Cable Forum - View Single Post - browsing experience stop start, issue with virgin core network not me?

kingwahwah · 25-01-2010, 16:45

hi,

Had a faultless 2009 experience here in Reading (winnersh) with 10mb cable.

But in last month browsing has become painfull. e.g. amazon uk and Google pages can take 5-10 secs to come up. Its pretty random.

Yet my downloading and COD4 ping play are still strong. But starting to suspect my COD4 ping is more variable and higher than it used to be.

Switched to openDNS. A little better.
Tried setting proxy to webcache.virgin.co.uk 8080 but its worse.

pinged first outside virgin router hop 0% loss 6ms average.
and bbc.co.uk 10% loss 11ms average.

These seem fine according to sticky.
Type : Ambit ETH/USB Combo Cable Modem
Cable modem : Ambit Cable Modem
Downstream Receive Power Level : 0.18 dBmv
Downstream SNR : 33.73 dB
Upstream Transmit Power Level : 53.00 dBmv

Looks like Virgin routing problem?

25-01-2010, 16:45	#1
kingwahwah Inactive Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Reading Services: Sky HD! Posts: 31	browsing experience stop start, issue with virgin core network not me? hi, Had a faultless 2009 experience here in Reading (winnersh) with 10mb cable. But in last month browsing has become painfull. e.g. amazon uk and Google pages can take 5-10 secs to come up. Its pretty random. Yet my downloading and COD4 ping play are still strong. But starting to suspect my COD4 ping is more variable and higher than it used to be. Switched to openDNS. A little better. Tried setting proxy to webcache.virgin.co.uk 8080 but its worse. pinged first outside virgin router hop 0% loss 6ms average. and bbc.co.uk 10% loss 11ms average. These seem fine according to sticky. Type : Ambit ETH/USB Combo Cable Modem Cable modem : Ambit Cable Modem Downstream Receive Power Level : 0.18 dBmv Downstream SNR : 33.73 dB Upstream Transmit Power Level : 53.00 dBmv Looks like Virgin routing problem?