Thread: Why I regret joining virgin media
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Old 29-04-2010, 00:43   #116
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Re: Why I regret joining virgin media
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Originally Posted by speedfreak View Post
hey I'm not that simples I know I dont need 50 down for gaming but this connection is even worse. I just dont understand why Your post probably explains it but its lost on me. If you ever have a boiler issue ask me for help and I wont baffle you with science If I can be pointed in the direction of potential problems/solutions I'm certain CEO guy would look in to it, its a problem when networks tell him theres no issue though
Sorry to hear your still knee deep in shmit speedy, and just for comparison, I,m on the 20Mb tier for a bit as you know, because they wanted to get me off upstream port 1 (docsis 3) due to it being mullered.

I,m now on docsis 1 upstream port 3 which at worst only reaches 30% capacity, but unfortunately the downstream is pretty hammered between 7 till 11pm, which may or may not explain the continued spikes.

After Igni posted a reply re my jitter, Ive been delving more into it, and I think this is more likely to be the cause of the problems I,m experiencing, maybe its the same with you.

I dont know if its true but I presume the more hammer your line gets, the more jitter is produced, and therefore unpleasant gaming (bad analogy I know but it works for me).


I noticed yesterday on MW2 that at 6pm I had a quick game and apart from a few minor spikes all was good, it was much easier to shoot opponents, and I finished top of the board with 26 kills to 5 deaths.

Switched back on about 9 ish and it was crap again so I was a bit peeved to say the least. But trying not to be overly objective I played all night to give it some stick, and by 11:30 I was ready to smash the lot to bits so switched it off.

Gaming at times is a little better but still get the same old spikes and its worse in the evenings, I just feel like you probably; that theres no more avenues to go down, nobody left to ask, and you get sick of complaining after a bit.

The only difference between me and you is location, we both get the same issues on the same games at the same time. So one can only really draw one conclusion from that IMO, and that is that the vm network in parts is so overstretched/contended that is causes unstable pings, loads of jitter at peak times which plays havoc on FPS games.

Re your 50Mb modem, are you sure its not still provisioned, because apparently mine is so if it gets that bad I can try switching out the modems and it should work, therefore you might be in the same position.

Give it a wurl it might work.

I,m gutted for you pal, because I know just how bloody frustrating it all is.

Lets keep hoping for some sort of miracle (ever the optimist) ,

Have you tried any tests on the myvoip site to see how it looks compared to the 50Mb tier?

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Oh almost forgot to mention, where can I get my hands on some of that cream
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