Cable Forum - View Single Post - Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February

metalus · 03-08-2008, 08:07

As a couple of people have mentioned dont use a USB cable to connect your modem to your pc. I live in stockport and got the upgrade about 5 days ago. Ive had broadband off ntl/virgin for around 3 years and until 5 days ago always used a USB cable. Turns out USB only handles upto around 5MB. So obviously had to change to an Ethernet cable. Speed then shot upto 9MB+.

Only thing is the speed is usually around what i pay for. but at night it sometimes goes really slow, and im talking less than 1MB sometiems. I dont download any illegal stuff, i use Youtube quite a lot and sometimes trade mp3's with friends on messenger, and normal internet surfing. so can anyone explain why the speeds sometimes go really low at night?

03-08-2008, 08:07	#1377
metalus Inactive Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Stockport Services: M Phone, L TV, L Broadband 10Mb Posts: 6	Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer As a couple of people have mentioned dont use a USB cable to connect your modem to your pc. I live in stockport and got the upgrade about 5 days ago. Ive had broadband off ntl/virgin for around 3 years and until 5 days ago always used a USB cable. Turns out USB only handles upto around 5MB. So obviously had to change to an Ethernet cable. Speed then shot upto 9MB+. Only thing is the speed is usually around what i pay for. but at night it sometimes goes really slow, and im talking less than 1MB sometiems. I dont download any illegal stuff, i use Youtube quite a lot and sometimes trade mp3's with friends on messenger, and normal internet surfing. so can anyone explain why the speeds sometimes go really low at night?