[Mekes82]

But that seriously affects online gaming. I didnt even know anything was up until I tried to play some online fighting games and got extremely poor ping tests for a server that I usually get around 13-15ms ping from. For the last week Ive been averaging around 25-60. I got around the 60 mark a few times, Id only ever get it that bad if I had a whole bunch of torrents running, but everything was clear. Regardless of my ping with this server, lately a few minutes after playing and the whole thing would go rubbish, skipping all over the place and leaving the whole thing unplayable.

Thats when it becomes a little to much for me. Ive been using that gaming service for years on the same server, and Ive never gone higher than 15ms, ever. I can learn to live with a download limit, it was annoying but I got over it. But when I cant do simple things like online gaming and it even has webpages loading much slower than usual, its to much of a step down and nowhere near worth the £35 odd that I pay for it every month.

I really am so disappointed with the service. I spend a lot of time online and when Telewest were in control it was without a doubt the damn best ISP about. Virgin do seem intent on spending X ammount of money on advertising for new customers whilst giving the middle finger to their loyal customer base. Well Im not staying loyal for any longer! Ive havent been on the internet through a phone line since the dial-up days but I guess it is time to give that a try again. BE seem to be a popular choice and a website that I found seems to think that I am 700m real line distance from my exchange, so hopefully I can find the kind of service I want elsewhere. And like I said in my other post I have been lurking here for a while without an account. Do any of you remember that website bulldog hell? This place seems quite similar but for the Virgin service, since Virgin took over. (No offence to the actual website, I think it is great.) Just noting that there are a LOT of unhappy Virgin customers!