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kev445 · 25-07-2019, 10:22

With this being a new service, I’m sure Virgin Media will find ways to tweak the service. I believe the problem may stem from the service being bonded and out of order packets.

Bonding is great; however, it can introduce out of order packets. The solution is to create a buffer on the modem, so it can reorder the packets back into the correct order. If this buffer is too small, it will be unable to correct the order of packets and the result is speed tests and downloads will be variable, due to retransmissions.

It sounds like the buffer is just a tiny bit too small, I’m sure they’ll adjust it up over time, like they have done previously.

25-07-2019, 10:22	#3
kev445 cf.member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 78	Re: 500 meg inconsistent With this being a new service, I’m sure Virgin Media will find ways to tweak the service. I believe the problem may stem from the service being bonded and out of order packets. Bonding is great; however, it can introduce out of order packets. The solution is to create a buffer on the modem, so it can reorder the packets back into the correct order. If this buffer is too small, it will be unable to correct the order of packets and the result is speed tests and downloads will be variable, due to retransmissions. It sounds like the buffer is just a tiny bit too small, I’m sure they’ll adjust it up over time, like they have done previously.