Still using the Upto "X" mb

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I thought this was going to pass or stop its been a few years and its still being used I think its horrible, at the moment my virgin is supposed to be upto 10mb in reality its about 1mb - 1.5mb.

which brings me to my next question is there a list which averages what they really are by actual people saying so.
 
are you on adsl / cable?

how did you measure these speeds?

what does speedtest.net say?

you know '10mb' connection means ~ 1mb/s download speed
 
10mb suggests you're on cable broadband, so you should be in a better position to receive full speeds because your service isn't affected by attenuation in the same way as ADSL. Saying that it is still a contended service and bandwidth is shared with other customers, so it will always be an up-to service.

But yeah agree with Bledd, are you sure you're not confusing your bits and bytes? 10mbps = ~1.2MB/s
 
I'm on cable, its always being used I haven't measured them yet but it just seems as though 1 - 1.5 is about right (will get speedtest at lunch), you should be getting more where do you get this 10mb means 1mb is there a source?

don't get me wrong the speed does bother me a little but its the word upto usage how can they still be doing this it shouldnt be allowed.
 
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It's advertised as a 10 Mb (Megabit) service as near enough all services are.

Rough calculation for download speed (not including overheads)

10Mb/8 = 1.25 MB/s

Looks like your speed is perfectly normal and is to be expected.

It sounds like you're getting your Megabits and Megabytes confused!
 
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where do you get this 10mb means 1mb is there a source?
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Bits (b) and bytes (B) are measurements of data (8 bits = 1 Byte). Network speeds are normally shown in bits, i.e. yours is an up-to 10 Mega bits per second service (Mbps). While file sizes, and in turn download speeds are normally shown in Bytes, i.e. you should see download speeds of around 1.2 Mega Bytes per second (MB/s).

As to whether 'up-to' services should be allowed, again using the example of your cable broadband it's a contended service and bandwidth is shared between customers. Your ISP doesn't dedicate 10mbps to you and everyone else, that would be too costly and would actually be unnecessary - every customer doesn't use all the available bandwidth all the time. So they provide you with a contended service, and if there's a spike in usage, or if technical issues result in a reduction of bandwidth available in your area, then you may see speeds go down. That's why they can never guarantee your speeds and can only advertise it as an up-to 10mbps service. If you think it should be any different you need to be prepared to pay a lot more money.
 
Ah, I see thats cleared all my questions up and it does seem that i am getting my megabits and bytes confused stupid mistake but I see now. thank you for all your answers and help on this.

think I may upgrade my service to 20mbit depending how much it costs.
 
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