Virgin Media Discussion Thread
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It will be its ALL down to virgin media traffic shaping.
Heres my ping test this morning
compared to peak times last night
To be fair I get wildly different pings between servers on ping test.
Although the service was rubbish over this wekend just gone, its never dropped off like it before.
You probably will do.
I would love to say to them to get it sorted or I'll be off, but the BT line here is so bad it cant even do standard telephone calls properly, let alone decent internet.
So I'm stuck with cable, which for the most part has been fine.
I would love to say to them to get it sorted or I'll be off, but the BT line here is so bad it cant even do standard telephone calls properly, let alone decent internet.
So I'm stuck with cable, which for the most part has been fine.
Associate
Not sure if its related but my mates connection has been pretty much 100% solid for the last 2 years and in the last week its only been online for about 2hr, virgin have given an ETA of the 29th Nov before the problem will be fixed! :O
Shaping doesn't cause packet loss, that's caused by overutilitisation.
^same, I'm waiting for BT to install fibre to my cabinet then I'll probably switch over.
+1.
Or in my case, a buggered cable, giving low downstream power.
You can check the downstream power on your suberhub.
Mine is significantly lower in my flat than it is at the box in my street.
Associate
How do u get above 600KB/s on usenet?(astraweb) No matter what time of day, server or setting I use it wont go higher. Im on 10Mbit and can download other stuff at full speed.
Soldato
Well, technician has been. Levels were off, so he changed them. Still no change. Installed new Superhub, no change. Checked the box, no change. Poor guy, he ran up and down the stairs about 4 times (I live on the third floor).
Either way, it was fine when he arrived, and broken when he left. But not his fault, I'm glad he died when he was here. Just as confused as me. Getting his boss out next few days, and then hopefully they can fix the cabinet if it's a problem. All levels fine, cables fine, my PC is fine. So weird
Either way, it was fine when he arrived, and broken when he left. But not his fault, I'm glad he died when he was here. Just as confused as me. Getting his boss out next few days, and then hopefully they can fix the cabinet if it's a problem. All levels fine, cables fine, my PC is fine. So weird
It will be its ALL down to virgin media traffic shaping.
Heres my ping test this morning
compared to peak times last night
and now back to reality
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Soldato
See that's weird. Whilst my speed is terrible, no packet loss at all:
Having said that. Using that same server on speedtest.net got me a full 51 Mbps!
Having said that. Using that same server on speedtest.net got me a full 51 Mbps!
Soldato
check the superhub (vm branded netgear thing), firmware should be r30, if it is try running it in modem mode see if that helps.
could also set it to modem mode and plug your dlink router into it to be used as a router.
Tried changing port to 443?
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Mine in Preston PR2:
To 'The One' - almost certainly to be over utilisation on your UBR rather than traffic shaping (as mentioned above). Try posting on the Virgin Media forums if you haven't already, if they dont have a fix date raise a complaint.
To 'The One' - almost certainly to be over utilisation on your UBR rather than traffic shaping (as mentioned above). Try posting on the Virgin Media forums if you haven't already, if they dont have a fix date raise a complaint.
Associate
Anyone else having issues tonight in the South West?
Some websites load instantly and some don't work at all. It's not my system as it's the same on my mobile and ps3.
Done all the usual stuff like reset the hub etc etc
Some websites load instantly and some don't work at all. It's not my system as it's the same on my mobile and ps3.
Done all the usual stuff like reset the hub etc etc
Soldato
mine on the edge of aylesbury:
Getting the same as you mate and I am in the south west.
Side question
Long story short I read an article on how to open my NAT an I am assuming with the SuperHub it is standard practice to go into Advance - Services - Then un-tick everything... Correct?
Firewall Features
Ipsec PassThrough
PPTP PassThrough
Multicast
Port Scan Detection
IP Flood Detection
Soldato
Yeah im having issues all night,most webpages wont load,been like it for around 2-3 hrs.