Is The Www Getting Worse?

[Vlad the Pale Aler]

Here I am with my new super fast wizzbang pc and broadband internet connection, and I seem to get more time outs than I ever have, even with dial up.
Is there just too much traffic clogging it up or is it another conspiracy against me.
Anyone else having problems lately, I am with iinet.

 

[mwd]

Sometimes fast sometimes slow.
Internettraffic report

 

[Kai]

It takes a long time to get to WA, you know.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Was slow here the last few days...

Although the torrents seemed Ok, but everything else was crap

 

[warra48]

Vlad,

As someone who lived in Pert at one stage, we know that all good things that come out of the East do a U-turn at the Nullarbor.

Same with fast internet speeds.

 

[Cocko]

super fast wizzbang pc

Is it a MAC?

cough!
h34r:

Other option: Download the internet at work and print it out!! Old school analogue styles!!






NB: No arguments please, just a joke... COUGH!

Edit: Edited stuff... so..

 

[Pollux]

 

[Adamt]

When you are on a high bandwidth connection it's always possible the server side could be holding you up. More people are on the 'net now, with faster connections, which greatly increases traffic through webservers.

 

[jonocarroll]

I spent far too long looking for this link... Still funny though.

 

[Tony M]

I think that you are just getting a bit old, impatient and generally grumpy Ian.

 

[redbeard]

Does iinet have a file mirror / ftp site with test files of say 1mb, 10mb & 100mb ? try dl'ing these to work out if the speed problem is between your modem & the isp. With adsl2, the isp sometimes has different profiles ie fast but unreliable, medium, slow but very reliable. Depending on your modem & how its setup, might need to change some tcp settings. dl SG TCP Optimizer from http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php and see if it makes any suggestions. At worst ring the helpdesk and ask for suggestions / help.

cheers

 

[jonocarroll]

Does iinet have a file mirror / ftp site with test files of say 1mb, 10mb & 100mb ? try dl'ing these to work out if the speed problem is between your modem & the isp. With adsl2, the isp sometimes has different profiles ie fast but unreliable, medium, slow but very reliable. Depending on your modem & how its setup, might need to change some tcp settings. dl SG TCP Optimizer from http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php and see if it makes any suggestions. At worst ring the helpdesk and ask for suggestions / help.

cheers

You mean like this? There's a hosted mirror for each telco, and iiNet's on there with tests for 70 KB, 600 KB, 3 MB, 9 MB, and 15 MB.

Good luck.

 

[Vlad the Pale Aler]

I think that you are just getting a bit old, impatient and generally grumpy Ian.

Thanks Tony,you are my role model.



And thanks for the sensible comments blokes, now I know its a conspiracy.

 

[sinkas]

you should write a stern letter to the internet, in green biro, give them a bollocking.

 

[johnno]

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...311-662,00.html