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Originally Posted by bbr81
I was on the phone for about 22 mins, and he said my connection is fine because I can download at full speed - he made me download a file from a game server (gamefiles.virginmedia.com or something). it went at 1000kps = 10mbps. but download from anywhere else and is only between 100k and 300k.
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The file you downloaded from the game server at full speed would indicate that your BB connection is operating normally. What you are likely seeing with your downloads of 100k and 300k is probably the result of VM's diabolically cheapskate routing which connects their network to the real world. You should do tracerts to these problem destinations and see where the bottlenecks are. If you are unlucky enough to be routed over Level 13's servers you see that for most of the day they are saturated and dropping packets. VM or as it was Ntl's external routing has been sub standard for years so don't hold your breath waiting for improvements.
You might want to try a multi-slotted download manager to see if it improves things for you.
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm Use as many slots as your source will allow.
Good Luck.
