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Chrysalis · 05-11-2010, 20:06

Well kind of predictable, FTTC is the reason these upgrades are happening, so is not a surprise they prioritise FTTC areas.

I have always considered that VM do their research and will be aware of what areas are good competition areas, short lines with LLU etc. LE3 is mostly at least on the west side long lines and the inner city exchanges also have no BE LLU. VM will be aware that they can slack on the maintenance and probably still keep customers because the competition is of low standard.

BT do similiar, they let exchanges with no LLU/VM presence get congested (amber or red status) and take their time on fixing it, but in areas with BE LLU and also VM, they will always be green status uncongested.

My service is now faster during peak then off peak, effectively peak is the new off peak.

during evenings I get ranging speeds but typically now above 15mbit. (on speedtest,net, lower in single stream stuff).
12.01 am last test which was this morning I got 1.2meg/sec.
12.40 am 6meg/sec
and 4am 9meg/sec
daytime usually 19-20meg/sec but still some variance.

oh and I also still have large ssh lag, missing images on websites and broken streaming. This all occurs even if speedtesting high.
so basically I now only get ok speeds when STM is on.

05-11-2010, 20:06	#46
Chrysalis Inactive Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: Terrible performance Leicester (LE3) Well kind of predictable, FTTC is the reason these upgrades are happening, so is not a surprise they prioritise FTTC areas. I have always considered that VM do their research and will be aware of what areas are good competition areas, short lines with LLU etc. LE3 is mostly at least on the west side long lines and the inner city exchanges also have no BE LLU. VM will be aware that they can slack on the maintenance and probably still keep customers because the competition is of low standard. BT do similiar, they let exchanges with no LLU/VM presence get congested (amber or red status) and take their time on fixing it, but in areas with BE LLU and also VM, they will always be green status uncongested. My service is now faster during peak then off peak, effectively peak is the new off peak. during evenings I get ranging speeds but typically now above 15mbit. (on speedtest,net, lower in single stream stuff). 12.01 am last test which was this morning I got 1.2meg/sec. 12.40 am 6meg/sec and 4am 9meg/sec daytime usually 19-20meg/sec but still some variance. oh and I also still have large ssh lag, missing images on websites and broken streaming. This all occurs even if speedtesting high. so basically I now only get ok speeds when STM is on.