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Qtx · 15-12-2012, 11:23

Here are my Thinkbroadband graphs now that Sky has been installed for a day. No devices were connected to the Virgin hub during this time. Numerous speed tests and downloads were done on Sky totalling about 8GB.

Virgin:
[img]Download Failed (1)[/img]

Sky:

Not sure if the packet loss on the sky was something I did or not, something I will have to monitor.

Overall impression is that web pages load super fast, as does streaming video.

Pingtest site tests have been consistent at 13ms with no jitter. A FPS game I play (or used to before the virgin connection made it unplayable) gave a constant 19 ping in-game. Much lower than the 35+ I ever got on VM before all the problems.

When downloading on Sky the minimum/average/maximum latency does not seem to shoot up like on the Virgin connection.

My reason for switching all the products from virgin was to get a stable broadband. The graphs show why that was needed and that it was achieved with the move to sky.

15-12-2012, 11:23	#1
Qtx CF's Worst Nightmare Join Date: May 2012 Location: Probably outside the M25 Services: Sky Fibre Unlimited 40/10 Posts: 3,473	Chalk and Cheese - Sky and Virgin Broadband Here are my Thinkbroadband graphs now that Sky has been installed for a day. No devices were connected to the Virgin hub during this time. Numerous speed tests and downloads were done on Sky totalling about 8GB. Virgin: [img]Download Failed (1)[/img] Sky: Not sure if the packet loss on the sky was something I did or not, something I will have to monitor. Overall impression is that web pages load super fast, as does streaming video. Pingtest site tests have been consistent at 13ms with no jitter. A FPS game I play (or used to before the virgin connection made it unplayable) gave a constant 19 ping in-game. Much lower than the 35+ I ever got on VM before all the problems. When downloading on Sky the minimum/average/maximum latency does not seem to shoot up like on the Virgin connection. My reason for switching all the products from virgin was to get a stable broadband. The graphs show why that was needed and that it was achieved with the move to sky.