any virgin media users having high pings?

kmufc77 · 30 Dec 2007 at 20:41

i noticed the last few days my pings are terrible i have just used speed test and im getting 630 but my download rate is still between 17 -20 mb anybody else having these probs with VM

Munky1080 · 30 Dec 2007 at 22:40

You should see my tracert in here!!! -----> http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17821771

kmufc77 · 31 Dec 2007 at 00:26

Munky1080 said:
You should see my tracert in here!!! -----> http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17821771

thats takes the p. why are pings so high with VM when i joined 2 months back i was getting like 20-30 now is 600-650?

ns400r · 31 Dec 2007 at 00:30

What are you pinging?

www.bbc.co.uk is pinging fine here as usual (sub 20ms).

Munky1080 · 31 Dec 2007 at 09:26

I couldn't even find www.bbc.co.uk! Unresolved address lol. That's why I tried yahoo.com.

randal · 31 Dec 2007 at 09:40

kmufc77 said:
thats takes the p. why are pings so high with VM when i joined 2 months back i was getting like 20-30 now is 600-650?

Because you're with an ISP who cares about nothing else than getting more customers subscribed to their already struggling network. They're trying to recoup financially for their recent losses, and one of the ways they're doing that is by getting more people signed up - but not investing in the infrastructure.

Other recent attempts to recoup funds include:

* Charging people for support on their broadband connection via premium rate number, which normally connects to an Indian call centre.
* Enforcing traffic shaping on their "unlimited broadband service"
* Rounding all calls up to the nearest minute, so 1 minute and 1 second will cost you two minutes worth of calls.

That's just from a quick scan of The Register!

meghatronic · 1 Jan 2008 at 22:37

Who's the best ISP, I'm switching..... mustn't have contract tie ins.

EDIT - is there a FREE number I can call to get my transfer number? (forgotten what it is called....)

SqualidChimp · 4 Jan 2008 at 21:01

My ping has been crap since I started with VM adsl in march 07. Cant believe Im still with them. I will just post my speedtest.net and cable modem and tracert to www.google.com so you can have a chuckle. Nothing is downloading and no apps are running in the background that would affect these results. The modem is in the main socket etc etc etc...

I tried to phone them last night to demand my MAC code in fact, but they said I would have to call between 9 and 5, monday to friday to speak to the disconnections department. And for the next 2 hours my pings were suddenly under 50ms for the first time in about 6 months! Usually they sit at around 300ms or so. I have "8mb"... lol

-----------------
DSL Status: Connected DSL Modulation Mode: MultiMode DSL Path Mode: Interleaved Downstream Rate: 8128 kbps Upstream Rate: 448 kbps Downstream Margin: 12 db Upstream Margin: 26 db Downstream Line Attenuation: 21 db Upstream Line Attenuation: 4.5 db Downstream Transmit Power: 12 db Upstream Transmit Power: 19 db------------------------------------------------
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 * 967 ms 898 ms glfd-bam-1.inet.ntl.com [194.145.148.4]
3 835 ms 949 ms 947 ms glfd-t2core-b-ge-wan63.inet.ntl.com [195.182.179
153]
4 968 ms 946 ms * gfd-bb-b-so-520-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.29]
5 802 ms 834 ms 976 ms nth-bb-a-so-010-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.97]
6 972 ms 952 ms 991 ms nth-bb-b-ge-000-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.118]

7 947 ms 927 ms 996 ms tele-ic-1-as0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.184.2]
8 987 ms 1023 ms 944 ms 212.250.14.66
9 992 ms 921 ms 891 ms 209.85.252.42
10 1075 ms 987 ms 875 ms 216.239.43.123
11 968 ms 948 ms 986 ms 72.14.233.77
12 973 ms * 1021 ms 209.85.249.129
...
etc

Robert · 4 Jan 2008 at 21:05

C:\Users\Robert>tracert www.bbc.co.uk

Tracing route to www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.253.75]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms my.router [192.168.0.1]
2 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms 10.5.0.1
3 9 ms 30 ms 10 ms 62.30.0.50
4 18 ms 17 ms 17 ms man-bb-b-ge-130-0.inet.ntl.com [195.182.178.149]

5 18 ms 17 ms 25 ms man-bb-a-ge-000-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.187.177]

6 18 ms 21 ms 18 ms gfd-bb-b-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com [62.252.192.94]
7 22 ms 16 ms 18 ms redb-ic-1-as0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.78]
8 18 ms 18 ms 16 ms 212.58.238.189
9 18 ms 18 ms 20 ms 212.58.238.133
10 20 ms 21 ms 19 ms fe0-0.rt0-frontpost.prodgw.bbc.co.uk [212.58.239
.222]
11 20 ms 18 ms 21 ms www.bbc.co.uk [212.58.253.75]

Trace complete.

SqualidChimp · 4 Jan 2008 at 21:40

yeah , well done mate

I think we can safely say you are not on VM adsl... :rolleyes:

Robert · 4 Jan 2008 at 21:43

SqualidChimp said:
yeah , well done mate

I think we can safely say you are not on VM adsl...

Oh sorry...I thought the OP was on VM Cable.

Oh wait he was.

233 · 4 Jan 2008 at 21:46

www.bbc.co.uk 19ms here

SqualidChimp · 4 Jan 2008 at 21:57

Robert said:
Oh sorry...I thought the OP was on VM Cable.

Oh wait he was.

sarcasm is the lowest form of wit...

At least, half of us say so...

I was just trying to point out that VM cable is ok (I had that up until I moved to my current address) but that VM adsl is a totally different (and supremely inferior) animal.

Robert · 4 Jan 2008 at 22:07

SqualidChimp said:
sarcasm is the lowest form of wit... At least, half of us say so...

I was just trying to point out that VM cable is ok (I had that up until I moved to my current address) but that VM adsl is a totally different (and supremely inferior) animal.

I know

I was just replying to the op, never mind :d

mrk · 4 Jan 2008 at 23:51

On wireless and get sub 20ms too - why all the vm hate!

8BaLL · 5 Jan 2008 at 01:12

i am getting 16 ms what made you check your ping as there has been a few problems with in game latency i have noticed and if so a game which game?

mks2005 · 5 Jan 2008 at 16:54

mrk said:
why all the vm hate!

Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.1]
2 873 ms 846 ms 813 ms manc-bam-2.inet.ntl.com [194.145.148.19]
3 921 ms 924 ms 897 ms manc-t3core-1b-ge-213-0.inet.ntl.com [195.182.17
9.177]
4 931 ms 950 ms 918 ms man-bb-b-so-020-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.242.245]

5 923 ms 909 ms 913 ms man-bb-a-ge-000-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.187.177]

6 871 ms 908 ms 929 ms gfd-bb-b-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com [62.252.192.94]
7 920 ms 902 ms 905 ms redb-ic-1-as0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.78]
8 * 902 ms 840 ms 212.58.238.189
9 * 877 ms * 212.58.238.133
10 834 ms 828 ms 848 ms rdirwww-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131]

Trace complete.

Duke · 5 Jan 2008 at 16:58

No problems here with VM

Code:

Tracing route to www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.253.75]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms  xx-xx-xx-xx.cable.ubr01.xxxx.blueyonder.co.uk [xx.xx.xx.xx]
  2     8 ms     8 ms    11 ms  10.15.0.1
  3    12 ms     9 ms    10 ms  195.188.230.193
  4     9 ms    10 ms    10 ms  195.188.230.81
  5    12 ms    11 ms    11 ms  aztw-t3core-1b-ge-010-0.inet.ntl.com [80.1.240.129]
  6    12 ms    11 ms    12 ms  bir-bb-b-so-110-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.175.161]
  7    16 ms    14 ms    12 ms  nth-bb-a-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.105]
  8    15 ms    13 ms    13 ms  gfd-bb-b-so-010-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.98]
  9    15 ms    16 ms    16 ms  redb-ic-1-as0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.78]
 10    17 ms    16 ms    15 ms  212.58.238.189
 11    16 ms    16 ms    19 ms  212.58.238.133
 12    18 ms    16 ms    15 ms  fe0-0.rt0-frontpost.prodgw.bbc.co.uk [212.58.239.222]
 13    18 ms    17 ms    18 ms  www6.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [212.58.253.75]

Trace complete.

mks2005 · 5 Jan 2008 at 17:05

I hate you Duke

Trying to run a speed test but the page wont even load.

mks2005 · 5 Jan 2008 at 17:19

LOL...