Speed ok. Download slow

My speed tests using various testers always indicate a figure around 1900 kB.

During the hours between 7am to 6pm should I choose to use the net, pages load quickly and I am satisfied.

After about 6pm although the speed tester indicates 1900kB, pages sometimes take a very long time to load, and at times 3 to 5 attempts to log on are required

Plus Net is my ISP using BB+. I am only a very light user never getting anywhere near their limits and asked PN some time ago not to LLU or move me from BT or to upgrade, which they confirmed.

I would appreciate being informed what part of the circuit the speed tester checks, is it my home to the BT exchange or are the PN circuits included. Tickets have been raised with PN only to be informed there is no reason for the slowdown except perhaps a faulty BT connection.

Saturday 10 Feb 07 was particularly poor all day.

The usual master socket tests and changing splitters have been done.

Any help, comment or a link to info appreciated.

It sounds like congestion, either at the exchange (check here) or on the PN network.

Thanks rikbean. Exchange reports no problems. VP green. Is there a way I can check PN?

Not that I can think of with the new BT speedtester. The old one took your ISP completely out of the loop, but the new one doesn't.

Try asking people in the PN forum if they are seeing the same sort of slowdown, that will give you a fairly strong indicator.

Thanks again. Many people are complaining but are all indicating slowdown where I am not seeing a loss of speed but a long time to download even a single page. Most odd.

Edited by deleted (Sun 11-Feb-07 14:06:07)

It's pretty much the same thing, the network is taking a long time to respond to your request because it's busy. From other comments I've heard from PN users, you might want to consider migrating.

Thanks once more. I guessed that may be the problem but IT is not my chosen profession so cannot challenge PN on what they report back.

Slainthe to you!

Nae bother