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blue166 · 11-01-2014, 17:28

Hi All,

Would just like your thoughts and feedback on BT Infinity vs Virgin Media.

I have had problems in the last 18 months with Virgin Media and congestion. Last year my ping time and speeds were awful due to high utilisation on my cable segment. Ping times would range from 15ms off peak to 900ms peak. Took them around 9 months to fix it and now the forum team are telling me that my cable segment once again is almost breaching limits and they are trying to raise it with networks.

In short I have had enough with Virgin Media and I get the feeling they are a long time off fixing these issues with congestion in my area. I already have 8DS channels and 2 up and congestion is still a serious issue. Although ping times average around 20ms peak at the moment but I do have constant pings shooting up to 40-50ms sometimes even 60ms. Speeds are also dipping from 120mb during the day to around 70mb in the evening. I know how bad high utilisation can become as last year my 60mb connection would dip to 5mb in the evening with a 1mb upload.

So this brings me to BT Infinity which went live 50m away from me back in December. I know BT will cost me a little more but I can add BT Sport to my Sky tv package which to subscribe would cost me around £15p/m. BT estimate I can get the 76mb with 20mb upload. I would expect more around 70/15mb that would be fine by me. I game a lot so would need a stable ping time. This is where I do not know how Infinity compares and I know each area will differ. (I know no body in my area who has it so can't look into that).

So with Virgin Media I guess my utilisation is going to continue to give me issues. Internet starts to feel a little sluggish in the evenings, nothing major bad yet but I know it will soon fall over completely. What can I expect from BT Infinity if I move over to it?

11-01-2014, 17:28	#1
blue166 Inactive Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 111	(Advice) Thinking of leaving Virgin Media 120mb for BT Infinity up to 76mb Hi All, Would just like your thoughts and feedback on BT Infinity vs Virgin Media. I have had problems in the last 18 months with Virgin Media and congestion. Last year my ping time and speeds were awful due to high utilisation on my cable segment. Ping times would range from 15ms off peak to 900ms peak. Took them around 9 months to fix it and now the forum team are telling me that my cable segment once again is almost breaching limits and they are trying to raise it with networks. In short I have had enough with Virgin Media and I get the feeling they are a long time off fixing these issues with congestion in my area. I already have 8DS channels and 2 up and congestion is still a serious issue. Although ping times average around 20ms peak at the moment but I do have constant pings shooting up to 40-50ms sometimes even 60ms. Speeds are also dipping from 120mb during the day to around 70mb in the evening. I know how bad high utilisation can become as last year my 60mb connection would dip to 5mb in the evening with a 1mb upload. So this brings me to BT Infinity which went live 50m away from me back in December. I know BT will cost me a little more but I can add BT Sport to my Sky tv package which to subscribe would cost me around £15p/m. BT estimate I can get the 76mb with 20mb upload. I would expect more around 70/15mb that would be fine by me. I game a lot so would need a stable ping time. This is where I do not know how Infinity compares and I know each area will differ. (I know no body in my area who has it so can't look into that). So with Virgin Media I guess my utilisation is going to continue to give me issues. Internet starts to feel a little sluggish in the evenings, nothing major bad yet but I know it will soon fall over completely. What can I expect from BT Infinity if I move over to it?