Virgin Media Discussion Thread

Tuvoc · 5 Aug 2012 at 09:16

This is the point I have been trying to make - your connection is OK, you are happy with how it is running in real world use, then you run some meaningless test that says it isn't OK. Ignore it and enjoy your connection.

ChrisD. · 5 Aug 2012 at 09:35

The monitor is hardly meaningless.

KIA · 5 Aug 2012 at 10:18

Shad's connection is far from OK. You wouldn't see VM posting his graph on their website to demonstrate low latency and low jitter.

BigBoy · 5 Aug 2012 at 10:26

The problem being is that 99% of the public would not know what jitter or latency is! There for Virgin have no need to show off how good there network is, and unless you have a problem there is no need to run the tests.

Tuvoc · 5 Aug 2012 at 10:56

MilanoChris said:
The monitor is hardly meaningless.

It is meaningless if in real world normal use, his connection is fine.

Space Monkey · 5 Aug 2012 at 10:59

Tuvoc said:
D2 by the looks of the sticker on it.

Hunting expedition complete, a D4 version for bang on a tenner inc delivery (brand new & sealed) lets hope it does the job

Thanks again for your input

Tuvoc · 5 Aug 2012 at 11:11

Very good, I had to wait for a few auctions to get mine for a tenner. They do go for more. Well for a tenner if it doesn't do the job, you haven't wasted too much money. And if it doesn't, try flashing with DD-WRT, it may work better. I haven't done this.

gareth170 · 5 Aug 2012 at 12:15

Tuvoc said:
This is the point I have been trying to make - your connection is OK, you are happy with how it is running in real world use, then you run some meaningless test that says it isn't OK. Ignore it and enjoy your connection.

BigBoy said:
The problem being is that 99% of the public would not know what jitter or latency is! There for Virgin have no need to show off how good there network is, and unless you have a problem there is no need to run the tests.

Tuvoc said:
It is meaningless if in real world normal use, his connection is fine.

i agree tbh..

if your getting the speed your paying for and do what u need, theres no reason to test...

u only need to test if u get problems.

kona786 · 5 Aug 2012 at 14:23

Is the STM Policy only on weekday's? As I've gone over it today by 50% and speeds still not halved.

awinchurch · 5 Aug 2012 at 14:35

kona786 said:
Is the STM Policy only on weekday's? As I've gone over it today by 50% and speeds still not halved.

I think so. The old one was definitely just weekdays

MADMAN · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:06

kona786 said:
Is the STM Policy only on weekday's? As I've gone over it today by 50% and speeds still not halved.

so during weekends u can do full whack on the net and not worry ?

kona786 · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:23

I've now been STM'd to 50Mb so it seems it happens on weekends too. I downloaded 35GB before it kicked in though.

KIA · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:28

MADMAN said:
so during weekends u can do full whack on the net and not worry ?

Nope. It runs at weekends as well as week days.

MADMAN · 5 Aug 2012 at 17:14

thx I just need to get my mind around virgins time zones... when u been using o2 fully unlimited/unrestricted access it boggles my mind lol

So from 9pm to 10am daily mon-sun you can do whatever you like on a 100meg bb ?

Jayster · 5 Aug 2012 at 17:47

MADMAN said:
thx I just need to get my mind around virgins time zones... when u been using o2 fully unlimited/unrestricted access it boggles my mind lol

So from 9pm to 10am daily mon-sun you can do whatever you like on a 100meg bb ?

Yep, It used to be unlimited for years from when 50mb was launched up until about 6 months ago.

gareth170 · 5 Aug 2012 at 18:01

MADMAN said:
So from 9pm to 10am daily mon-sun you can do whatever you like on a 100meg bb ?

the download/upload usage is unlimited but at peak times the speed drops 50% if u go over the Fair use amount, the connection won't just stop working

kona786 · 5 Aug 2012 at 18:02

fyi MADMAN:

Shad · 5 Aug 2012 at 19:30

Tuvoc said:
This is the point I have been trying to make - your connection is OK, you are happy with how it is running in real world use, then you run some meaningless test that says it isn't OK. Ignore it and enjoy your connection.

100% agreed, which is why I'm not losing any sleep over it. It makes for an interesting comparison to other areas and other service providers though.

HighlandeR · 6 Aug 2012 at 12:27

thx its good to know can still get decent speeds with virgin regardless of time or situation

joeyjojo · 6 Aug 2012 at 13:41

MADMAN said:
thx I just need to get my mind around virgins time zones... when u been using o2 fully unlimited/unrestricted access it boggles my mind lol

So from 9pm to 10am daily mon-sun you can do whatever you like on a 100meg bb ?

Except for P2P and newsgroups, which are "slowed down" weekdays 17:00-00:00 and weekends 12:00-00:00.

For this reason I have my torrent prog scheduled to only run midnight to 10 AM every day to avoid all the "peak" periods. Does the job fine.