100% Bandwidth all the time , is it possible?

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for starters my question isn't about the amount of MB an internet package provides, its about the usage.

is there a way to enable any device connected to use 100% of the bandwidth at all times. lets say your ISP gives you a package that is " up to 10MB " or even " up to 30MB " , is there a way to fully use the maximum number?

my ISP gave me a package that is supposed to provide 60MB , at times it is as low as 10-20MB , sometimes worse. how can I get the full amount, if at all possible?
 
Are you connected to the router with a cable? Which ISP is it? Is it Virgin? Do you usually get these lower speeds during peak times? It could be congestion causing the slow down which you can't really do much about.
 
I use a cable connection and yes it is virgin media. I don't really take note of the times that it may be slower in. I was wondering if its possible to get the full bandwidth instead of " up to " a certain amount.

I have wireless connectivity turned off aswell unless a friend is around or if a family member needs it.
 
My virgin connection quite often gives me more performance than advertised. I'm on 152 but regularly test in at 160.

If you are cabled in and its the only device and you are getting slower speeds then there is a strong chance its Virgin being over subscribed at which point you have a fart in the winds chance of improving it.
 
Can you post a few speed tests (from www.speedtest.net) from different times of the day?

E.g. Morning (7-8am), early afternoon (12-2pm) and evening (7-8pm).

Just as an indicator if you're issues are localised / related to congestion.
 
Sparx said:
Can you post a few speed tests (from www.speedtest.net) from different times of the day?

E.g. Morning (7-8am), early afternoon (12-2pm) and evening (7-8pm).

Just as an indicator if you're issues are localised / related to congestion.
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Also on virgin pick the Croydon server and maidenhead server

Just to add you can only download as fast as someone is uploading. I used to test going to the microsoft site and downloading a couple of videos. They came down at full whack
 
In simple terms yes, from personal experience multiple connections to a fast news server for example will give you the maximum sustained throughput on virgin, or at least it used to till they introduced the FUP cap's at 'peak' times. I've not been with them for some time however but a working connection in an un-congested area should give you the same.
 
Virgin is quite badly oversubscribed, at stupid hours I always get the full 152mb. During normal hours I generally seem to see about 50-100mb. During the very busy peak times I can get anything from 10-50mb.
 
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