[Gllug] Is anyone else getting download rates near zero today?

Alan Pope alan at popey.com
Tue May 2 01:09:55 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 23:26 +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
> Hello,
>    I normally get around the theoretical maximum download rates, with over
> 200Kbps on average, but this weekend my firewall has been reporting an
> average of around 20Kbps, with a few peaks reaching 100Kbps, now close to
> zero. Traceroutes appear normal.
>    Is this likely to be a contention problem, BT throttling, or another
> equipment failure? Or just too much junk being thrown around by compromised
> machines? The ADSL router is showing a rock solid 2272Kbps link.

Is your exchange being upgraded to MAX? Could it be BT thrashing the
nadgers out of it whilst testing?

Cheers,
Al.

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