Downgrade from 10m

[marky]

I had a so called 50mbps upgrade late August and its rubbish.
I phone VM and they say its fine and must be my end, hmmmm.
I can get 55 down and 5 up in the middle of the night sometimes, this is now.
Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:16:35 GMT Test 1: 2048K took 3998 ms = 512.3 KB/sec, approx 4098 Kbps, 4 Mbps Test 2: 2048K took 5956 ms = 343.9 KB/sec, approx 2751 Kbps, 2.69 Mbps Test 3: 2048K took 4764 ms = 429.9 KB/sec, approx 3439 Kbps, 3.36 Mbps Test 4: 4096K took 9630 ms = 425.3 KB/sec, approx 3402 Kbps, 3.32 Mbps Overall Average Speed = approx 3423 Kbps, 3.34 MbpsAnd
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/10/21.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Tech support think its my end and my PC, hmmmm so thats why games lag on xbox and the lappy gets simlar speeds.
The so called 50mbps is a rip off.

[General Maximus]

have you tried the london and maidenhead servers?

What are you basing your "rubbish" assumptions on other than speedtests. I always know my connection is going to be poo during the evenings which is why i don't do anything other than gaming and browsing. During the day it flies and I can pull 6mb/sec all day (and all night :) )

[marky]

have you tried the london and maidenhead servers?

What are you basing your "rubbish" assumptions on other than speedtests. I always know my connection is going to be poo during the evenings which is why i don't do anything other than gaming and browsing. During the day it flies and I can pull 6mb/sec all day (and all night :) )
I pay for 50 and get less than what I did when I paid for 10,, its rocket science :rolleyes:

[Nopanic]

I pay for 50 and get less than what I did when I paid for 10,, its rocket science :rolleyes:

What he means is, if the only slow speed your seeing is via a speed test then you need to stop complaining and just use your internet.

If however your seeing issues elsewhere then there is a problem.

Far too many people think a speed test result is important. I never ever get 100Mb on any speed test including the VM one .. yet I download at 11MB/sec 24/7 ..

[General Maximus]

and following on, the reason why i suggested trying the london server (and maybe two others) is because you'll get different results from each. I use the london server as a reliable test because I know that more often than not, I'll get 50mbit from it and 5 up, however the max i'll ever get from liverpool is 25/3, but that doesnt mean my connection is screwed.

Regardless of your speedtest result, if you can download from something like torrents, which can saturate your downstream, and you are pulling 4-5mb/sec then you know everything is ok