Betfair slow
- ShaunWhite
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What Euler said is good idea.
DLM (Dynamic Line Mangement) will reduce the connection speed if there are errors on the line, what it's not good at is ramping the speed back up again when the error rate reduces. To do this you'll need to reboot the router too. ISP's will have you think that you shouldn't do this as the connection will return to a default speed and you'll lose the 'tuning' it's done but in practice I've never found that a reboot makes things worse.
DLM (Dynamic Line Mangement) will reduce the connection speed if there are errors on the line, what it's not good at is ramping the speed back up again when the error rate reduces. To do this you'll need to reboot the router too. ISP's will have you think that you shouldn't do this as the connection will return to a default speed and you'll lose the 'tuning' it's done but in practice I've never found that a reboot makes things worse.
- Kafkaesque
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Weird one, as here in Denmark one of the default suggestions from ISPs, if you feel your connection is running slow, is to reboot the router.ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2017 2:40 pmWhat Euler said is good idea.
DLM (Dynamic Line Mangement) will reduce the connection speed if there are errors on the line, what it's not good at is ramping the speed back up again when the error rate reduces. To do this you'll need to reboot the router too. ISP's will have you think that you shouldn't do this as the connection will return to a default speed and you'll lose the 'tuning' it's done but in practice I've never found that a reboot makes things worse.
I'll take your statement one further, and say I've never found rebooting the router making things worse, but often times in fact better......which may well be what you're saying between the lines, when I think about it while writing this
- ShaunWhite
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5 mins? That's ages but probably not much longer than it takes to make a brew.
The other thing to look for if you get sudden slowdowns is background processes like virus definition updates, scheduled backups etc.
What I was really referring to is needing to reboot in the middle of trading, a few minutes before a race.ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2017 7:16 pm5 mins? That's ages but probably not much longer than it takes to make a brew.
The other thing to look for if you get sudden slowdowns is background processes like virus definition updates, scheduled backups etc.
At the moment I use two computers. The older one, despite being stripped of all unnecessary software including virus software, struggles to cope with multiple Firefox windows (consumes huge amounts of memory) and needs rebooting when it slows down. My dual core laptop works like a dream and never needs rebooting. I think dual/quad core processors make a big difference.
I have BT broadband, and it's shit. I think BT have spent too much time & money on BT Sport, and have neglected the core aspect of their business. I use a PC and a laptop, and somedays I even get a timeout error when trying to log into BA due to to my internet connection being so crap
- ShaunWhite
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It really seems to depend on where you are, I've used BT Broadband since 2000, first in Croydon, then Cheltenham and now in Lincs, and to be fair to them it's been almost flawless for the entire 17 years.