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trickytree · 28-02-2011, 10:07

I had the engineer round on Saturday morning the first call of the day.

Installed superhub and upgraded from 20Mb to 50Mb.
So he left me to fill in some registration website of Virgins and off he goes without leaving me a USB adaptor which I thought would be in the box he left me.
Anyway I call and they are sending me one of those in the post after they check that I am entitled to one!

So I have a PC hardwired to the hub. As you do when you get new speeds you run random speedtests every now and again. Saturday and Sunday at various times of day I was getting 30-35Mb down and about 1.5Mb up. Now the up is due to my area not being upgraded in the upload department I guess.

However I know it is 'up to' 50Mb but 30-35 seems a bit short. So wondering if there is a settling in period for the line/router. I'm a patient man usually but if I have a problem then no point sitting on it for a week or so to see if it is going to improve.

Any ideas?

P.S. Also from my wireless laptop I am barely getting over 20Mb (losing about 10Mb). Expected a drop in speed but not that much. Any techies able to explain that would be nice also.

Thanks

28-02-2011, 10:07	#1
trickytree Inactive Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Nottingham Services: VVIP500 Posts: 437	Settling in period? I had the engineer round on Saturday morning the first call of the day. Installed superhub and upgraded from 20Mb to 50Mb. So he left me to fill in some registration website of Virgins and off he goes without leaving me a USB adaptor which I thought would be in the box he left me. Anyway I call and they are sending me one of those in the post after they check that I am entitled to one! So I have a PC hardwired to the hub. As you do when you get new speeds you run random speedtests every now and again. Saturday and Sunday at various times of day I was getting 30-35Mb down and about 1.5Mb up. Now the up is due to my area not being upgraded in the upload department I guess. However I know it is 'up to' 50Mb but 30-35 seems a bit short. So wondering if there is a settling in period for the line/router. I'm a patient man usually but if I have a problem then no point sitting on it for a week or so to see if it is going to improve. Any ideas? P.S. Also from my wireless laptop I am barely getting over 20Mb (losing about 10Mb). Expected a drop in speed but not that much. Any techies able to explain that would be nice also. Thanks