Diabolical peak time Infinity speeds

Come on BT! This is absolutely diabolical! I know we're capped during peak hours, but getting capped in off-peak hours is ridicilous!
So much for getting 37 Meg speeds in "Off-peak" hours!!
I seriouly think BT need to invest in some new pipes. It's obvious to me that the network we're subsidising with our £24.99/month subscriptions simply isn't up to the task.
By the way, the above is supposedly a FTTC Infinity service!

SamdyGray wrote:
Strange, because your ping is unbelievably good at 7ms!
Hi there,
Yes, my latency is exceptionally good Unfortunately, though the same cannot be said about my throughput.
Also, I've noticed these forae are taking a while to load (took 3 bashes of F5 to get this reply screen!)
Last login: Thu Dec 30 20:32:40 on console
ds9:~ Kev$ traceroute -I community.bt.com
traceroute to bt.lithium.com (208.74.205.50), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets
1 api (192.168.1.254) 1.083 ms 0.632 ms 0.685 ms
2 217.32.146.68 (217.32.146.68) 5.900 ms 5.838 ms 6.448 ms
3 217.32.146.94 (217.32.146.94) 7.429 ms 7.513 ms 7.782 ms
4 213.120.177.42 (213.120.177.42) 6.949 ms 6.699 ms 6.448 ms
5 217.32.24.22 (217.32.24.22) 6.549 ms 6.563 ms 6.466 ms
6 217.32.24.178 (217.32.24.178) 6.541 ms 6.568 ms 6.354 ms
7 acc1-10gige-0-7-0-4.l-far.21cn-ipp.bt.net (109.159.249.74) 6.776 ms 6.727 ms 6.352 ms
8 core2-te0-13-0-6.ilford.ukcore.bt.net (109.159.249.29) 7.740 ms 7.794 ms 7.136 ms
9 transit2-xe-11-1-0.ilford.ukcore.bt.net (194.72.20.154) 7.843 ms 7.676 ms 7.775 ms
10 t2c2-ge8-0-0.uk-ilf.eu.bt.net (166.49.168.113) 7.926 ms 8.149 ms 7.914 ms
11 t2c2-p5-1-1.uk-lon2.eu.bt.net (166.49.208.161) 7.460 ms 7.592 ms 7.318 ms
12 t2c2-p5-0.nl-ams2.eu.bt.net (166.49.195.174) 14.728 ms 14.704 ms 14.451 ms
13 t2a4-ge7-0-0.nl-ams2.eu.bt.net (166.49.200.52) 14.235 ms 14.318 ms 14.197 ms
14 20gigabitethernet1-3.core1.ams1.he.net (195.69.145.150) 15.719 ms 23.743 ms 24.219 ms
15 10gigabitethernet1-4.core1.lon1.he.net (72.52.92.81) 66.893 ms * 52.100 ms
16 xe-0-3-0.cr1.lhr1.uk.nlayer.net (195.66.224.37) 15.888 ms 15.876 ms 15.773 ms
17 xe-2-2-0.cr1.nyc3.us.nlayer.net (69.22.142.9) 94.999 ms 95.859 ms 95.311 ms
18 xe-4-3-0.cr1.pao1.us.nlayer.net (69.22.142.6) 151.493 ms 151.654 ms 151.502 ms
19 as8121.ae0-3001.cr1.pao1.us.nlayer.net (69.22.153.114) 207.643 ms 156.159 ms 151.626 ms
20 xe1-8.core2.sv1.layer42.net (69.36.239.158) 157.553 ms 157.002 ms 157.613 ms
21 ed-pri-rtr-c3-43.lithium.com (206.51.38.77) 161.868 ms 161.237 ms 161.852 ms
22 * * *
^C
ds9:~ Kev$

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Yes this is yet ANOTHER post about the horrific uslessness of the bt fiber team and infinaty team and support in genral.
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Infinity speeds at peak time

Huge problmes in the Mold area, had a hove move on 15th septmeber 2 miles from old house where recieved constant 80 / 20 speeds.
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Since 25th my speeds range as follows
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BT infiniy Peak time speeds

Hi friends
Can some one advice me if there is speed throattling i mean restricting the speed during the peak time between 6.00pm and 12.00am by bt BT infinity ...........
Also is unlimited in BT infinity means u can download 300GB permonth
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Speeds are fine through the day but at peak times from 7 to about 11:30 it drops to 1mb & below... I'm not expecting full speeds so round about 3-ish would be ok.

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Massive speed drop during peak time!!

Hi,
I recently switched over to BT broadband (3/11/2014) and unfortunately I have been having some major issues with download speeds during peak times. Off peak times I usually register download speeds of around 12-14Mbps, which is great, but during peak hours (11:00-14:00 and 18:00-22:00) my download speed drops to anywhere between 0.01-1.0Mbps, even on a wired connection. I fully expect speeds to drop during these hours (even though BT claimed on their website that they wouldn’t) but in no way should they even be this slow surely. The internet is completely unusable when the speeds drop as pages can take several minutes to load and I am currently paying for Netflix and Amazon Prime subscriptions that I simply can’t use because videos or streams will not load, they just constantly buffer!
I have been in contact with the online help chat with this issue and they simply recommended that I reset my router, and whilst this temporarily fixed the issue for a few hours, my problem soon returned. Since then I have not touched the router in over 10 days in the hope that the speeds would start to settle, and whilst off-peak times have improved, peak times are no better than before, and in some cases worse.
I have been patient and given the router and provider 3 weeks to settle down, but I am seeing absolutely no signs of improvement. As I said, I understand that speeds may drop during peak hours, but as it stands I’m basically losing my internet during this time. I’m starting to wonder what it is I’m paying for. I had no such trouble with my previous provider during peak hours, so I’m not sure why there is suddenly a problem.
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After a network test on my xbox one (wired connection) I got the following:
7.05pm
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Speedtest result:
I have tried to get a result from the BT Speed checker, but my internet won’t even load it as of around 7-8pm
During the week I have been browsing the forums in an attempt to locate a possible solution and I came across this thread in which the original poster describes a problem very similar to mine. It seems that switching their line at the exchange to a less congested one seemed to alleviate the problem?
https://community.bt.com/t5/ADSL-Copper-Broadband-Speed/Slow-Peak-time-broadband/m-p/1111272/highlig...
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HI I hope I still get help from this forum dispite been a customere of TalkTalk but before you close this page for been on the "other team" Im here for advice before I commit to agreeing to a BT engineers visit where I will be charged £65 if no fault is found and if this happens an I still have the issue it will be like taking a dagger to the back an paying for it.
My issue is this and I have had it for far too long now as long as i can remember but as devices become reliant on a constant speed the issue is starting to dog me more then ever. Basicaly my internet speed is approx 3.90mbps all day all night 18 hours of the day but as soon as 6pm come till about 11pm my speed can drops to approx 0.70mbps an long periods as low as 0.40mbps totaly unusable for catch up tv buffering on even standard play nevermind HD content with web pages loading in image by image it reminds me of of old 56k modem days an win 98.
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Your not one of us we wont help attitude is why the world is in the sorry mess it is declining into and Hmm at we are called BT but not part of BT open reach this that and the other....this is why despite all the advertising all the flyers in my door all the sales calls to which i pretend to be interested for so long waste your time then give the following reason to why i will never ever be with BT ever again for last 12 years. Before the monthly fee for internet went mainstream an long before Bband aprox 1999 very few company's offered a monthly tariff for dial up it was by main 1p a min to connect BT started a monthly tariff to compete with freeserve worldonline and after 6 mths suddenly announced it was to terminate the contracts of the heaviest users. Their was no reason just a letter or termination of services and most comically no telephone number for answers just an address to write which was the most Northern point of Scotland no doubt to head off disgruntled customers. Seems BT wanted peoples cash but for people not to use the service much.
Basically every time I get a call or knock on the door from BT they get laughed at I see things havnt changed now suffering the identity crisis with products. services and maintenance not knowing where its head feet an azz is.
that was 1999/2000
You were at it again in 2001
Are BT Openworld Set To Get Tough On Heavy ADSL Users? ... They have already written to heavy Satellite Broadband users telling them that if they dont stop using excessive bandwidth they will loose services .
I get a sense just how much they actually value customeres your money good just dont use us too much.
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I have begun experiencing very slow network speeds in the evening. My Mifi and other devices go from routinely getting 10 MBS down to 1 MBS in the evening. Is there any way to address this?

Rickrdn1,
Thank you for all of the detailed information. The coverage in the area looks great. All of your devices seem to drop in speeds at the same time? How is voice and text working during these times? The coverage in the area looks great, but can still be affected by congestion at peak times of usage. We may want to investigate your area further with a remedy ticket.
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oldsnowman wrote:
I signed up for 25Mb/25Mb Fios internet service. Most time the speed is reliable, however, during the peak time, in particular at evening time, the speed dropped significantly. The download speed was less than 5Mb last night. We live in a single family residential area, the housing dentisty is fairly low. I don't know this is a common issue to most users out there, or Verizon intentionally control user speed...Your input is greatly appreciated.
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Pingtest result looks excellent.
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2    15 ms    15 ms    14 ms 217.32.144.64
3    31 ms    39 ms    30 ms 217.32.144.94
4    20 ms    20 ms    19 ms 213.120.181.42
5    21 ms    20 ms    20 ms 217.41.169.39
6    21 ms    20 ms    20 ms 217.41.169.107
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51.23]
9    27 ms    26 ms    26 ms peer2-xe2-1-0.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [109.159.2
54.142]
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12     *        *        *     Request timed out.
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14    28 ms    32 ms    27 ms 132.185.255.148
15    26 ms    26 ms    26 ms bbc-vip103.telhc.bbc.co.uk [212.58.244.58]
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2    16 ms    14 ms    14 ms 217.32.144.64
3    18 ms    20 ms    19 ms 217.32.144.110
4    20 ms    20 ms    20 ms 213.120.181.34
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6    19 ms    21 ms    20 ms 217.41.169.107
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8    26 ms    28 ms    27 ms core1-te0-5-0-7.ealing.ukcore.bt.net [109.159.25
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9    28 ms    29 ms    26 ms peer2-xe0-0-0.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [109.159.2
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10    27 ms    26 ms    26 ms manchester-nasaccess2-fe01.mdip.bt.net [195.99.1
25.66]
11    35 ms    34 ms    48 ms tge7-2.fr3.ams.llnw.net [69.28.171.93]
12    34 ms    39 ms    34 ms tge2-1.fr4.ams.llnw.net [69.28.172.114]
13    33 ms    33 ms    33 ms prolocation.telecity2.nl-ix.net [193.239.116.205
14   208 ms   206 ms   219 ms rc03-10g-12-rc04-10g-12.prolocation.net [94.228.
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15    86 ms    34 ms    34 ms 178.22.82.43
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BT Infinity speeds: Inconsistent and sluggish at t...

So we had fibre installed last week, great, everything was fine. The guy told us to do a speedtest after installing it, and this is what we got: http://speedtest.net/result/2755886052.png - perfect, exactly what we wanted. The next few days proved to be fine, the internet didn't drop out, speeds didn't fluctuate more than about 5mb below 75mb on the downstream (upload has never been slower than about 15.5mb since fibre). However, since Friday night and soon after, the internet speed has fluctuated dramatically.
At the moment, we seem to be seeing download speeds range from 10mb to 75mb, whats causing this? We did begin to recieve some drop out issues on Friday, but an engineer came out on Tuesday and fixed some problem with the wiring. Since then, it hasn't disconnected, but the speed has been unaffected by it. Doing a BT speed test just now, this was achieved: http://i.imgur.com/iiLIJjM.jpg, and this is what we get on speedtest.com: http://speedtest.net/result/2769310113.png Before anyone asks, yes, I did check that there was no traffic conjestion on the line (wireless was switched off and I made sure no one was downloading/streaming/uploading anything, myself included).
Now we were told to expect around 70mb, and before Friday, the internet seemed to deliver that with ease. If I were to download anything, I would get consistent speeds of about 9.3mb/s; wonderful. Unfortunately, at the moment, I can only get similar speeds in the mornings. This was a speedtest from earlier this morning: http://www.speedtest.net/result/2768168225.png I think the problem may lie with possible peak times? Which I think is very unacceptable considering what we're paying for, and a lot of the time right now we're not even getting the minimum 1/3 of the estimated speed. Which in this case would be around 25mb.
I also understand that we're still under the 10 day stability period, I'm just concerned that our speed is being hindered somewhat. Oddly, it's only the downstream that is affected, the upstream and ping have been very consistent, and don't seem to fluctutate at all. Now of course the internet is going to fluctuate when people use it, and of course, when taking these speeds I did make sure there was minimal traffic (if not no traffic) on the line.
If someone could investigate this situation, I would be very thankful.
Thanks in advance,
Liz
Edit log: fixed one of the broken hyperlinks.

I have the same situation... however I think the issue is actually not your connection to the internet, but rather the contention on the Speedtest and BT Speedtest servers as the day progresses. (i.e. more and more people hitting them.)
We have 100/100 MB connection at work and we get the same degrading speed on Speedtest as the day progresses, i.e. we have no contention on our fixed line.
Some Speedtest servers are better than others of course...
My home Infinity can go from 310 down to 80 on the fastest Speedtest servers I use (Uno/Milton Keynes or Virgin Media Croydon) between 07:00 to 12:00+, so you are not alone.
The best thing to do is download big files from Adobe or Apple and check the actual speed, e.g. try before you by install files. These are on Akamai cached server clusters and so don't suffer from contention and you can see the real speed of your service.
Good luck
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I have been promised BT Infinity speeds over Coppe...

On 31/10 I went to BT website, entered my postcode to see what services I could get and ordered BT Infinity 2 (with £125 sainsbury voucher offer). upto 78mb speed Yay!
Was given an installation date of 11/11 with activation within 24hrs.
On the 4/11 I got a text saying the order was on hold as they were trying to contact the previous line owner,
who had moved out on the 31st, having sold the house to me.
I phoned BT and explained to them that the previous owner no longer lived there, and that they had disconnected the telephone line anyway. I was assured the order would progress and the hub would be delivered on the 11/11.
Came home on 11/11 expecting to find a parcel with the hub, but nothing so left it till the next eve and still nothing.
Phoned again and told that the order management team would give me a call back in the next 24hrs.
On the 13/11 (eve) I got a phone call from order management team telling me my service would be connected on the 19/11.
I said this was unacceptable & in breach of agreed contract, but they wouldnt budge.
Asked to speak to someone higher up and passed to another lady, who kept calling me Colin. (my surname is Collins).
She said they were still waiting to talk to the previous line owner to take it over, so i repeated that the line was dead and the owner had moved out 13 days earlier.
Again, i asked to speak to someone higher up and was promised that the service would be set up today (14/11) and activated on Monday. I asked about the Hub and was told this would be delivered 'next week'.
By this time I was so frustrated I contemplated cancelling the whole order and seeing what other ISPs were in the area.
To my shock, I found the fastest speed available to the village I leave in was 17mb as there is no fibre optic!
I checked my BT order status this morning, to find that the BT home Hub 5 has been dispatched, so I phoned and asked to speak to their technical engineers to see how I can connect a LAN port to a copper telephone line!
I was passed yet again to the order management team, who told me my order had been cancelled as they couldn't provision a port at my local exchange, but the broadband team were preparing the connection for the 18/11.
I said I was not surprised as there is no fibre optic in the area. The lady suggested she ran a line check which I said was probably a good idea.
She came back and said there is no fibre optic to my address, only copper telephone line. Yay!! progress!
She said she will pass this info to the expert team and organise for an engineer to test the line and may require an engineer for installation.
She then promised that I would still get BT Infinity speed that I ordered, so i said can I have that in writing which she emailed me and texted me.
So lets see what happens next week. I am not holding my breath!

wilthewiz wrote:
Don't cancel, make them provide what they're contracted to provide
How could they do that if there's no fibre optic cable to his street cabinet?
Openreach manage the infrastructure, BT Wholesale sell the services to ISP's, BT Consumer is just one ISP.
My advice would be to cancel before the activation date if that is what you are considering. Once activated you are locked in to the contract and liable for early termination charges if you cancel within the contract minimum term (usually 18 months). You can officially complain but that can sometimes take months to get processed, and may not necessarily come out in your favour.

Peak time connectivity useless

Hi
I'm still having problems with my connection.
Evenings and weekends especially, where it can take 10 - 15 minutes of retries to get a web page to load.
Eventually i give up and use my phone !
My service has been degrading over the last 6 months and now i'm fed up.
Like most people i need to use my internet connection during peak times.
BT HomeHub 2
ADSL line status
Connection information
Line state Connected
Connection time 13 days, 17:49:27
Downstream 8,128 Kbps
Upstream 448 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI 0/38
Type PPPoA
Modulation ITU-T G.992.1
Latency type Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up) 11.2 dB / 22.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up) 23.0 dB / 12.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up) 19.8 dBm / 12.1 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local) 0
Loss of Signal (Local) 0
Loss of Power (Local) 0
FEC Errors (Down/Up) 5023 / 0
CRC Errors (Down/Up) 31 / N/A
HEC Errors (Down/Up) N/A / 0
Error Seconds (Local) 19

Hi
This is the result from 9:15 pm
Its taken me nearly 6 minutes to reply !
Web pages are taking 2 minutes to load.
Download speedachieved during the test was - 4.49 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.6 Mbps-7.15 Mbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :8.13 Mbps(DOWN-STREAM), 0.45 Mbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 7.15 Mbps
Not sure if the snr is causing it ?
ADSL line status
Connection information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
14 days, 4:59:30
Downstream
8,128 Kbps
Upstream
448 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
ITU-T G.992.1
Latency type
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)
11.2 dB / 22.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
23.0 dB / 12.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
19.8 dBm / 12.1 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local)
0
Loss of Signal (Local)
0
Loss of Power (Local)
0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)
5152 / 0
CRC Errors (Down/Up)
31 / N/A
HEC Errors (Down/Up)
N/A / 0
Error Seconds (Local)
19

Diabolical peak time Infinity speeds

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