Re: 20 Meg From June
 

I would ask around your area to see if anyone else is using the service, if you can find someone then ask how it is for them. Any telephone line based BB service is reliant on a number of factors for it to perform at it's peak levels, unfortunately if you aren't in the right place with the right line conditions etc then you can find the service sucks no matter who you go with. One big problem with taking a "free" service is that it gives you very little leverage for complaints unlike a paid for service.

Re: 20 Meg From June
 

and interestingly.. although free you are held to a 12 month contract!
so.. when you find the service sucks they dont even let you migrate!
so you just end up with 12 months of misery!
if you have a BT line try one of the ISPs that offer a 1 month contract to see what ADSL works like on your line! it may cost you extra but at least you wont end up having 12 months of terrible internet performance!

if you dont have an existing BT line chances are it is a lot cheaper to stay with VM
remember free isn't always the cheapest option!

Re: 20 Meg From June
 

What about the good old ntl:home 100 modem?

Re: 20 Meg From June
 

No, they can't even handle 10Mb if memory serves me correctly.

Re: 20 Meg From June
 

Turned my modem off last night, turned it on this morning and seems I'm on 20mb in Swansea.

Re: 20 Meg From June
 

Nice! I think they will slowly start rolling the upgrades out to see how the system copes

Re: 20 Meg From June
 

Mine handles 10Mb just fine. :Yikes:

Incidently, I used to be able to access it via http://192.168.100.1/ but since Virgin have been in the mix this seems to no longer work. I'm guessing (probably incorrectly) that they have upgraded the firmware and removed this access?

-Rx.

Re: 20 Meg From June
 

Nope it still works.

Perhaps you have a proxy specified?

Re: 20 Meg From June
 

EDIT: Nevermind! Solved!

Re: 20 Meg From June
 

Looks like I will be having fun when the 20 meg rolls out as I have just been informed today I am on a Over subbed system.
My speeds to day and for the last 3 days have been averaging

1st 512K took 1016 ms = 503.9 KB/sec, approx 4152 Kbps, 4.05 Mbps
2nd 512K took 844 ms = 606.6 KB/sec, approx 4998 Kbps, 4.88 Mbps
3rd 512K took 859 ms = 596 KB/sec, approx 4911 Kbps, 4.8 Mbps
4th 512K took 1000 ms = 512 KB/sec, approx 4219 Kbps, 4.12 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 4570 Kbps, 4.46 Mbps


But spoke to a nice polite Tech chap and they are trying to move my cable modem onto another system but they are having trouble removing it from the system so they can put it on another ?

Does not sound good at all at the moment for my 10 meg let alone the 20 meg.

Re: 20 Meg From June
 

i never knew that had the ability to do that :Yikes:

am keeping a close eye on http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...d_rollout.html for any news on the 20meg schedule

Re: 20 Meg From June
 

Well I have just finished yes my 5 th call to Tech help and they are sending an engineer round for Thursday morning, so I will see what happens then.

Re: 20 Meg From June
 

To be honest, that's not THAT bad for 10Meg. At least it beats what I get at 4:30am.


Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:30:11 GMT

1st 512K took 12297 ms = 41.6 KB/sec, approx 343 Kbps, 0.33 Mbps
2nd 512K took 12921 ms = 39.6 KB/sec, approx 326 Kbps, 0.32 Mbps
3rd 512K took 25985 ms = 19.7 KB/sec, approx 162 Kbps, 0.16 Mbps
4th 512K took 43797 ms = 11.7 KB/sec, approx 96 Kbps, 0.09 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 232 Kbps, 0.23 Mbps

And woo it's my birthday today :D

Re: 20 Meg From June
 

:birthday:

to you!

:beer:Cheers!

Re: 20 Meg From June
 

Thanks :)