Upload gone up to 70 KBPS from only 35 KBPS (WTF?) - Club CDFreaks

pat666rick · 05-12-2006

Hello, this is strange... I have had the same ISP for over a year now and all of a sudden my upload speed seems to have risen to 70 KBPS from only 35 KBPS. Is this possible? I first noticed on Utorrent that my upload speed was going unusually fast and I just thought it was a sort of glitch. After a while it was still going at this speed so I decided to do a DSL speed test, and sure enough my speed showed up as being 70 KBPS! Is this possible? Do you think my ISP did some kind of upgrade? Do you think maybe they made a mistake and accidentally increased my upload speed? I'm certainly not complaining, I just would like to know how the hell this happened. Thanks.

**Arachne** · 05-12-2006

They may have done an upgrade, but if they did it's odd that they didn't contact you. Mine have given us free speed upgrades in the past, but they always announced it first by email.

pat666rick · 05-12-2006

Ah, they might have emailed me, I don't use the email that my ISP gave me. I will take a look, thanks.

pat666rick · 06-12-2006

Wow, my download speed also went up. It went from 370 KBPS to around 560 KBPS, what the hell is going on? lol. I've never heard of anything like this before.

pat666rick · 06-12-2006

Maybe my ISP is giving everybody an early Christmas present, lol. If someone else has any suggestions to what this could be let me know. Thanks.

**Arachne** · 07-12-2006

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Originally Posted by pat666rick

I've never heard of anything like this before.

As I said, I have. My ISP gave all their customers a boost, both upstream and down, awhile back.

If more than one download source (uTorrent, regular IE downloads...) gives you the higher speed, I'd say that's exactly what's happened.

Enjoy!

pat666rick · 07-12-2006

Yup, my ISP emailed me telling me that they increased the upload and download speed. My upload speed is one of the highest I have heard of for DSL, it actually reaches around 100 KBPS (before it was only 35 KBPS) when it's maxed out, and download is up to 560 KBPS (before it was only 360 KBPS). That is one hell of a speed increase! I love my ISP now! Finally I will be able to become a power user on torrent sites more quickly than before. This rocks!

johnhamler · 07-12-2006

mine is 100-150 dl

Hyperspace · 09-12-2006

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Originally Posted by pat666rick

My upload speed is one of the highest I have heard of for DSL

Your DSL is about what mine is...good, but not great.

**Arachne** · 09-12-2006

Here's mine (blueyonder (Telewest) cable in the UK)...not bad considering it's Saturday night.

Hyperspace · 09-12-2006

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Originally Posted by Arachne

Here's mine (blueyonder (Telewest) cable in the UK)...not bad considering it's Saturday night.

SWEEEEEET!!!!!

Hyperspace · 09-12-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arachne

Here's mine (blueyonder (Telewest) cable in the UK)...not bad considering it's Saturday night.

**Arachne** · 09-12-2006

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Originally Posted by Hyperspace

Alright, early Saturday evening. It's been dark since about 4pm, so I tend to think it's later than it is

Edit: ohhhh, I see what you're getting at - it's a British site I tested on, and the date's in Brit format - 9th of the 12th 06, we reverse the date and month

Hyperspace · 09-12-2006

Just messing with ya...LOL

**Arachne** · 09-12-2006

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Originally Posted by Hyperspace

Just messing with ya...LOL

LOL, making me use my brain like that...I dunno

*Chriso* · 10-12-2006

Ooh, somebody's on the Broadband Complete 10meg option, I'm 4meg myself and I'd kill for some upload so I could host better online games.

**Arachne** · 10-12-2006

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Originally Posted by Chriso

Ooh, somebody's on the Broadband Complete 10meg option, I'm 4meg myself and I'd kill for some upload so I could host better online games.

Yeah, but like ppopppin mentioned in another thread, you pay through the nose for it

B4tm4n · 10-12-2006

Hi there Arachne, I'm with Blueyonder aswell and can't seem to find a good site to test my download speed. Where did you test yours ?

Cheers.

**Arachne** · 10-12-2006

Hi B4tm4n

Here ya go, lucky I bookmarked it

...it's a UK based site, I believe, which is handy for us!

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html

B4tm4n · 10-12-2006

Cheers for that, it worked great.

**Arachne** · 10-12-2006

Very nice! Someone's got the same package as me

05-12-2006	#1 (permalink)
pat666rick CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 82	Upload gone up to 70 KBPS from only 35 KBPS (WTF?) <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Hello, this is strange... I have had the same ISP for over a year now and all of a sudden my upload speed seems to have risen to 70 KBPS from only 35 KBPS. Is this possible? I first noticed on Utorrent that my upload speed was going unusually fast and I just thought it was a sort of glitch. After a while it was still going at this speed so I decided to do a DSL speed test, and sure enough my speed showed up as being 70 KBPS! Is this possible? Do you think my ISP did some kind of upgrade? Do you think maybe they made a mistake and accidentally increased my upload speed? I'm certainly not complaining, I just would like to know how the hell this happened. Thanks.

05-12-2006	#2 (permalink)
Arachne Senior Moderator & Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Keeping my media stash safe. Posts: 25,337	Re: Upload gone up to 70 KBPS from only 35 KBPS (WTF?) They may have done an upgrade, but if they did it's odd that they didn't contact you. Mine have given us free speed upgrades in the past, but they always announced it first by email. __________________ Current drives: Samsung SH-S203N (SB02 patched) + Pioneer DVR-115D (1.06) + Optiarc AD-5170S (1.12) + Litey LH-20A1H (LL0D) + Samsung SH-S182D (SB06 RPC1) x2 + Litey SHM-165P6S (MS0R) + LG E10N (JE07) + BenQ DW1650 (BCDC) x2 + Litey SHW-1635S (YV6P) x2 + BenQ DW1640@164B (BEFB) + LG 4167B (DL13 TDB) + Samsung SH-S162L (TS08) + NEC ND-4551A (1.Z2) + LG GCE-8520B (1.00) + LiteOn SOHR-5239S (2S0B) Retired: LiteOn LDW-851@SOHW-832 + LiteOn SOHW-1693S + LG 4163B My Review PCs How to delete your upper and lower filters : How to check/enable DMA by Womble Click here to join cdfreaks.com and be part of our friendly community! The CDFreaks Distributed Computing Teams need YOU! Join the Team(s) and help save some lives! Read more here

05-12-2006	#3 (permalink)
pat666rick CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 82	Re: Upload gone up to 70 KBPS from only 35 KBPS (WTF?) Ah, they might have emailed me, I don't use the email that my ISP gave me. I will take a look, thanks.

06-12-2006	#4 (permalink)
pat666rick CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 82	Re: Upload gone up to 70 KBPS from only 35 KBPS (WTF?) Wow, my download speed also went up. It went from 370 KBPS to around 560 KBPS, what the hell is going on? lol. I've never heard of anything like this before.

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pat666rick CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 82	Re: Upload gone up to 70 KBPS from only 35 KBPS (WTF?) Maybe my ISP is giving everybody an early Christmas present, lol. If someone else has any suggestions to what this could be let me know. Thanks.

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07-12-2006	#7 (permalink)
pat666rick CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 82	Re: Upload gone up to 70 KBPS from only 35 KBPS (WTF?) Yup, my ISP emailed me telling me that they increased the upload and download speed. My upload speed is one of the highest I have heard of for DSL, it actually reaches around 100 KBPS (before it was only 35 KBPS) when it's maxed out, and download is up to 560 KBPS (before it was only 360 KBPS). That is one hell of a speed increase! I love my ISP now! Finally I will be able to become a power user on torrent sites more quickly than before. This rocks!

07-12-2006	#8 (permalink)
johnhamler CD Freaks Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: europe Posts: 161	Re: Upload gone up to 70 KBPS from only 35 KBPS (WTF?) mine is 100-150 dl

09-12-2006	#14 (permalink)
Hyperspace Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: lllll_llllll_llll_llllll Posts: 581	Re: ??? Just messing with ya...LOL

10-12-2006	#16 (permalink)
Chriso CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 2,066	Re: Upload gone up to 70 KBPS from only 35 KBPS (WTF?) Ooh, somebody's on the Broadband Complete 10meg option, I'm 4meg myself and I'd kill for some upload so I could host better online games. __________________ Videos of me playing piano, would be nice to have feedback from you all! [23:49] <Chriso> !seen Boobies [23:49] <JuPiLeR> I found 430 matches to your query; please refine it to see any output. OS: openSUSE 10.3 and Windows XP SP2 PSU: Enermax Liberty 400w - Modular Mobo: Jetway V266B CPU: AMD AthlonXP 2000+ RAM: 256MB Crucial PC2100 + 512MB Corsair Value Select PC2100 HDD: 120GB Maxtor ATA133 8MB Cache + 320GB Western Digital "RAID Edition" ATA100 8MB Cache Gfx Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 passive cooled Sound Card: SB Live 1024 DVD-ROM Drive: Asus E-616 CD-RW: LiteON 52246S DVD-RW: NEC ND2510A in external Firewire enclosure (Prolific chipset) USB2 Card: ALI chipset (got an NEC chipset one waiting to go in) Firewire Card: Not sure of chipset...but it seems to work D-Link Network Card My old Voodoo 3 2000 PCI has now retired, still in perfect working order though! Get Firefox! Join CDFreaks

10-12-2006	#18 (permalink)
B4tm4n CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 44	Re: Upload gone up to 70 KBPS from only 35 KBPS (WTF?) Hi there Arachne, I'm with Blueyonder aswell and can't seem to find a good site to test my download speed. Where did you test yours ? Cheers.

10-12-2006	#19 (permalink)
Arachne Senior Moderator & Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Keeping my media stash safe. Posts: 25,337	Re: Upload gone up to 70 KBPS from only 35 KBPS (WTF?) Hi B4tm4n Here ya go, lucky I bookmarked it ...it's a UK based site, I believe, which is handy for us! http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html __________________ Current drives: Samsung SH-S203N (SB02 patched) + Pioneer DVR-115D (1.06) + Optiarc AD-5170S (1.12) + Litey LH-20A1H (LL0D) + Samsung SH-S182D (SB06 RPC1) x2 + Litey SHM-165P6S (MS0R) + LG E10N (JE07) + BenQ DW1650 (BCDC) x2 + Litey SHW-1635S (YV6P) x2 + BenQ DW1640@164B (BEFB) + LG 4167B (DL13 TDB) + Samsung SH-S162L (TS08) + NEC ND-4551A (1.Z2) + LG GCE-8520B (1.00) + LiteOn SOHR-5239S (2S0B) Retired: LiteOn LDW-851@SOHW-832 + LiteOn SOHW-1693S + LG 4163B My Review PCs How to delete your upper and lower filters : How to check/enable DMA by Womble Click here to join cdfreaks.com and be part of our friendly community! The CDFreaks Distributed Computing Teams need YOU! Join the Team(s) and help save some lives! Read more here

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Arachne Senior Moderator & Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Keeping my media stash safe. Posts: 25,337	Re: Upload gone up to 70 KBPS from only 35 KBPS (WTF?) Very nice! Someone's got the same package as me __________________ Current drives: Samsung SH-S203N (SB02 patched) + Pioneer DVR-115D (1.06) + Optiarc AD-5170S (1.12) + Litey LH-20A1H (LL0D) + Samsung SH-S182D (SB06 RPC1) x2 + Litey SHM-165P6S (MS0R) + LG E10N (JE07) + BenQ DW1650 (BCDC) x2 + Litey SHW-1635S (YV6P) x2 + BenQ DW1640@164B (BEFB) + LG 4167B (DL13 TDB) + Samsung SH-S162L (TS08) + NEC ND-4551A (1.Z2) + LG GCE-8520B (1.00) + LiteOn SOHR-5239S (2S0B) Retired: LiteOn LDW-851@SOHW-832 + LiteOn SOHW-1693S + LG 4163B My Review PCs How to delete your upper and lower filters : How to check/enable DMA by Womble Click here to join cdfreaks.com and be part of our friendly community! The CDFreaks Distributed Computing Teams need YOU! Join the Team(s) and help save some lives! Read more here

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