ACT fibernet, Very low download speeds on various websites. Airtel mobile data annihilate act

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So, after around 11 days of my new ACT broadband (250Mbps) usage. I noticed something. ACT is nice most of the times. Provides rated speed on major servers and websites.

But, irritates a bit on many other websites. Like: on Python.org download page, ACT struggles to get past 400 KBps. While on my airtel mobile data, it went well above 5MBps. And they are hosted by Google
on Techpwerup servers, same issue
on sublime text editor website too.
These are some areas, where I tested airtel and ACT download speed. On all these mentiones websites, the downloaded package , was not more than 40-50 MB.
With a 250Mbps plan, and having to wait for download to finish for something insignificant as 50MB, is kinda irritating. While on other hand, airtel mobile data kicks ACT's ass, by a great margin.

Should I raise ticket for this?
are their any ways, which might help me boost download on these servers? I am using Google DNS, as per my understanding, changing this will not affect my download speeds. I maybe be wrong though.

does ACT use airtel backone, or TATA? ACT routing seems to suck a bit.
and does other ACT users face same issue? or is it just that, I live in a desert?
 
Python.org uses Fastly CDN. I think its likely a routing issue as many there have been instances of sites using Fastly having issues with slow loading and stuff with other Indian ISPs. A VPN should fix the issue if ISP doesn't do it.

Whats ur traceroute to www.python.org ?
 
JB701 said:
Whats ur traceroute to www.python.org ?
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Code: 
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.1052]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\siddh>tracert www.python.org

Tracing route to dualstack.python.map.fastly.net [199.232.44.223]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     4 ms     7 ms     4 ms  192.168.1.1
  2    25 ms     6 ms    10 ms  10.195.0.1
  3     8 ms     7 ms     7 ms  broadband.actcorp.in [49.207.34.201]
  4     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  5    25 ms     7 ms     6 ms  broadband.actcorp.in [49.207.47.210]
  6     6 ms     5 ms     7 ms  14.142.187.85.static-Delhi.vsnl.net.in [14.142.187.85]
  7    42 ms    42 ms    41 ms  172.31.180.57
  8    42 ms    42 ms    42 ms  ix-ae-4-2.tcore1.cxr-chennai.as6453.net [180.87.36.9]
  9    85 ms    86 ms    85 ms  if-ae-20-39.tcore2.svw-singapore.as6453.net [180.87.36.13]
 10    82 ms    82 ms    81 ms  if-ae-20-2.tcore1.svq-singapore.as6453.net [180.87.96.21]
 11    86 ms    85 ms    87 ms  if-be-21-2.ecore1.svq-singapore.as6453.net [180.87.96.45]
 12    85 ms    85 ms    84 ms  199.232.44.223

Trace complete.
 
how about 151.101.156.223 ? This is the IP being returned for me. You could try a different DNS.

this ip is being returned for me

199.232.44.223 is Singapore
 
JB701 said:
how about 151.101.156.223
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Code: 
With ACT

C:\Users\siddh>tracert 151.101.156.223

Tracing route to 151.101.156.223 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1     2 ms     2 ms     4 ms  192.168.1.1
  2    96 ms     6 ms     8 ms  10.195.0.1
  3     7 ms     8 ms     7 ms  broadband.actcorp.in [49.207.34.201]
  4     9 ms     *        9 ms  broadband.actcorp.in [49.207.34.161]
  5     8 ms     8 ms     8 ms  broadband.actcorp.in [49.207.47.210]
  6     6 ms     6 ms     7 ms  14.142.187.85.static-Delhi.vsnl.net.in [14.142.187.85]
  7    13 ms     8 ms    23 ms  172.31.187.50
  8     8 ms    10 ms     8 ms  172.28.160.105
  9     9 ms    11 ms     8 ms  121.240.110.90.static-delhi.vsnl.net.in [121.240.110.90]
 10    46 ms    47 ms    47 ms  100.70.136.194
 11    47 ms    45 ms    47 ms  1.7.160.109
 12    48 ms    43 ms    43 ms  151.101.156.223

Trace complete.
Code: 
with AIRTEL mobile data

Tracing route to dualstack.python.map.fastly.net [199.232.20.223]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     2 ms     2 ms     2 ms  192.168.19.199
  2    99 ms    30 ms    23 ms  192.168.59.1
  3    97 ms    35 ms    39 ms  192.168.27.57
  4    94 ms    21 ms    24 ms  192.168.27.105
  5   158 ms    28 ms    21 ms  nsg-corporate-1.39.185.122.airtel.in [122.185.39.1]
  6    94 ms    31 ms    38 ms  116.119.73.223
  7   110 ms    24 ms    24 ms  167.82.128.102
  8    86 ms    40 ms    36 ms  199.232.20.223

Trace complete.

C:\Users\siddh>tracert 151.101.156.223

Tracing route to 151.101.156.223 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1    35 ms     2 ms     2 ms  192.168.19.199
  2    64 ms    37 ms    37 ms  192.168.59.1
  3    31 ms    33 ms    25 ms  192.168.27.93
  4    45 ms    22 ms    23 ms  192.168.27.111
  5    70 ms    24 ms    22 ms  nsg-corporate-5.39.185.122.airtel.in [122.185.39.5]
  6   149 ms    93 ms    59 ms  182.79.198.218
  7   102 ms    57 ms    59 ms  167.82.128.128
  8   156 ms    58 ms    58 ms  151.101.156.223

Trace complete.

IP returned in case of airtel, for python.org 199.232.20.223, ny ACT 199.232.44.223.
this seems like both, DNS lookup and both routing issue.
Any recommended DNS?
 
Sorry to jump in. I was also facing this issue but since I have Airtel BB also I didn't bother much, but l was curious to see the trace to www.python.org.
In my case the exit to Tata happens at Bangalore instead of Delhi (like in your case) and trace never completes

Code: 
root@homepi4:~# traceroute www.python.org
traceroute to www.python.org (151.101.152.223), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  192.168.14.254 (192.168.14.254)  0.861 ms  0.629 ms  2.825 ms
 2  10.194.0.1 (10.194.0.1)  14.221 ms  14.888 ms  14.726 ms
 3  broadband.actcorp.in (49.207.34.201)  10.384 ms  11.289 ms  12.203 ms
 4  * * *
 5  * * *
 6  broadband.actcorp.in (202.83.20.41)  58.676 ms * *
 7  121.242.109.165.static-bangalore.vsnl.net.in (121.242.109.165)  48.409 ms  48.334 ms  49.523 ms
 8  172.31.47.5 (172.31.47.5)  54.280 ms  55.041 ms  55.493 ms
 9  172.28.132.245 (172.28.132.245)  57.571 ms  58.208 ms  59.042 ms
10  * * *
11  * * *
12  * * *
13  * * *
14  * * *
15  * * *
16  * * *
17  * * *
18  * * *
19  * * *
20  * * *
21  * * *
22  * * *
23  * * *
24  * * *
25  * * *
26  * * *
27  * * *
28  * * *
29  * * *
30  * * *
root@pghomepi4:~#


Edit -- Realized later that Linux by default uses UDP which might have been blocked. Here is the trace with ICMP.

Code: 
root@homepi4:~# traceroute -I www.python.org
traceroute to www.python.org (151.101.152.223), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  192.168.14.254 (192.168.14.254)  0.965 ms  0.852 ms  1.681 ms
 2  10.194.0.1 (10.194.0.1)  4.395 ms  4.862 ms  5.268 ms
 3  broadband.actcorp.in (49.207.34.201)  7.005 ms  7.471 ms  8.042 ms
 4  * * *
 5  * * *
 6  * broadband.actcorp.in (202.83.20.41)  43.745 ms *
 7  121.242.109.165.static-bangalore.vsnl.net.in (121.242.109.165)  36.250 ms  36.736 ms  41.463 ms
 8  172.31.47.5 (172.31.47.5)  41.768 ms  43.089 ms  44.488 ms
 9  172.28.132.237 (172.28.132.237)  45.751 ms  46.482 ms  47.216 ms
10  115.110.206.150.static-Mumbai.vsnl.net.in (115.110.206.150)  50.905 ms  51.411 ms  52.262 ms
11  151.101.152.223 (151.101.152.223)  50.316 ms  50.838 ms  40.778 ms
 

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panks21 said:
Sorry to jump in. I was also facing this issue but since I have Airtel BB also I didn't bother much, but l was curious to see the trace to www.python.org.
In my case the exit to Tata happens at Bangalore instead of Delhi (like in your case) and trace never completes
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Maybe it was just some random packet loss, you could try again
here is my tracert of 151.101.152.223

Code: 
C:\Users\siddh>tracert 151.101.152.223

Tracing route to 151.101.152.223 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1     3 ms     3 ms     3 ms  192.168.1.1
  2    10 ms    27 ms     7 ms  10.195.0.1
  3     8 ms     8 ms     9 ms  broadband.actcorp.in [49.207.34.201]
  4     *        8 ms     *     broadband.actcorp.in [49.207.34.161]
  5     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  6     *        *       41 ms  broadband.actcorp.in [202.83.20.41]
  7    43 ms    63 ms    41 ms  121.242.109.165.static-bangalore.vsnl.net.in [121.242.109.165]
  8    76 ms    48 ms    44 ms  172.31.47.5
  9    48 ms    45 ms    47 ms  172.28.132.237
 10    46 ms    44 ms    45 ms  115.110.206.150.static-Mumbai.vsnl.net.in [115.110.206.150]
 11    46 ms    45 ms    45 ms  151.101.152.223

Trace complete.

mine also exits at banglore too, with this your IP. How much of a difference some numbers make. o_o
What DNS are you using? ACT's dns? i am using Google .
 
Not random packet loss. I edited my post as was using UDP which might have been blocked.
Your original post shows exit from Delhi
I am using 1.1.1.1 as DNS
 
siddharth14 said:
can you please try downloading Windows installer x64, from the link mentioned below. it's in the bottom of the page. and report me you speed?
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Code: 
root@homepi4:~# wget "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.0/python-3.10.0b2-amd64.exe"
--2021-06-16 14:57:17--  https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.0/python-3.10.0b2-amd64.exe
Resolving www.python.org (www.python.org)... 151.101.152.223, 2a04:4e42:24::223
Connecting to www.python.org (www.python.org)|151.101.152.223|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 28173712 (27M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: 'python-3.10.0b2-amd64.exe'

python-3.10.0b2-amd64.exe                           100%[=================================================================================================================>]  26.87M  1.78MB/s    in 21s

2021-06-16 14:57:43 (1.30 MB/s) - 'python-3.10.0b2-amd64.exe' saved [28173712/28173712]
 

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