CJ Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Here is mine. I am currently on an up to 2mb line but apparently the island is just upgrading its services to include an up to 20mb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Pretty normal results for me. Can't expect any higher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meko Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 so.. it's not just the waiting lists for the NHS that are slow. Took 5 minutes to load the speedtest.net page and about the same to run the tests. http://www.speedtest.net/result/704332831.png what a difference a few hours makes.. 42mb download now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Since its all speed related, I noticed that my speed had decreased a fair amount, turned out to be dodgy drivers for the onboard network adapter, after searching around it was obvious that the Win7 support for it was rubbish so I stuck an Intel Pro 1000 MT in, job done That the max I can get using my Cisco 837 as it doesnt support ADSL2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I'm with the utility warehouse and the connection although slow @ 2.2 on newsgroups its been reliable but the phoneline however is terrible. I'm on a monthly contract and heard that if i switch to someone like BE they do something at the exchange to make things faster. Is this true? Just so sick of being stuck in the dark ages and its a fairly new built estate. What i would give to have cable. poop BT have finally tried to catch up with the others (BT Infinity) Has been stable aswel. For those that don't know. It's fibre optic from the exchange to the local cabinets (fttc) and then copper from cabinets to the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonv Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Hiya, we are with Virgin 50 meg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Hiya, we are with Virgin 50 meg http://www.speedtest.net/result/1101699297.png Mine is going in next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 i was on sky though bt line and it was terrible. ive just moved to virgin and 100% better im on 10 meg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Virgin 50MB, though for some reason it never goes above 3.85MB upload on the speedtest site. I get 5MB through FTP and torrents. Great service for the money, I'll never go back to ADSL. They're rolling out 100MB DL / 10MB UL this year to most of the main areas, everyone on the 50MB service gets it for free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Sept for me on 100mbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 For the Virgin media 20MB customers - check your bill!! If you have had the 20MB service for a while you might still be being billed at the "old" £25 per month rate. When I called VM to discuss why it was higher than their current rate they explained this was due to their discount policy (complex it seems and not mentioned anywhere on their site). Basically if you're on the 20MB service and pay the old rate you can upgrade to the 50MB service for free. The installation (inc new fancy modem and wireless router) are free and the monthly payment remains the same at £25 per month. Basically a faster service with no cap limits for the same price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Thanks Homer... I'll be sure to do that, didnt realise it was a free upgrade to 50 mbit now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemmjonny Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Is your router plugged into your master socket? If not how far is the cable run from it? For best results its best to have the cable no longer than 10m from the master socket. If that does not make a significant difference than it may be the cable on the out side of the house. most BT cables are 2 pair If you now a nice BT man you could swap to the other pair and try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Virgin 20MB Broadband. (When this thread was started I was using a 3 Dongle ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Basically if you're on the 20MB service and pay the old rate you can upgrade to the 50MB service for free. The installation (inc new fancy modem and wireless router) are free and the monthly payment remains the same at £25 per month. Basically a faster service with no cap limits for the same price. That is EXACTLY what I did on wednesday when I phoned, spent an hour on the phone debating the packages with them, and ended up paying an extra £5/month and getting 50mb and the M tv package Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 I want Virgin Fibre Optics Since I started this, I'm in a new place and with the w&nkers of the contract world, Sky. I get ~4.5mb on their 10mb package, which I'm ok with, I'm just not happy that they are still (after 6 months) using my bank account as a cash free-for-all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 w00t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I'm on the Virgin 50Mbit, and on the SpeedTest.net site, I can never, ever get 50Mbit, I only get 41Mbit (only, he says!) - yet when downloading Newsgroups/ISO images I can 90% of the time sustain 50Mbit, peaks to 51, but stays between 48-50Mbit. Stoooopid SpeedTest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Thanks for the tip Homer, will be onto Virgin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I'm on the Virgin 50Mbit, and on the SpeedTest.net site, I can never, ever get 50Mbit, I only get 41Mbit (only, he says!) - yet when downloading Newsgroups/ISO images I can 90% of the time sustain 50Mbit, peaks to 51, but stays between 48-50Mbit. Stoooopid SpeedTest How far away does it say you are from the server? DISTANCE ~ ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Manchester mate, around 35-50 miles from me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Just depends on how busy it is mate, try and few others... also try again later on when it might be quieter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Just depends on how busy it is mate, try and few others... also try again later on when it might be quieter? Am not too bothered TBH Bob - the real world speed is there. I don't know the routing to that host. I'll try a few more, but so long as my newsgroups are ok, I don't care Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Don't try the closest one when running a speedtest. They tend to be full of crap. One of the faster ones for me was Paris lol. Just try a few different ones till you hit what would appear to be your peak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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