Plusnet 2mb

Hi,

Has anyone got any experiences or views of Plusnet's Broadband Home 2MB with
unlimited downloads for £39.99?

Thanks

Jon

Btw - thanks for suggestions of the Netgear DG834 router. Bought it and
working sweet!




Jon

"Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:ceh5rk$77v$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone got any experiences or views of Plusnet's Broadband Home 2MB
with
> unlimited downloads for £39.99?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jon
>
> Btw - thanks for suggestions of the Netgear DG834 router. Bought it and
> working sweet!
>
>

Thats what I use and no problems at all. News Servers were a bit flakey for
a while but up to speed again now.
I seem to get between 185-190kbs downloads from fast sites - not sure if
this is good or bad however!
Otherwise it does just what is says on the tin! I would have no hesitation
in recommending PlusNet or the 2mb service

"Kimball K Kinnison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I seem to get between 185-190kbs downloads from fast sites - not sure if
> this is good or bad however!

That seems slow for a 2Mbit service. I max out my 1Mbit connection at
120kB/sec. For 2Mbit, the figures I'm used to seeing (and would expect from
mine when it comes on Wednesday) are 230+ kB/sec.

G



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> "Kimball K Kinnison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > I seem to get between 185-190kbs downloads from fast sites - not sure if
> > this is good or bad however!
>
> That seems slow for a 2Mbit service. I max out my 1Mbit connection at
> 120kB/sec. For 2Mbit, the figures I'm used to seeing (and would expect
from
> mine when it comes on Wednesday) are 230+ kB/sec.
>
> G
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You are quite correct!

Just went to the PlusNet Bandwith Test - it reports

"Which means you can download at 231.24 KB/sec. from our servers."

"Kimball K Kinnison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Gari P" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > "Kimball K Kinnison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:410c92f1$0$44464$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I seem to get between 185-190kbs downloads from fast sites - not sure
if
> > > this is good or bad however!
> >
> > That seems slow for a 2Mbit service. I max out my 1Mbit connection at
> > 120kB/sec. For 2Mbit, the figures I'm used to seeing (and would expect
> from
> > mine when it comes on Wednesday) are 230+ kB/sec.
>
> You are quite correct!
>
> Just went to the PlusNet Bandwith Test - it reports
>
> "Which means you can download at 231.24 KB/sec. from our servers."

That's much more like it. I would also try a few speedtests from known fast
sites outside of Plusnets' network. Try d/l a large file from a good FTP
server and see what you get. Have you tweaked your MTU / RWIN settings? ....
that can sometimes add a few kB's to your d/l speed.

G


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> > "Gari P" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > > > I seem to get between 185-190kbs downloads from fast sites - not
sure
> if
> > > > this is good or bad however!
> > >
> > > That seems slow for a 2Mbit service. I max out my 1Mbit connection at
> > > 120kB/sec. For 2Mbit, the figures I'm used to seeing (and would expect
> > from
> > > mine when it comes on Wednesday) are 230+ kB/sec.
> >
> > You are quite correct!
> >
> > Just went to the PlusNet Bandwith Test - it reports
> >
> > "Which means you can download at 231.24 KB/sec. from our servers."
>
> That's much more like it. I would also try a few speedtests from known
fast
> sites outside of Plusnets' network. Try d/l a large file from a good FTP
> server and see what you get. Have you tweaked your MTU / RWIN settings?
.....
> that can sometimes add a few kB's to your d/l speed.
>
> G

Hi there, I am on the 2M home worker and get a consistent 240'ish
kbytes/sec. Set RWIN to 63272, and MTU to 1478. (use DrTCP). This equates
to about 1.92Mbps which is the max you can squeeze out of a 2M connection

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(E-Mail Removed), a.k.a fred bloggs says...


> Hi there, I am on the 2M home worker and get a consistent 240'ish
> kbytes/sec. Set RWIN to 63272, and MTU to 1478. (use DrTCP). This equates
> to about 1.92Mbps which is the max you can squeeze out of a 2M connection

Isn't the recommended MTU 1458 these days, since BT 'fixed' things ... ?

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> In article <410cecf5$0$64893$(E-Mail Removed)>,
> (E-Mail Removed), a.k.a fred bloggs says...
>
>
> > Hi there, I am on the 2M home worker and get a consistent 240'ish
> > kbytes/sec. Set RWIN to 63272, and MTU to 1478. (use DrTCP). This
equates
> > to about 1.92Mbps which is the max you can squeeze out of a 2M
connection
>
> Isn't the recommended MTU 1458 these days, since BT 'fixed' things ... ?

Hi again,

I have tried both and 1478 seems optimum for me.

Cheers, Mike

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> "Tx2" <tx2newscollection-invalid-@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > In article <410cecf5$0$64893$(E-Mail Removed)>,
> > (E-Mail Removed), a.k.a fred bloggs says...
> >
> >
> > > Hi there, I am on the 2M home worker and get a consistent 240'ish
> > > kbytes/sec. Set RWIN to 63272, and MTU to 1478. (use DrTCP). This
> equates
> > > to about 1.92Mbps which is the max you can squeeze out of a 2M
> connection
> >
> > Isn't the recommended MTU 1458 these days, since BT 'fixed' things ... ?
>
> Hi again,
>
> I have tried both and 1478 seems optimum for me.


You tested it how?

I was running at 1478 via my Draytek 2600, i have since changed it, to
1458, and the speed test at adslguide.org went up a few points.

Coincidental, maybe? But enough for me to be happy with 1458.

There's a way to test the best MTU using PING AIUI, but i can't recall
how seeing as i don't much bother with it these days.

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tx2newscollection-invalid-@hotmail.com says...

> There's a way to test the best MTU using PING AIUI, but i can't recall
> how seeing as i don't much bother with it these days.

You can work out the point where packets start to fragment by doing:

ping -l (packetsize) (destination)

Remember to add 28 for the packet overheads so for an MTU of 1500 you
would do:

ping -l 1472 (destination)

This, however is not that relevant since BT have fixed all their kit at
an MTU of 1500. If you have a look at this page about tweaking you can
see that the optimum value will not be the same for everyone:

http://www.pengbo.dsl.pipex.com/ppages/tweaks.shtml

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