Well... I think all of us are affected by the ongoing Ogero maintenance.
Regular disconnections since Feb 18.
If it means they are working to IMPROVE the national network then it's fine by me.
But if it's yet another failure on their part then really what can I say...
IDM's 1 Mbps plan very unstable and speed keep fluctuating between 10 and 120 kb/s!
If you think IDM is unstable you should see Ogero.
I have a 512kbps connection and, for the past few days, it can drop as low as 70kbps when using speedtest !
DG wroteIf you think IDM is unstable you should see Ogero.
I have a 512kbps connection and, for the past few days, it can drop as low as 70kbps when using speedtest !
70 kbps means 9 kb/s which is not different than the 10 kb/s I sometimes get on IDM. :P
Does anyone know when Ogero's "Khalde" branch will be updated?
i'm just sick of this 256 kb/s connection
called them a couple of days ago
they said that they're working on it, always the same answer
i should of told him : "since 1 Mbps speed is for 24000 L.L, then I think i should pay 6000 L.L for my 256 Kb/s internet subscription :) "
and what is it with this freaking new shared quota!?
I have a 4 Gb shared quota

- 7.6Gb consumption?!
- 600 Mb Upload
apparently Facebook photos are getting bigger in size :P
it's just "naseb bi naseb"

going to upgrade for a 10 Gb shared quota for 38000L.L total
better than paying 6000 for every exceeded Gb.
HooZ wrotegoing to upgrade for a 10 Gb shared quota for 38000L.L total
better than paying 6000 for every exceeded Gb.
I hope you are able to do this because even that simple request I wasn't able to get from the Antelias CO.
When it was confirmed that our 512 connection could not be upgraded to 1MB, I asked if at least we could move from 4GB to 10GB quota. The guy played around with his computer for 20 seconds then said: "No it's not possible, it doesn't work."

Of course it doesn't. They would rather have us pay extra quota.
hey guys I was wondering if I can use linksys voip with terranet plans on ADSL as I bought one already. But what I heard that on ADSL plans voip are blocked from ogero so can any body help me with that ??
Kareem wrote
The-MMMs wrotethanks for clearing that up

and sorry for any misconception, i'm not an expert in such matters

generally speaking, last question, with such values i have - are Ogero's claims of "lines too weak" true ?

i suspect that they simply ran out of the alloted bandwidth and just considered my area "inferior" and hence no upgrade

PS. im some 4.7 km from the centraal itself.
doesn't matter, 67,5dB on a 256kbps, I'd call that a miracle. Your attenuation is ridiculously high.

20dB and below is outstanding
20dB-30dB is excellent
30dB-40dB is very good
40dB-50dB is good
50dB-60dB is poor and may experience connectivity issues
60dB or above is bad and will experience connectivity issues

According to this website http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/max_speed_calc.php

the threashold is 68dB where you will receive nothing. @ 67dB you line will struggle to keep the connection up.
Guys:
These are my specs, you think i can get better down speed with the given SN?
as you can see my down SN is 11.5 is there hope?

Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 10,0 / 15,5
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 31,5 / 63,5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 20,0 / 11,5
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / BDCM
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 23 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 2 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 6 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 765
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 4
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 4
Bilanio,

You are already at max Line Attenuation (Down) and, believe it or not, your down attenuation might even be higher than 63.5. It's just that Thomson modems do not show higher values and the maximum displayed number is 63.5dB or 67.5db (depending on the model/firmware if I am not mistaken).

Moreover your SN Margin down is rather low and you are experiencing signal loss (2 in your pasted data). I wouldn't attempt any higher speeds but it's up to you.

I think I read somewhere that every time you double the bandwidth SNR goes down by around 3 or 4 dB.
In your case, that would put you in the danger zone which is near 6 or 7 dB (below that value the modem is not able to synchronize with the DSLAM).
HRida wrotehey guys I was wondering if I can use linksys voip with terranet plans on ADSL as I bought one already. But what I heard that on ADSL plans voip are blocked from ogero so can any body help me with that ??
VoIP is working fine on TerraNet for me.
How valid are the results given by speedtest.net?

I am on a 1 Mbps plan and more than 75% of times, I am getting speeds below 0.5 Mbps on speedtest.net while my actual download speed exceeds 100 kb/s 75% of times!

I tried to do a speedtest while downloading a 30 MB File at a speed ranging between 108 and 115 kb/s. I got 0.24 Mbps!
kfc wroteHow valid are the results given by speedtest.net?

I am on a 1 Mbps plan and more than 75% of times, I am getting speeds below 0.5 Mbps on speedtest.net while my actual download speed exceeds 100 kb/s 75% of times!

I tried to do a speedtest while downloading a 30 MB File at a speed ranging between 108 and 115 kb/s. I got 0.24 Mbps!
If you are using download accelerator, you will get the max speed. Speedtest AFAIK is only one connection to the server ( no threading ). If the internet connection is shared and there is congestion, a single tcp connection will not be able to take all the allowed bandwidth. If we want to really simplify things, you think of it this way :

If you are sharing a 10mbps and the router is having 20 requests from 20 different users to transfer at full capacity, you will get 0.5mbps download rate. When you increase the number of connections downloading from the same source to 10, you will get your 1mbps. IE limits the connections to the same server to two.


What all this mean is that if you try to load a youtube video, you will not be able to stream at 1mbps, you will get the maximum available bandwidth per tcp connection that speedtest is reporting.

( IF anyone doesn't agree with me, feel free to discuss since I'm not that much into bandwidth sharing algorithms
)
One interesting observation is that some modems perfom better on speedtest.net;

When I use the Speedtouch and run speedtest.net I get most of the time 3.4Mbps download rate but sometimes 1.8 - 2.3mbps.

Since changing the setup to Thomson used in bridge mode and router handling the pppoe, I've never had a speedtest download rate below 3.5Mbps ( regardless of peak hours ).

I run some diagnostic tests and noticed the CPU load of the modem increasing to 100% when running a test depending on the number of connections it's handling ( NAT ).

In bridge mode, the CPU load is always around 14-20%.



When I changed the setup to Speedtouch in Bridge mode and PPPoE on the router side
Kareem wrote
kfc wroteHow valid are the results given by speedtest.net?

I am on a 1 Mbps plan and more than 75% of times, I am getting speeds below 0.5 Mbps on speedtest.net while my actual download speed exceeds 100 kb/s 75% of times!

I tried to do a speedtest while downloading a 30 MB File at a speed ranging between 108 and 115 kb/s. I got 0.24 Mbps!
If you are using download accelerator, you will get the max speed. Speedtest AFAIK is only one connection to the server ( no threading ). If the internet connection is shared and there is congestion, a single tcp connection will not be able to take all the allowed bandwidth. If we want to really simplify things, you think of it this way :

If you are sharing a 10mbps and the router is having 20 requests from 20 different users to transfer at full capacity, you will get 0.5mbps download rate. When you increase the number of connections downloading from the same source to 10, you will get your 1mbps. IE limits the connections to the same server to two.


What all this means is that if you try to load a youtube video, you will not be able to stream at 1mbps, you will get the maximum available bandwidth per tcp connection that speedtest is reporting.

( IF anyone doesn't agree with me, feel free to discuss since I'm not that much into bandwidth sharing algorithms
)
One interesting observation is that some modems perfom better on speedtest.net;

When I use the Speedtouch and run speedtest.net I get most of the time 3.4Mbps download rate but sometimes 1.8 - 2.3mbps.

Since changing the setup to Thomson used in bridge mode and router handling the pppoe, I've never had a speedtest download rate below 3.5Mbps ( regardless of peak hours ).

I run some diagnostic tests and noticed the CPU load of the modem increasing to 100% when running a test depending on the number of connections it's handling ( NAT ).

In bridge mode, the CPU load is always around 14-20%.

I am not using any download accelerator! But how can the speed I get on speedtest be always 50% less than the speed I get while downloading!

When I changed the setup to Speedtouch in Bridge mode and PPPoE on the router side
Kareem wroteJust quoting ?
LOL I didnt pay attention that something wronge and my reply got inserted into the quote :P. That was the reply:


I am not using any download accelerator! But how can the speed I get on speedtest be always 50% less than the speed I get while downloading!
kfc wrote
Kareem wroteJust quoting ?
LOL I didnt pay attention that something wronge and my reply got inserted into the quote :P. That was the reply:


I am not using any download accelerator! But how can the speed I get on speedtest be always 50% less than the speed I get while downloading!
Maybe because during download, IE makes 2 connections to the server as mentioned above which the maximum as I remember ( I read it long time ago )
Kareem wrote
kfc wrote
Kareem wroteJust quoting ?
LOL I didnt pay attention that something wronge and my reply got inserted into the quote :P. That was the reply:


I am not using any download accelerator! But how can the speed I get on speedtest be always 50% less than the speed I get while downloading!
Maybe because during download, IE makes 2 connections to the server as mentioned above which the maximum as I remember ( I read it long time ago )
Does this happewn with everyone who uses speedtest.net?
kfc wrote
Kareem wrote
kfc wrote LOL I didnt pay attention that something wronge and my reply got inserted into the quote :P. That was the reply:


I am not using any download accelerator! But how can the speed I get on speedtest be always 50% less than the speed I get while downloading!
Maybe because during download, IE makes 2 connections to the server as mentioned above which the maximum as I remember ( I read it long time ago )
Does this happewn with everyone who uses speedtest.net?
I'm with Ogero, things are fine. No network congestion anyway.Did you try other download test sites ?
Well it does happen to me, not always though and its not as off as 50%. But sometimes (Not bragging) the speedtest could say 5 mbps and when downloading it reaches 1 MB/s. I guess Kareem is right on that one, the number of connections might differ.
Kareem wrote
kfc wrote
Kareem wrote Maybe because during download, IE makes 2 connections to the server as mentioned above which the maximum as I remember ( I read it long time ago )
Does this happewn with everyone who uses speedtest.net?
I'm with Ogero, things are fine. No network congestion anyway.Did you try other download test sites ?
What are the other download sites?

I also noticed that my download always start at 60-70 kb/s then increase progressively to stabilize within 10 seconds at around 105 - 115 kb/s,