traffic shape is great imo. Why should other heavy downloaders have to slow my connection down. All isps have some sort of fair use policy, where if you degrade the service of others by using full bandwidth all the time, they will simple remove you from their ISP, or charge you extra. At least VM just reduce the speed. If you want to download lots of stuff, do it at times other then prime time. simple.
What's up with VM download speed?!
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The difference in upload isn't that amazing :/
If you're THAT bothered, but a 1:1 connection.
I'm presuming you're on cable - if so you can get *managed* (totally different from shaped) between 4:00pm - 9:00pm. Why on earth would you provide a cap?
Mine is even worse than yours!
Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131] over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms 1 ms <1 ms Linksys [192.168.1.1]
2 9 ms 11 ms 9 ms 10.177.0.1
3 9 ms 8 ms 9 ms 80.193.192.5
4 12 ms 11 ms 13 ms pop-bb-b-ge-200-0.inet.ntl.com [195.182.178.169]
5 10 ms 11 ms 11 ms ntl-ge2-8.prt0.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.239.217]
6 11 ms 12 ms 10 ms 212.58.238.153
7 11 ms 11 ms 12 ms rdirwww-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131]
Trace complete.
I am seriously considering phoning them up tomorrow. This has gone on long enough!
Virgin are good for BBC as they have a private peer
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Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131] over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 9 ms 11 ms 12 ms 10.15.0.1
2 8 ms 8 ms 10 ms gsr01-tr.blueyonder.co.uk [62.30.64.225]
3 11 ms 11 ms 11 ms 195.188.230.53
4 11 ms 10 ms 9 ms aztw-t3core-1a-ge-010-0.inet.ntl.com [80.1.240.69]
5 13 ms 12 ms 11 ms win-bb-a-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.175.157]
6 17 ms 14 ms 12 ms gfd-bb-b-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.130]
7 19 ms 16 ms 22 ms redb-ic-1-as0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.78]
8 17 ms 14 ms 16 ms 212.58.238.189
9 17 ms 17 ms 17 ms 212.58.238.149
10 12 ms 15 ms 13 ms rdirwww-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131]
Trace complete.
I can't praise my connection highly enough been on them 2 months and its never dropped out and speeds are amazing, always get 2.3mbs apart from evenings when it drops to around 1.6.
I can't use speedtest if i do i get terrible speeds but hit full whack on usenet etc.
I can't use speedtest if i do i get terrible speeds but hit full whack on usenet etc.
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OK back to my normal self now I love this thread...it really makes you wonder how many people read anything other than the thread title before they post.
But anyway, back on topic. The reason for my OP was that I had been getting speeds of around 2MB for a couple of weeks, even at very low traffic times. I have never been traffic shaped, and hope I never will. But even so, the connection had been very dodgy, even since I had VM isntalled in Jan but with a slightly higher speed. I read a lot of forum posts and settled for the fact that I was probably on an oversubscribed UBR.
However, after looking at the VM service status page I see that my UBR is scheduled for maintenance over the next six nights. *waits a week then tries again* The difference is amazing. I am now getting 20Mb/s consistently throughout the day, and even during the peak times it will rarely fall below 10Mb.
I guess my point is that yes, there are a hell of a lot of us on pretty damn poor connections, supposedly 20Mb. But at the end of the day, this and many other posts claiming suddenly higher speeds over the past few weeks, just proves that VM are indeed aware of the issue and are taking steps to resolve it. Just take a look here if you need any more convincing - http://status-cable.virginmedia.com/vmstatus/maintenance.do
Help is on the way folks, hang in there.
OK back to my normal self now
I love this thread...it really makes you wonder how many people read anything other than the thread title before they post.But anyway, back on topic. The reason for my OP was that I had been getting speeds of around 2MB for a couple of weeks, even at very low traffic times. I have never been traffic shaped, and hope I never will. But even so, the connection had been very dodgy, even since I had VM isntalled in Jan but with a slightly higher speed. I read a lot of forum posts and settled for the fact that I was probably on an oversubscribed UBR.
However, after looking at the VM service status page I see that my UBR is scheduled for maintenance over the next six nights. *waits a week then tries again* The difference is amazing. I am now getting 20Mb/s consistently throughout the day, and even during the peak times it will rarely fall below 10Mb.
I guess my point is that yes, there are a hell of a lot of us on pretty damn poor connections, supposedly 20Mb. But at the end of the day, this and many other posts claiming suddenly higher speeds over the past few weeks, just proves that VM are indeed aware of the issue and are taking steps to resolve it. Just take a look here if you need any more convincing - http://status-cable.virginmedia.com/vmstatus/maintenance.do
Help is on the way folks, hang in there.
I can also ad that having spent an age on the phone to Virginmedia if you keep a log of your speeds and complain like hell. Once your Ubr is upgraded (mine is due 19th march) they will refund you for the difference in speed you have been getting and what you are paying for. As i get less than 1mbs in the evening i am getting mine free from January until they upgrade the ubr
Virgin are good for BBC as they have a private peer
Code:Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 9 ms 11 ms 12 ms 10.15.0.1 2 8 ms 8 ms 10 ms gsr01-tr.blueyonder.co.uk [62.30.64.225] 3 11 ms 11 ms 11 ms 195.188.230.53 4 11 ms 10 ms 9 ms aztw-t3core-1a-ge-010-0.inet.ntl.com [80.1.240.69] 5 13 ms 12 ms 11 ms win-bb-a-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.175.157] 6 17 ms 14 ms 12 ms gfd-bb-b-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.130] 7 19 ms 16 ms 22 ms redb-ic-1-as0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.78] 8 17 ms 14 ms 16 ms 212.58.238.189 9 17 ms 17 ms 17 ms 212.58.238.149 10 12 ms 15 ms 13 ms rdirwww-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131] Trace complete.
If I have issues they still show up when pinging the beeb.
