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i_b_b_o_r_g
i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
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I know our inetnet speed is bad, but up until now, we've manged to watch things on YouTune and Netflix with no problem. Now my Xbox360 won't connect to Xbox Live, so I can't sign in to watch either YouTube or Netflix through it. Does anyone know enough to tell me just how bad this is please -

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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    It's 906 bad on the Ping scale.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    Buffering on the vinegar strokes mate?
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Stig said:
    It's 906 bad on the Ping scale.
    Am I right in thinking the anything over about 150ms is bad?
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    DaveMehmet said:
    Buffering on the vinegar strokes mate?
    Yeah, but that's me, not the internet
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,268
    For netflix to work at all you need 0.5mbps, but for HD quality you need a minimum of 5. But yes that is incredibly low, sometimes my internet drops to around a third of what it should be and I find turning off my router for a minute or so and turning it back on resets the bandwidth and it goes back up to regular levels. If not, have the company told you of bandwidth restrictions in place because of lockdown? I know a lot of places are experiencing very high amounts of traffic so they've slowed down everyone's internet speeds
  • DoctorCharlton
    DoctorCharlton Posts: 2,463
    Your ping is terrible mate. Should be below 100 at the worst really. 
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Yer. Gonna turn router off for an hour with a sledgehammer. 

    Got a puncture now anyway.......
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    906ms is very bad on the ping - about what I get on landline broadband.

    I get this on 4G which is my solution to living in the back of beyond - unlimited data mobile broadband package and a Huawei router. That might be a solution for you.

    010301000.00Mb/s
    PingDownloadUpload
    37 ms12.18 Mb/s8.94 Mb/s
    O2



  • DoctorCharlton
    DoctorCharlton Posts: 2,463
    if It’s possible, connect your device directly to the router using an Ethernet cable and it should improve the ping for you. 

    Unless you live out in no mans land I’d honestly expect a better package than what you have. You should get in touch with your provider. 
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Our network provider gave us a dongle for when we lost connection as it was happening so regularly which was unbelievably quick (for us anyway), but they've now done away with using those and have told me to use my mobile as a router when we lose the landline connection. The only problem is, I don't now have a mobile with the same firm..... Need to sort it out after lockdown 
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  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    DoctorCharlton said:
    if It’s possible, connect your device directly to the router using an Ethernet cable and it should improve the ping for you. 

    Unless you live out in no mans land I’d honestly expect a better package than what you have. You should get in touch with your provider. 
    We are in the sticks mate, and we're at the very end of the line. They've installed fibre which is going live in 2021 apparently
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,652
    I agree with Bob. I'd buy a decent mobile router (£100ish) and pair it with an unlimited data SIM as a stop gap until the fibre connection arrives.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846

  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    killerandflash said:

    Times I've been confronted by the "shrug"
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Turned the router off and on after about 5 minutes, and the ping is now 57ms
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,628
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    Yer. Gonna turn router off for an hour with a sledgehammer. 

    Got a puncture now anyway.......



  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Cheers all -


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