redtilldead wrote:Misery Called Life wrote:I currently use Al Shamil broadband at 256 kbps. Average downloads speeds were about 90-100kbps.
Last week I began to have trouble with my user name and the guys at etisalat advised me to change my password, which I did. Post the change my download speeds have dropped to 30kbps and below. 30kbps is the cap.
So whats the deal? Has Etisalat interfered with my bandwidth? Are these normal speeds, Is this a temporary low? Even videos on youtube don't open smoothly any more?
Is 256 kbps really this bad?
What must I do?
BTW I use a Siemens Router and that FTTH technology.
Woah! Dont know much about FTTH as im not using it but 90-100kbps is 1MB connection speeds!!
I got 512k and my cap is around 64ish and when i had 256k it was around 32ish. So i guess your connection is fine. And yes, youtube videos need a while for buffering on 256k.
Thanks for the reply!
I used to share a wireless connection 1mb with with an adjoining flat neighbor. And even then download speeds were not 90-100kbps.
But bout 2-3 months back I took my own 256kbps connection, using the FTTH box and the speeds were insane. Movies would download in like 3-5 hours. Average download speed were like 90-100 kbps.
I used to wonder why people would need really fast connections. An that was the purpose of the FTTH box, to speed things up.
And all of a sudden like last week I had to change my password and kaput speeds have just dropped! Unlike when I was in college I had a back up internet connection. Now it's just this. It's killing me!
I've called up etisalat they said they'd get back to me.