Traceroutes to the server might be an idea, can compare slow vs fast

just change isps and be done with it. All these issues will go away.

In reply to a post by vimto_girl:

Traceroutes to the server might be an idea, can compare slow vs fast

It's all done now... hopped gateway and then the update was downloaded in 4-5 mins!

I did try a traceroute to a domain I found on a US Comcast tracert and it went through BT Faraday and on to BT Europe servers...

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

just change isps and be done with it. All these issues will go away.

I want too, I really do... I'm awaiting some information from Pulse8.... I can't get into any contracts at the moment... I'm supposed to be moving at some point in the next 4 - 28 weeks

Silly as that sounds!

In reply to a post by mlmclaren:

I did try a traceroute to a domain I found on a US Comcast tracert and it went through BT Faraday and on to BT Europe servers...

You need to traceroute to the actual CDN server you are downloading from, the domain for the IP should be something like uklon***.aaplimg.com. This is going to be very different for someone on an US Comcast connection.

Edited by deleted (Fri 21-Aug-15 07:39:09)

I did the traceroute to aaplimg.com thinking it would pick up the location itself, which it seemed too!

That's not right - aaplimg.com resolves to one of multiple IP's, none of which are a CDN server (they eventually redirect to www.apple.com)

You need to traceroute to the IP you are downloading from, and have a set of good vs bad.

Also seen this issue the past few days with app updates. If I come of WiFi and go onto 4G I get full speeds.

I had terrible speeds just now downloading IOS 8.4.1: estimated 4 hours. I killed the download, connected to a VPN (I have a collocated server in London) and the download completed in <8 minutes.

Connected via ptw-ag03 (I have to use an ag gateway for my IPv6 trial account to get its correct prefix assignment).

Edited by DougM (Fri 28-Aug-15 16:24:19)

In reply to a post by DougM:

I had terrible speeds just now downloading IOS 8.4.1: estimated 4 hours. I killed the download, connected to a VPN (I have a collocated server in London) and the download completed in <8 minutes.

Yes I have a VPN and that did the same. Very annoying.