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General Maximus · 26-11-2011, 08:54

quick update. I was cut off speaking to the 100mbit support last night and I rang back just to get my records updated for when I send my letter off. The guy who i was put through to was actually quite helpful and I am actually getting 100mbit even though none of the speedtests reflect it.

I download 10 files over 1gb from all over the place and although none of the them would go over 2mb/sec, cumulatively they were doing 11.5mb/sec. He gave me a load of dribble about how the shub is different to the Ambit in terms of how it negotiates its connections with its hosts which is why my speed tests are screwed up and although windows says my gigabit NIC is connected to the shub at 1gbit it might not actually be and the drivers are too old etc etc etc.

I have given it a good thrashing on newsgroups this morning and if you allow it to make more connections it does work, newsgroups maxed out at 11.2mb/sec and held steady at 10.5mb/sec for 20gb of downloads which was kinda sweet.

I still want my vmng300 back, if they have done something to the shub so that it can't do more than 2mb/sec per connection nobody is every going to benefit from the full 100mbit because the odds of doing so many downloads/connections simultaneously aren't high. If the ambit allows a higher throughput per connection whilst still on 4 channels, so I will benefit from my speed for individual downloads, then I want it back.

26-11-2011, 08:54	#45
General Maximus Ran Away Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lincoln Services: phone + 1gbit BB + SkyQ Posts: 11,021	Re: Get ready for the biggest joke ever....... quick update. I was cut off speaking to the 100mbit support last night and I rang back just to get my records updated for when I send my letter off. The guy who i was put through to was actually quite helpful and I am actually getting 100mbit even though none of the speedtests reflect it. I download 10 files over 1gb from all over the place and although none of the them would go over 2mb/sec, cumulatively they were doing 11.5mb/sec. He gave me a load of dribble about how the shub is different to the Ambit in terms of how it negotiates its connections with its hosts which is why my speed tests are screwed up and although windows says my gigabit NIC is connected to the shub at 1gbit it might not actually be and the drivers are too old etc etc etc. I have given it a good thrashing on newsgroups this morning and if you allow it to make more connections it does work, newsgroups maxed out at 11.2mb/sec and held steady at 10.5mb/sec for 20gb of downloads which was kinda sweet. I still want my vmng300 back, if they have done something to the shub so that it can't do more than 2mb/sec per connection nobody is every going to benefit from the full 100mbit because the odds of doing so many downloads/connections simultaneously aren't high. If the ambit allows a higher throughput per connection whilst still on 4 channels, so I will benefit from my speed for individual downloads, then I want it back.