Hi, I get the feeling that my Orange Internet connection is crap. Sure it could be the phoneline too (I've tried two sockets in my house and same issues). I'm connected to the router with a network cable so it's not a wireless issue.
Basically I wondered if any of you have a program that can graphically show how constant a connection is when downloading a large file.
Why? Well I've tried all these broadband speed tester sites and they all give wildly different results. Also my 196kbps radio stream from DI.FM seems to buffer all the time (well frequently and randomly) and the 96kbps didn't. My connection is a 2MBit one.
I've boosted the mp3 stream buffer in Winamp from 64k to 256k and when I watch the buffer fill, it doesn't do it smoothly.
So I'm wondering if I get drop outs a lot and how I can monitor that, and check it at different times of day and compare to other people's Internet connections etc.
In fact, if you were to monitor your downloads speed, should it be constant or is it normal to have it fluctuate wildly from second to second? Or does it pulse in irregular packets depending on network traffic? I'm a bit of a noob about this stuff.
Anyone got any advice? Thanks.
I've asked Orange to boost my speed as in theory I can get "up to 8Mbit" but even with a speed increase, if there are still dropouts, it's gonna still be crap.
Perhaps I should try another ISP, but then which one is good and reliable (if any haha).
Basically I wondered if any of you have a program that can graphically show how constant a connection is when downloading a large file.
Why? Well I've tried all these broadband speed tester sites and they all give wildly different results. Also my 196kbps radio stream from DI.FM seems to buffer all the time (well frequently and randomly) and the 96kbps didn't. My connection is a 2MBit one.
I've boosted the mp3 stream buffer in Winamp from 64k to 256k and when I watch the buffer fill, it doesn't do it smoothly.
So I'm wondering if I get drop outs a lot and how I can monitor that, and check it at different times of day and compare to other people's Internet connections etc.
In fact, if you were to monitor your downloads speed, should it be constant or is it normal to have it fluctuate wildly from second to second? Or does it pulse in irregular packets depending on network traffic? I'm a bit of a noob about this stuff.
Anyone got any advice? Thanks.
I've asked Orange to boost my speed as in theory I can get "up to 8Mbit" but even with a speed increase, if there are still dropouts, it's gonna still be crap.
Perhaps I should try another ISP, but then which one is good and reliable (if any haha).