MrRalphMan Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 18Mbps out of 20 is pretty good. You got to remember the TCPIP protocol does takes a fair bit of traffic as well as the data you're putting through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glosphil Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Yeah I know, I have 3 machines online at the same time as that too. I've had 20 before. Best service I've had. I did hit their fair use cap the other day though, speed down to 25% of capacity for 5 hours, annoying lol 18Mbps out of 20 is pretty good. You got to remember the TCPIP protocol does takes a fair bit of traffic as well as the data you're putting through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 What's their CAP on the 20Mbps line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Rendar Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I've got XL broadband (20MB), XL phone (unlimited talk at anytime) and XL TV (with V+). The whole package is costing costing me £45/month, plus the £11/month phone line rental. (But for 6 months it's £7/month cheaper.) Speed test results: Downstream... File size transferred : 10.0 MB (10485760 bytes) Throughput : 2276.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second] = 2.28 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second] = 18.21 Mbps [Megabit-per-second] Upstream... File size transferred : 10.0 MB (10485760 bytes) Throughput : 91.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second] = 728.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second] = 0.73 Mbps [Megabit-per-second] These figures agree with the test results from http://www.speedtest.net, which I've been doing frequently over the past few days. 18.5 Mbps seems to be typical for me. I was previously on ADSL and supposed to be getting 3.2Mbps on an 8Mbps link (due to distance from the exchange). But typically I was only actually getting 0.5 to 1.0Mbps, so things are much better for me now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glosphil Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 What's their CAP on the 20Mbps line? 128k up, 5meg down forget what you have to download to hit it, its on their website somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Well i only pay for a 4mb connection but if i did have 20mb somehow i think my results would be something like this.. File size transferred : 100.0 MB (104857600 bytes) Total time taken : 42.82 seconds (42819 milliseconds) Throughput : 2448.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second] = 2.45 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second] = 19584.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second] = 19.58 Mbps [Megabit-per-second] File size transferred : 10.0 MB (10485760 bytes) Total time taken : 114.04 seconds (114044 milliseconds) Throughput : 91.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second] = 0.09 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second] = 728.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second] = 0.73 Mbps [Megabit-per-second] Wish i had it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJButler Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I wonder what speed you will get after you have been round the Indian call centre a few times sorting out crap download speeds, i paid premium rates to these guys for years and rarely got over 2MB so now i take the lowest package and get over 1MB. If i want a faster download i use my unlimited Vodaphone mobile modem, i can get 7MB on that. I would get away from Virgin if i did not have to pay a penalty to BT for being a cable customer. But ,hey if they make you happy that's fine by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 10Mb cable here and I got: File size transferred : 10.0 MB (10485760 bytes) Total time taken : 13.05 seconds (13049 milliseconds) Throughput : 803.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second] = 0.8 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second] = 6424.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second] = 6.42 Mbps [Megabit-per-second] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJButler Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I wonder what speed you will get after you have been round the Indian call centre a few times sorting out crap download speeds, i paid premium rates to these guys for years and rarely got over 2MB so now i take the lowest package and get over 1MB. If i want a faster download i use my unlimited Vodaphone mobile modem, i can get 7MB on that. I would get away from Virgin if i did not have to pay a penalty to BT for being a cable customer. But ,hey if they make you happy that's fine by me. On a lighter note, i have just run three different speed tests on my broadband, worst case 59kb, best 147kb, ping 257ms to london from Bristol. Christ i could almost drive there in that time. Virgin on the ridiculous!!!!!!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leelbuk Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I've just switched from Virgin over to Be after almost 6 years. Have always been on a cable connection and never thought I'd move over to ADSL over PSTN, but Virgin is too expensive for what you get. I would have stayed but it's ~£37 for the 20Mbps service, which I was willing to pay until Virgin took over (used to be telewest when I started!) they now throttle your whole connection to 4Mbps if you download more than 4GB in a certain time period. Bear in mind how quick you can actually download 4GB and you realise how quick you pass that limit! So it means that half the time I wouldn't be getting the speed I payed for! Now I am on Be I get a static IP, 19Mbps down, 2.1Mbps up (ADSL 2+ Annex M) and it is never throttled. Plus my pings are commonly between 6 and 15ms in COD4 and UT! All this for £21 instead of £37. I also get control over my connection to certain degree. I can choose how far I wish to push my telephone line so that I can maximise speed or reliability! Gives you a good sense that it's "Your" broadband. When you all get 50Mb, I'll just try not be be jealous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I've just switched from Virgin over to Be after almost 6 years. Have always been on a cable connection and never thought I'd move over to ADSL over PSTN, but Virgin is too expensive for what you get. I would have stayed but it's ~£37 for the 20Mbps service, which I was willing to pay until Virgin took over (used to be telewest when I started!) they now throttle your whole connection to 4Mbps if you download more than 4GB in a certain time period. Bear in mind how quick you can actually download 4GB and you realise how quick you pass that limit! So it means that half the time I wouldn't be getting the speed I payed for! Now I am on Be I get a static IP, 19Mbps down, 2.1Mbps up (ADSL 2+ Annex M) and it is never throttled. Plus my pings are commonly between 6 and 15ms in COD4 and UT! All this for £21 instead of £37. I also get control over my connection to certain degree. I can choose how far I wish to push my telephone line so that I can maximise speed or reliability! Gives you a good sense that it's "Your" broadband. When you all get 50Mb, I'll just try not be be jealous Do you actually get those speeds? I thought it was impossible to get 20mb/s over a phone line at the moment. I must admit i'll always be with virgin. My entire bill is £20 per month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leelbuk Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Do you actually get those speeds? I thought it was impossible to get 20mb/s over a phone line at the moment. I must admit i'll always be with virgin. My entire bill is £20 per month. Well I'm getting 18.5 Mbps on USENET so yeah, I do lol. Its completely down to how far you are from your local exchange and the quality of your line (which is let down also by the quality of the wiring in most people's houses) I could lower the SNR margin on my modem too and possily get closer to the max 24Mbps, which most ppl only get when they are a stones throw from the exchange. (I'm approx 1 mile from it) I must admit, I was sorry to leave Virgin. Service has been great up until late. If they were more competitive and didn't throttle their connections I'd be there, but they cannot compete with what I'm getting at he moment. I could pay £17.50 for my download speed, but I wanted the faster upload and the static IP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leelbuk Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Quick speedtest shows a fairly close result. Not bad for a single connection. All newsgroup and torrenting involves mulitple connections and can yield slightly increased speed http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/53Gmt7rBJJdtefJ982fenQ?feat=directlink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 for a 500MB file mine seems close to the advertised speed.... ------------------------------------------------------------------ File size transferred : 500.0 MB (524288000 bytes) Total time taken : 215.64 seconds (215638 milliseconds) Throughput : 2431.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second] = 2.43 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second] = 19448.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second] = 19.45 Mbps [Megabit-per-second] Downloading a 500MB file in 3min 35 secs is good enough for me, who needs 50Meg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Downloading a 500MB file in 3min 35 secs is good enough for me, who needs 50Meg? My god, that is fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 If any Virgin Media customers want to test their max single IP download rate you can do it here (internal to the ISP so is a real world max for a direct download): http://82.15.207.2/speedtest/SpeedCheck.php My 20mb connection can only get 10.7mb, which is half what I'm paying for. There is enough bandwidth there to test to 100Mb per connection so its a real world test. Whats everyone else getting? /moan Problem found - my netgear router wasn't able to handle above 10.7 Mbps, even though it's supposed to be capable of 100 Mbps. I made the mistake of only testing it bypassed before the SNR was corrected and afterwards only during peak hours. Time to buy a decent one! Connection is now a constant 20.5Mbps without it. Still feel the need for 50Mbps, a 500MB file might be okay on lower connections, but most of the big downloads I do are in the 10GB range (games/work vpn), so the faster the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Problem found - my netgear router wasn't able to handle above 10.7 Mbps, even though it's supposed to be capable of 100 Mbps. Time to buy a decent one! Connection is now a constant 20.5Mbps without it. I did my test over wireless. I'm guessing that it might be holding back a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-_-b Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I did my test over wireless. I'm guessing that it might be holding back a little. Yea direct cabled connection is the ideal way to test speeds and download rates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I get about 18.2 mbits on that test, not sure if I'll go to the XXL package, we dont have the phone here but we have everything else. (apart fropm HD yet) Does anyone know what HD channels Virign carry yet, I notice Sky seem to be advertising it on a bit scale now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 This is now available to most places, but: It's an extra £11 a month on top of the 20MB service It has a £50 activiation charge It has a £30 installation charge New modem and wireless router is required (but included in the installation charge. Don't think I'll bother.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 This is now available to most places, but: It's an extra £11 a month on top of the 20MB service It has a £50 activiation charge It has a £30 installation charge New modem and wireless router is required (but included in the installation charge. Don't think I'll bother.. I can suggest other means if you are after them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Problem found - my netgear router wasn't able to handle above 10.7 Mbps, even though it's supposed to be capable of 100 Mbps. I've found that on most home access points, hence the reason I moved to a pc based firewall, even an old AMD 2500+ can easily handle the traffic even with layer-7 filtering active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Tempted by the 50Mb connection. Just getting 4 x OC-48 connections put in for a single network.... 1x OC-48 = 2488.32Mb connection So this puppy is gonna have basically a 96Gb connection. That I wish I could have at home. Mmm bandwidth. MMmmm redundancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I've found that on most home access points, hence the reason I moved to a pc based firewall, even an old AMD 2500+ can easily handle the traffic even with layer-7 filtering active. Ditto, I've got a Linux box running on a AMD 900Mhz s**tbox. 1Gb ram and it's never been quicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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