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Official Crystal Web ADSL performance feedback thread Part 2...
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Dipro
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I am currently at home and I have no issues. Streaming in HD without issues (Netflix / Raspberry PI).
Guess it must be a geographical issue for some, but I am all good here in Big Bay, Cape Town.
Guess it must be a geographical issue for some, but I am all good here in Big Bay, Cape Town.
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Streaming performance is pretty iffy now. I'm not sure why its so up and down on Twitch when Youtube barely manages 360p.
Edit: IPC upgrade for Cape users apparently kicks in at 5PM.
Edit: IPC upgrade for Cape users apparently kicks in at 5PM.
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Wraithlord
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Is that confirmed at this point?
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That's what support said to me half an hour ago. The speed-up should also be almost immediate, so come 5PM I'm rebooting the router and doing some tests before I struggle like hell during the Xbox E3 stream.
Wait streaming Netflix from your Pi?
Likewise! No issues on Premium Uncapped 4Mbps in Gardens
Yip, my free 1gb trial account flies (which is premium bandwidth if I'm not mistaken)...home capped is getting shafted.
Wraithlord
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Wish I was home to give it a spin!
Anyone else care to give their first impressions?
Kensei2605
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I hope this will stay the same
10 mb Cape Town nntp
Just did a test will still schedule for 12-6 but its looking good
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Give your routers a reboot and test again.
I hope this will stay the same
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Just did a test will still schedule for 12-6 but its looking good
Awesome, Great to hear!
Kensei2605
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Did not see a difference first switched modem of and on again running full speed now.
Wraithlord
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I hope this will stay the same
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Just did a test will still schedule for 12-6 but its looking good
That looks pretty promising.
Are you using the Crystal Web news server over nntp? Wonder if connecting via ssl would give us higher priorities/speeds.
Kensei2605
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Yes with premium server as backup.
Wraithlord
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Sorry for the noob question (and going off topic), but does specifying a backup server help in any way?
I'm currently just configured to solely use the premium server over ssl.
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Well, the speed up is welcome. Downloads still shaped to around 1.5Mib/s, but that's better than before. Youtube now defaults to 480p. 720p60 is now doable once more, but it takes a while to ramp up in my testing (Internet Explorer seems to be best, since it reacts to bandwidth changes much faster than Chrome or Firefox). I'd love to see it hop straight up to line speed, but I haven't seen that happen for a long time, so as long as 720p60 runs without hitching, I'm okay. In my testing that needs about 2.4Mib/s and while watching the Bethesda stream, it would run at 3.0Mib/s for a while and then there was a period where it dropped to sub-1.4Mib/s. Perhaps these dips are because users are digging into the IPC now that its live.
No change on home capped.
Comparison for CW vs AH on the same 720p60fps video:
http://i.imgur.com/rZVCMDH.png
One is buffering and one is not...
Comparison for CW vs AH on the same 720p60fps video:
http://i.imgur.com/rZVCMDH.png
One is buffering and one is not...
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