Hi all,
I live in borehamwood and recently subscribed to Virgin Broadband. They just upgraded my 4Mb subscription to 10Mb. But a question please.
On the 4Mb line I was able to get speeds of 1290Kbps when downloading but when I ran a speed test I was seeing 2400Kbps, I wasnt concerned as previously I was getting 32kbps on a phone line!
Now I am on a 10Mb line, my download speeds are the same but when I test the line im getting up to 8.2Mb.
Considerations:-
Im using Internet Download Manager (IDM) when I download files.
I have not used portforwarding as I dont download from p2p or torrents etc.
I am using
http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/ to get my speed results. (I will use the one on this web site when i get home).
I have checked the downloads through IDM when I have no antivirus/firewall etc turned on and the speeds I get back through IDM and broadband checker are the same.
I have not not tried downloading with the ethernet cable attached yet.
I download from Mega Upload alot.
So the question is. If I get reported speeds of 8000Kbps why, when I download using IDM am I only getting 1200kbps? Any ideas.
I guess that maybe when I download from Megaupload there maybe restrictions to the download speeds I receive set by mega upload but not sure if thats the case or not.
I also understand that I may have overlooked something very obvious so I apologise if I have wasted peoples time.
Any views or assistance is greatly appreciated.
Overall I am happy with them, bar the first bill issue (which i was not surprised to see)
Many thanks,
Peter