Advice needed please

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walshy
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Hi,

Ive come over to a rural part of Ireland for a few weeks to spend Christmas with my family but am having real problems sorting out an internet setup that I can trade from.

Using Speedtest.net I am getting the following results

Ping 52ms
Download 6.41Mbps
Upload 0.51Mbps

Is the poor upload speed the cause of such a sluggish response time when placing or canceling an order?

At he moment its not actually usable as it can take up to 3/4 seconds from clicking to see the order appear on the screen.

I'm supposed to be here for at least 3 weeks so could really do with trying to get this sorted out so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and a Merry Christmas to you all
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JollyGreen
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Those figures are fine Kev, normal upload on ADSL can be 0.38mbps.

What kind of connection is it? Are you on ADSL then using Wireless or wired? I'm not 100% if you are routed via another server as you are in Ireland? Some users in Ireland may be able to advise on that.
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walshy
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Hi Dave,

Thanks for the reply, Ok then well if those figures look fine it must be something else, I really cant believe anybody could trade with such a delay, maybe I'm getting some sort of interference from somewhere.

Its a sky ADSL line using a wireless router, I have tried a wired connection to the router and this did improve it a bit but it still wasnt what I'd call satisfactory.

I've got to try and sort something out though as I dont want to take that much time off.

Any Idea what sort of data a days trading is likely to use? There is also a mobile connection I could use but its got a 40GB a month limit on it.

Thanks again for the response.
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JollyGreen
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Download this and check to see if there overlapping channels or networks Insidder
rogerlisa
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Walshy
Just something to try. In my village we struggle really bad with the internet, but I have found that even if my kids pc's are plugged in the wall, never mind on, then I have a very slow connection (of which there are 5 units). If I unplug all of them then it works fine. Now dont ask me why as I am far from a geek about these things, but if it works thats what I do and dont try to work out why. Try that and see if you have any luck.
Roger
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