless
1000 Kbps - Ultra
2000 Kbps - Wireless

Speed test details:

Test file size: 512 KiloBytes
Download time: 28.157 seconds
Estimated speed: 147 Kilobits/sec (18 KiloBytes/sec)



anyone else with Ultra (prefer DBS service) want to do this test and see
what your getting.



Talked to Ihug, they say several things.



1. my connection is not limited

2. Ultra only works at high speed in multiple downloads - single downloads
will be slow.

 

Or for something more consistent try one of these tests:

http://www.toast.net/performance/default.asp

http://www.dslreports.com/stest

 

that sounds about right ro satnet... what'd you used to get?

 

dunno. used to download stuff at 200-250k/sec. lately been downloading at
7-10k/s Thats why I decided to run some tests.

 

interesting.

Loaded 414,161 bytes in 27.109 seconds from TOAST.net USA server.


33.6K Modem: 16-27K
56K Modem: 34-45K
ISDN/I-DSL: 100-120K
Your throughput: 122 K
Cable/ADSL: 229-950K
T1: 1078-1300K

2004-11-24 20:14:37 EST: 110 / 21
Your download speed : 113170 bps, or 110 kbps.
A 13.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 21768 bps, or 21 kbps

 

Same deal here on my ultra connection.
Been like it for a week or two now.
Bit of a pain when paying big $$ and small data cap : (

 

It's not a sun spot problem ? or the alignment of the New Zealand to the
sun ? I'm assuming that it's happened suddenly..


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any idea what your tests *used* to read?

 

Dunno. signal strength is 78% which ihug say is a really good signal.

 

wasn't there an issue with satnet where it would suck if you got too
high of a signal?

 

yep. I don't know what the 78% is a percentage of. In the old drivers it
gave a AEG value. Mine was 199. I heard problems started at 210+

 

I used to get 150 - 200k/sec using DAP, same sites with DAP I get about 5 -
20k/sec

Even from ihugs ftp is it still slooooww...

 

It is becoming apparent that they are really trying to get as many people as
possible off Ultra. If only Jetstream were available here.................

 

No ADSL here.. even if there was, I am about 10kms from the local exchange.
I am out of luck.
$70per month for 3gb data cap at 20k/sec is not really a good deal. But I do
not have any other options.

 

yep. I feel for ya. I opted for 2G cap cause I have friends in town and
they download the big files for me now. Hassle though.