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Old 05-06-2007, 10:04   #19
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Re: Shocking Service From Virgin Media

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Originally Posted by jcw00 View Post
The line distance needs to be doubled !! The straight line distance should NOT be used to measure what speed you could get. I have had a brand new line installed by BT, and the distance is 7.5km as confirmed by the engineer. This websites shows 3.04Km.
On average lines are 1.4 times straight line distance. This is the figure accepted by Ofcom as being correct.

This coming from a guy whose line is nearly 3 times straight line however the regulator says so so who am I to argue

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Originally Posted by herc View Post
Once I get the letter I will take this to the telco watchdog the reason is that the engineers just cant be bothered to go back to basics and diagnose the problem. Will ADSL 2 be an improvement my neighbour has given me horror stories about SKY ?

Sorry to hijack your thread well sort of ...We all want value for money surely.
What does http://www.samknows.com say about your line length? That's something that's pretty relevant.
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