Virgin Media Broadband 20MB

mr.sly · 15 Apr 2007 at 00:51

volt9291 said:
triggerthat?

you quoted me but didnt answer

will 4mb go to 10 ?

I don't see why not. All the other upgrades in the past have updated the whole line of packages. And it would be a bit silly to have a 4MB package, then a huge leap upto 20MB with nothing inbetween.

Caged · 15 Apr 2007 at 01:10

It's a shame that I can't get Virgin Media, however I'm anxiously awaiting BTs response to this. ADSL2+ maxes out at 24mbps downstream in the best conditions, and BT currently only offer an up to 8mbps service, again in the best conditions. Virgin's 10meg service is already a lot better than the majority of BT customers can hope to achieve, and 20mbps just totally spanks it.

BT can't just sit there charging effectively the same for an up to 8mbps connection that Virgin are going to charge for an almost guaranteed 20mbps service, and 21CN is still a long way off.

How are BT going to add value to ADSL connections without performing the technically impossible?

eracer2006 · 15 Apr 2007 at 03:07

for those currently on 10mbit and 20mbit, whats your ping levels in games ?

20mbit is all well and good but if your on high contention it could really suck.

iMacMart · 15 Apr 2007 at 08:08

I ping at 15 - 25 uk servers!!

Meatball · 15 Apr 2007 at 10:47

I recently got upgraded to 10Mb for free and as of yet haven't received the letter

. They wont leave me out because I got a free upgrade?

Phemo · 15 Apr 2007 at 11:05

eracer2006 said:
for those currently on 10mbit and 20mbit, whats your ping levels in games ?

20mbit is all well and good but if your on high contention it could really suck.

My ping is pretty much the same to most UK servers:

Pinging jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=53
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=53
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=53
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=53

Pinging www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.224.89] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 212.58.224.89: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=246
Reply from 212.58.224.89: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=246
Reply from 212.58.224.89: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=246
Reply from 212.58.224.89: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=246

Robert · 15 Apr 2007 at 11:24

Pinging clarity.jolt.co.uk [195.149.21.11] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=53
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=53
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=53
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 195.149.21.11:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 49ms, Average = 24ms

This was done whilst uploading at 20kb/s so not bad at all

iMacMart · 15 Apr 2007 at 11:36

Pinging jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=54
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=54
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=54
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 12ms, Maximum = 14ms, Average = 12ms

Same !!!

eracer2006 · 15 Apr 2007 at 21:43

thats a lot lower than my 1mbit aol dsl!

however in bf2 my ping is always below 30.

Robert · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:03

what are you on about?

1337z0r · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:09

My 10MB is really slow. Newsgroups are 300kbs same with gamefiles.virginmedia.com

. When I rang up I got to a asian call center and put the phone down

.

Caged · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:26

1337z0r said:
My 10MB is really slow. Newsgroups are 300kbs same with gamefiles.virginmedia.com . When I rang up I got to a asian call center and put the phone down .

This may be a suggestion right out of nowhere, but did you consider talking to the person who answered the phone?

FishThrower · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:56

this is my "fantastic" 10mbit connection.. been screwed for over 6 months now

(live in Letchworth in hertfordshire)

Which town you from tweakinfreak ?

Longbow · 16 Apr 2007 at 00:19

FishThrower said:
this is my "fantastic" 10mbit connection.. been screwed for over 6 months now

(live in Letchworth in hertfordshire)

Which town you from tweakinfreak ?

You call 1.9 MB/sec screwed up? :confused:

Dangerous · 16 Apr 2007 at 00:23

Longbow said:
You call 1.9 MB/sec screwed up?

Its not 1.9mbs

DreXeL · 16 Apr 2007 at 16:00

Never have any problems maxing out my 10mb line on Giganews. Bring on the 20mb :cool:

Plantboydude · 16 Apr 2007 at 17:02

10Mbps Line
Results
Germany

London

Not a bad site. Funky user interface.

Plantboy

Wingz · 16 Apr 2007 at 17:23

i've got a crappy line for adsl2+ getting around 9 Meg but my upload is 1 meg.

anyhoo atm 10 meg XL is has 512 is that around 60KB/s? i know 20meg is coming up so will 768 be around 90KB/s.

Richard Beer · 16 Apr 2007 at 19:29

its alrite been told you will be on 20MB but then comes where you livem eg i can only get 3MB where i am

syke · 16 Apr 2007 at 19:43

Already upgraded to 20MB

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