29Jan Check your streamyx broadband speed
Last night, I was utterly utterly mad with the horrendous and horrible speed of the net. (trying to mimic Simon Cowell’s way of speaking :P ). If you are a PayPerPost’s postie, you will understand how crucial it is to rush in, grab the best paying opportunity and take the opportunity. It is a matter of losing USD20 sometimes. USD20 is A LOT OF MONEY to me. And if you multiply that with the number of blogs, you will feel my pain. Can see but cannot touch, kinda deal.
So, I chanced upon Ashotiwoth.com‘s blog post about him being short changed. He provided the link to check out streamyx internet broadband speed and I did a test.
I took the TMNet Speedometer test and got about 588 kbs (or whatever they use to measure the speed) download speed. Still, I do not believe this figure because the speed is way much slower than dial-ups. Even today, I had been getting cut off several times eventhough the reading goes up to 600+. And I am paying RM88 per month for a 1Mbs.
So, here goes my rant - TM Net sucks. Your service sucks. Your voice recording sucks. If I am unlucky, your service staff sucks. Your internet speed sucks. And I wish our country has more service providers. You have caused me to lose so many paid posts these few weeks and I hate you! *end of rants*
*sigh* Will we ever get back to ‘normal’ again? It has been weeks since the Taiwan Quake.
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January 29th, 2007 at 3:31 am
This is half of what you are paying for.
Plus this test only shows your speed to the TM.net network, not outside.
Try an international speedtest to get a real reading, it’ll be something like modem speeds.
You can try:
http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
My favourite is:
http://www.auditmypc.com/internet-speed-test.asp
January 29th, 2007 at 3:53 am
LOL don’t believe what their speed meter says ….hahaha thats a big laugh i just did a ping on their severs just now….we are on a lease line 2Mps …and their server reply time = 1600ms TTL = 118 thats way off the charts to achieve 2mps downloads or viceversa….tested their speedmeter and the result was ” Notice
Our server is currently busy or unavailable. Please try with another FTP server or try again at a later date.” dont believe the crap this guys tell you ;) you’ll go nuts….specialy talking to their so called “EXPERT TEAM” when they escalate a problem complaint ot this so calle BS team of theirs….
January 29th, 2007 at 4:50 am
Sorry to say that although TMNet is most likely accountable for a lot of problems, the Taiwan earthquake damage to the undersea cables aren’t their problems, but the problem of either AT&T or whoever operates the trans-oceanic lines.
January 29th, 2007 at 6:58 am
Are we still blaiming the Taiwan’s earthquake for the slow internet? Susahlah.
January 29th, 2007 at 7:02 am
Tmnet broadband speed is a joke. Very bengganglah
January 29th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Listen to Shaolin. That dude knows what he’s talking about, believe you me.
January 29th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
I’ve just submitted my complaint to TMNut – let’s see what will they reply.