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Originally Posted by General Maximus
If you do some googling I am sure you will find hundreds of threads on this site regarding congestion, but as Kush said, that was 4-5 years ago. The network used to be a joke but VM have done a lot of work over the last couple of years and it is so much better now. You will still see the odd thread going about congestion but tbh I don't think you are going to notice it at all. Your 100mbit connection is analogous to going from dialup from broadband; the difference is going to be phenomenal. The important thing to remember (and you don't need to worry about the technicalities) is that cable is a shared service by design and if you run speed tests you won't get 100mbits 24/7. It might drop down to half speed, 50-60mbits, during the evening and weekends but that is still 10x more than what you are used to.
Cynicism aside, my connection has always been great because I live in an excellent area for utilisation. I do game a lot and always have done (first person shooters online) and get great pings and no lag. My steam downloads blast away at 16MB/sec and I have no problem streaming stuff.
Going by the previous posts it sounds like you are preparing for the worst but you should be excited and look forward to it. I am sure your connection will be great and will definitely be a million times better than what you had before.
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Absolutely! I think the reason I'm trying to downplay my expectations of it is I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than expect too much from it and be disappointed if the connection doesn't perform as well as I expected across the whole week. As long as it works for either concurrent Netflix/online gaming/general browsing or 2 video streams & general browsing though at the same time, at any time of the week, I'll be happy with it.
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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
I would suggest you order from VM, and if it sucks use their guarantee to leave the contract before 28 days and go with BT's fibre product  |
That's my plan
I made sure to screenshot the VM page with the 28 day guarantee in case it's updated, and I'll test it out for a couple of weeks to see how consistent the performance is. If we do need to move at the end of the month, at least the installation of fibre has finally happened which gives us more options.