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  #3048877 11-Mar-2023 10:14
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Dochart: @Jiriteach

What device do you use that does speed test hourly automatically and how to set this up?


Modified version of this - https://github.com/henrywhitaker3/Speedtest-Tracker that I run in a Dockerised container on one of my RPI4’s.

My speed test results are here - https://speed.se7en.co.nz/
If you change the filter for the last 2-3 days you will see the other blip a few days ago.





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  #3048997 11-Mar-2023 17:20
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Could it be some parties have been too keen with the digger as part of the clean up?

 

 

 

Following on from the thread the other day:
https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=49&topicid=303790 

 

"Ongoing fibre breaks on the East coast" according to one of the affected ISPs/wholesale providers:

 


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  #3049070 11-Mar-2023 21:24
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Download and upload speeds have tanked again tonight. Still nothing on Orcon network status page.



  #3049075 11-Mar-2023 21:29
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Yup - There are issues again. My speeds are literally all over the place! Looks like routing issues.

 

   Speedtest by Ookla

 

     Server: 2Degrees - Auckland (id = 5749)
        ISP: 2degrees
    Latency:    44.78 ms   (2.85 ms jitter)
   Download:    17.92 Mbps (data used: 30.3 MB)                               
     Upload:   506.71 Mbps (data used: 848.0 MB)                               
Packet Loss:     0.0%

   Speedtest by Ookla

 

     Server: Sky Broadband - Auckland (id = 38177)
        ISP: 2degrees
    Latency:    47.88 ms   (1.43 ms jitter)
   Download:   930.92 Mbps (data used: 1.6 GB)                               
     Upload:   501.90 Mbps (data used: 661.1 MB)                               
Packet Loss:     0.0%

   Speedtest by Ookla

 

     Server: MyRepublic Group Ltd - Auckland (id = 34083)
        ISP: 2degrees
    Latency:    47.91 ms   (1.70 ms jitter)
   Download:   616.27 Mbps (data used: 957.1 MB)                               
     Upload:   107.30 Mbps (data used: 169.3 MB)                               
Packet Loss:     0.0%

 

   Speedtest by Ookla

 

     Server: Kordia - Auckland (id = 14259)
        ISP: 2degrees
    Latency:    49.93 ms   (2.33 ms jitter)
   Download:     7.61 Mbps (data used: 14.0 MB)                               
     Upload:   440.39 Mbps (data used: 580.3 MB)                               
Packet Loss:     0.0%

 

   Speedtest by Ookla

 

     Server: Sky Broadband - Auckland (id = 38177)
        ISP: 2degrees
    Latency:    44.30 ms   (2.84 ms jitter)
   Download:   749.56 Mbps (data used: 1.0 GB)                               
     Upload:   468.63 Mbps (data used: 586.4 MB)                               
Packet Loss:     0.0%

 

   Speedtest by Ookla

 

     Server: Spark New Zealand - Auckland (id = 11327)
        ISP: 2degrees
    Latency:    46.21 ms   (2.11 ms jitter)
   Download:    50.46 Mbps (data used: 74.0 MB)                               
     Upload:   196.15 Mbps (data used: 356.0 MB)                               
Packet Loss:     0.0%





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  #3049077 11-Mar-2023 21:30
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This started at the same time as yesterday as well. Ended last night ~ midnight. Anyone techs from Orcon or 2degrees that can look into this?





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  #3049079 11-Mar-2023 21:38
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Orcon-Porirua-300/100 all good.


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  #3049091 11-Mar-2023 22:01
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Very frustrating as its now causing Netflix or Prime etc to buffer.


 
 
 

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  #3049093 11-Mar-2023 22:07
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Seeing the same here. I would've posted here instead of the new thread I opened at https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=49&topicid=303823&page_no=1#3049092 but I'm an ignoramus at old-school BBcode-style web forums, and forgot about the pagination, so I thought the thread looked dead. FAIL.

 

I was reluctant to think it could be congestion at first, as I wasn't seeing the sorts of spiky packet loss I've seen for severe congestion on ISPs in the past. But I'm starting to suspect I'm just out of date on modern TCP congestion control algorithms. Because it was severe and lasted until after 11pm yesterday, then today picked up in the early evening, and is now easing off after 10pm. It'll probably be bad tomorrow from 7 to 9 or 9:30 because of people finishing earlier on Sunday night.

 

If this isn't a fault, someone's playing some real funny business with their claimed contention and performance numbers, because I was lucky to get 1 MBit/s to the nearby Inspire speedtest peer, and couldn't even "apt update" the laptop last night.


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  #3049100 11-Mar-2023 22:26
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BTW I emailed Orcon at their "we'll respond really soon" contact form yesterday. To nobody's shock, there's no response. They don't appear to have online chat, or support ticketing integrated into their customer portal, so I guess it's phone time.

 

I posted this image in the other thread, but I want to share here as it really says it all.

 

 

Hey, I remember when I was excited to have 1.5MBit/s ADSL ... in 2003.

 

In Crofton Downs / Ngaio FWIW.


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  #3049101 11-Mar-2023 22:31
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Registered an account just so I can also confirm this happening, both Friday and Saturday nights around the same time as everyone has reported. Slingshot gigabit plan from Vogeltown, Wellington.

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  #3049116 11-Mar-2023 22:58
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Recently improved for you as peak time eased?

Orcon better have a fault up on their site soon or it's new ISP time.

I wonder if they're doing proportional shaping by plan. That would fit. Gigabit users seeing 5-8 MBit while 300MBit users see 1.5-2 would be about right. Wouldn't be shocked if they disproportionately favour gigabit+ users if they're shaping too. And that would help explain why it doesn't behave like a traditional ISP congestion snowball where everything is a massive wall of packet loss.

  #3049129 12-Mar-2023 06:19
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Things improved ~ 9-10pm. Doubt its congestion but more routing issues. Some routes - speeds were terrible and on others they were OK. 
Could be part of the merge to 2degrees and changes being made to support this.

 

Too hard to log this as a ticket with someone in first line support. Would be nice if a senior Orcon/2degrees tech was here to see this or they are already aware of it.





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  #3049152 12-Mar-2023 09:20
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Yeah by 10:30 or so things were improving but not back to normal speeds by the time I gave up for the evening.

My service from Slingshot has been great since I was forced over to them from Stuff Fibre, so this is particularly frustrating to see this happen during peak times. Hoping that things improve otherwise I’ll be on the hunt for a new isp. You can’t sustain working from home with these ups and downs.

  #3049154 12-Mar-2023 09:26
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Seems to be a temporary blip - never had any issues with Orcon in the many years that I’ve been with them. Solid speeds and performance and never needed to contact their customer service which along with others - I am sure is terrible.

Must be related to the merge - they are likely rerouting/merging traffic etc.




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  #3049279 12-Mar-2023 13:12
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Jiriteach: Doubt its congestion but more routing issues. Some routes - speeds were terrible and on others they were OK. 

 

Possibly peak time overflow link load balancing issues then? 

 

Seeing as other ISPs are reporting "ongoing fibre breaks" in the North Island could potentially be a misconfiguration in load balancing within the new network topology. Perhaps there is a 1 Gb/s or even 10 Gb/s link involved somewhere.


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