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Old 19-06-2008, 16:24   #33
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Re: Will Virgin Media Ever Increase Upload Rate

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Originally Posted by pippincp View Post
I've gone onto BePro now as I was sick and fed up with VM especially their STM (I run a small business from home, as well as my full time job) I'm on a 1-1 contention ratio with NO STM.

OK I "only" get 17Mbps down and "only" 2Mbps up but it's a damn sight better than VM could do!

I've just got back from a friend who is "supposedly" on XL and while there ran a speed test for him from the link on this site.

It returned a speed of 5.3Mbps

Say's it all! BTW does anyone know the contention rate on VM?
I doubt you are really on 1:1 contention whatever you might have been told

As for VM contention ratio, it depends on the architecture of the network. i.e. Which legacy company built it as this dictates some of the node sizes and hence the number of customers served per port.. But in general it would be between 30 & 50:1
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