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I also live in North Watson, and as of the last week (I think), I’ve finally got what looks like the “full potential” of my ADSL1 8Mbit connection.

I’m now getting 6500/325 in Speedtest, and that’s been the fastest I’ve ever achieved since getting ADSL in this area. When I originally joined, I only got 4.5Mbit, but that eventually downgraded itself to 3Mbit (or rather 1.5 during peak).

I haven’t measured ping response, just speed.

Michael.

P.S. I would love them to now upgrade the equipment to ADSL2+, but I shouldn’t be so greedy…

I live in North Watson on Antill street and have noticed some signicant improvements in my service over the past few weeks

I am on ADSL 1 (2 is not available) but I am now getting pings between 80-90m/s rather than the usual 700+. I get 30-40m/s during non-peak times.

Haven’t run any tests on download speeds as I am not to concerned about this. Use my internet more for gaming where latency is the issue.

Still not perfect but an improvement.

Also, thankyou for all your effort on this issue.

I think the upgrade has improved my net performance. It’s now 8pm on a Monday, and I’m getting the following ping times. I was previously getting in the order of 600-800ms to the ANU. I’m crossing my fingers, hoping that this is permanent!

Pinging http://www.l.google.com [150.101.98.211] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=58
Reply from 150.101.98.211: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=58

Ping statistics for 150.101.98.211:
Packets: Sent = 21, Received = 21, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 29ms, Maximum = 45ms, Average = 36ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Users\Nick>ping ns1.anu.edu.au

Pinging ns1.anu.edu.au [150.203.1.10] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 150.203.1.10: bytes=32 time=65ms TTL=247
Reply from 150.203.1.10: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=247
Reply from 150.203.1.10: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=247
Reply from 150.203.1.10: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=247

Ping statistics for 150.203.1.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 26ms, Maximum = 65ms, Average = 40ms

I don’t rely on speed test as it can give reasonable numbers, only to see real world downloads at 200kb or lower on a 1500kb connection. It wouldn’t surprise me if the speed testing sites have been given a higher QOS so they get fewer complaints.

Low level packet tracing still indicates large number of dropped packets, therefore congestion still exists. Also speed varies at different times of day…congestion.

BTW have resorted to 3G (not Tel$ra) for anything I need in a hurry, about 10-15 time faster than ADSL.

I’m in Dunlop, off the Melba exchange (same problem as Gungahlin); here is some speedtest data from this week;

(Time, Down, Ping, Up)
5/6
2030 0.26 530m/s not noted
6/6
0911 0.42 51m/s 0.10
1829 0.08 619m/s 0.04
1914 0.14 570m/s 0.08
2030 0.43 717m/s 0.05
7/6
1626 timeout 9496m/s timeout
1640 0.25 632m/s 0.10
2206 0.03 6480 timeout
8/6
1945 0.39 48m/s 0.10
2148 0.37 153m/s 0.10
2246 0.43 49m/s 0.11
9/6
2230 0.48 613m/s 0.10
10/6
2258 0.43 49m/s 0.11
12/6
0732 0.26 1392m/s 0.02
0750 0.43 48m/s 0.11

you can see from

http://www.telstrawholesale.com/products/docs/access_broadband_adslex03.xls

only
CRACE ACT CRCF DA157 236
CRACE ACT CRCF DA159 229
CRACE ACT CRCF DA165 309

have ADSL2+ ports avaliable the other 50 or so do not… go figure …

“This report identifies when specific DSLAMs have undergone a backhaul upgrade to allow removal of shaping from 8 Mb/s DSL-L2IG Services.
As of: 28/05/10.”

Published date: Fri, 28 May 2010 16:30:00 +1000