ADSL seems to hve gone really slow recently...any clues

ISP. Virgin.net
Exchange: Littleborough
Connection : 2 PCs via combi router modem

Can anyone give me any advice , procedures to follow in order to check
whether I'm correctly setup
eg how do I ping to tell what speed I've got.

I am connected, it just seems only a little faster than a 56k modem......

IJ

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:04:38 +0100
"Ebodski" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> ISP. Virgin.net
> Exchange: Littleborough
> Connection : 2 PCs via combi router modem
>
> Can anyone give me any advice , procedures to follow in order to check
> whether I'm correctly setup
> eg how do I ping to tell what speed I've got.
>
> I am connected, it just seems only a little faster than a 56k
> modem......
>
If your problems occured only this morning, I suspect the net was a bit
broken in general throughout the morning. I lost my Easynet BB for a
few hours & someone I know with Tiscali BB complained of it being slow
all morning.

Here's a speed test you can try -
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:12:10 +0100, Danny Horne <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:


>> ISP. Virgin.net
>> Exchange: Littleborough
>> Connection : 2 PCs via combi router modem
>>
>> Can anyone give me any advice , procedures to follow in order to check
>> whether I'm correctly setup
>> eg how do I ping to tell what speed I've got.
>>
>> I am connected, it just seems only a little faster than a 56k
>> modem......
>>
>If your problems occured only this morning, I suspect the net was a bit
>broken in general throughout the morning. I lost my Easynet BB for a
>few hours & someone I know with Tiscali BB complained of it being slow
>all morning.

My own cynical view is that when eventually everyone is convinced that
broadband is the way to go and we are all connected to it it will be
like the M25 - S L O W

Geoff Lane