International Speeds Very Slow

[vincent13]

I'm on TOT fibre which has been generally pretty good.

However, over the last few days the connections to international servers have been terribly slow - 134kbps download speed to Australia on testmy.net a few minutes ago.

TOT speedtest site of course shows "normal" speeds of about 55 Mbps down and 16 Mbps up.

Anyone else experiencing issues with TOT or aware of a problem with the undersea cable?

[KhunBENQ]

Just did a simple download test with testmynet to Sydney (I am on ToT fiber).

Well, not great but not as catastrophic as yours: 4.3 Mbit/s with high variance (2.4 to 7.3).

I says 41% slower than TH average.

 

Yesterday I had some problems connecting to servers in Germany.

Had to use a VPN to resolve.

Two days before there was an outage of about 1.5 hours.

Didn't happen in a long time.

 

https://testmy.net/db/5uP6ABcit&framed=1&framed2=1&framed3=1

 

Just trying London, still waiting. Terribly slow.

Yes there is an issue.

 

Edited March 16, 2018 by KhunBENQ

[KhunBENQ]

Erratic.

Now London in the 7 Mbit/s range, Sydney 3.3, both with very high variance.

Who knows what's going on...

 

[vincent13]

Seems better just at the moment (I can stream without buffering). See if it lasts.

[mfd101]

Having exactly the same problem over the last 3 days with TOT fibre. Currently 5.3 mbps [using testmy.net]. Hopeless. [But earlier today I was getting around 30-45 mbps.]

[vogie]

I am having trouble playing videos, including Youtube etc on my Samsung Galaxy 10.1, they just freeze. Have checked my download and upload speeds both normal 50+ mbs and 26 mbs. It's been like this for a couple of days now. But strangely enough Youtube works fine on my old ipad and also my set top box.

[simoh1490]

Ditto on TOT fibre in the North, the porn is unwatchable! 

[tweedledee2]

I have 3BB 30/10 and have not had any issue in streaming BBC I-Player this week. Last finished watching 1 hour ago.

[khunPer]

I've been on TOT for years with ADSL, and now fiber. International speeds has always (my about 15-years Thai experience) been up and down, i.e. some periods incredibly slow, even with time-out at certain destinations. It might be routers, gateway(s) out of Thailand, and even traffic problems abroad. A few days ago some destinations were incredible slow, and causing multiple time-outs, but back to more acceptable speed again yesterday.

[Jeffrey346]

The Gov allocates each internet provider a specific amount of bandwidth outside of Thailand.

Providers automatically cut back depending on traffic. That is why you will never get decent speeds to sites outside of Thailand.

[simoh1490]

5 minutes ago, Jeffrey346 said:

The Gov allocates each internet provider a specific amount of bandwidth outside of Thailand.

Providers automatically cut back depending on traffic. That is why you will never get decent speeds to sites outside of Thailand.

The Thai Gov. allocates bandwidth outside of Thailand, I never knew that! 

Edited March 17, 2018 by simoh1490

[mfd101]

2 minutes ago, Jeffrey346 said:

The Gov allocates each internet provider a specific amount of bandwidth outside of Thailand.

Providers automatically cut back depending on traffic. That is why you will never get decent speeds to sites outside of Thailand.

"Never" is a big word. I normally get in the range 35-45mbps as measured by testmy.net but only now & then over the last 3 days ...

[BuaBS]

It's about the same as usual for websites.

But in the last month or so uploading of t_rr_ts (udp)  won't go , or badly.

ToT squeezing uploads but not downloads ?

[vincent13]

Currently getting 16 Mbps down and 8 Mbps up to Australia using Express VPN.

Good enough for my purposes.

[simoh1490]

1 minute ago, BuaBS said:

It's about the same as usual for websites.

But in the last month or so uploading of t_rr_ts (udp)  won't go , or badly.

ToT squeezing uploads but not downloads ?

Exactly, it's their gateway.

[ArnonK]

I'm on TRUE with 50/20Mbps (Cable) and get 41Mbps down to Sydney on testmy.net, upload is just 4Mbps!

[ArnonK]

If I ever get problems with speed, special download, I use VPN (CyberGhost) to solve that problem.

[vincent13]

Without the VPN I'm getting 25.7 Mbps down and 8.7 up to Sydney on testmy.net.

[khunPer]

5 hours ago, Jeffrey346 said:

The Gov allocates each internet provider a specific amount of bandwidth outside of Thailand.

Providers automatically cut back depending on traffic. That is why you will never get decent speeds to sites outside of Thailand.

Seem like the speed allocated for ThaiVisa normally is used up during local daytime, as it often time-out in evenings...