OFCOM Speed report

[BenMcr]

It's that time again

http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/2014/0...perfast-surge/

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

It's that time again

http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/2014/0...perfast-surge/

Its good news for VM again

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Its good news for VM again

But wait old bean the doomsayers will be out in force later today one imagines.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by denphone

But wait old bean the doomsayers will be out in force later today one imagines.

Indeed

[Qtx]

Most of the report is stating the obvious (A 120Mbit is faster than a 76Mbit connection, who would have thought that? ), but there is some good info in there too. At least they look at upload speeds now and show that a 76Mbit FTTC is faster than the 120Mbit cable in that respect.

Interesting to see that Virgin Media are the only ones who have a significant percentage drop in speed in the evenings between 8pm and 10pm. Even the adsl suppliers seem to have an insignificant change from the average 24 hour or maximum speeds. I thought all the upgrade work VM was supposed to be doing was going to do away with evening congestion?

Really?

VM 120 drops to 106, and FTTC 76 drops to 61.

That works out to -
VM drop of 13%
FTTC drop of 20%

[Qtx]

Yes, really

Virgins percentage difference is much larger than the others when you look at the maximum speed and average speed numbers quoted and then compare that to the evening peak time hours. You are just comparing the headline speed of both services with the evening speed.

If you go by the highest maximum average of the services and then the same at peak times, Virgin slows down almost 12% compared to FTTC of 6%. Similar results if you take those values from the 24 hour average too.

Originally Posted by Sirius

Indeed

Yes, ones arrived clutching at straws as ever, VM will continue to be fastest as these results do not include any of the 152 etc increases.

Remember the posts saying once BT rolled fibre out, VM would be in trouble, looks like they were wrong and with the financial clout of LGI there will be far more innovation to come from what I have heard.

Watch this space.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Top banana

Yes, ones arrived clutching at straws as ever, VM will continue to be fastest as these results do not include any of the 152 etc increases.

Remember the posts saying once BT rolled fibre out, VM would be in trouble, looks like they were wrong and with the financial clout of LGI there will be far more innovation to come from what I have heard.

Watch this space.

Indeed TB but alas some have their rose tinted glasses on and although Virgin ain't perfect they still are head and shoulders above most of the others.

[Qtx]

Simply pointing out a fact always seems to get some people so butthurt, as if someone has insulted the love of their life

Put your skimpy red VM cheerleading costumes back in the closet you two, they are not needed.

[alanbjames]

im on VM 152mb package and the slowest ive seen it drop when doing speed tests is to 141mb down and 10.6mb up.

[muppetman11]

This threads gone in a predictable direction !!!!!!

Am I the only one who's glad to see the UK average increasing ?

We can argue and brag all we want but the fact is the majority still don't take the top tier services.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

This threads gone in a predictable direction !!!!!!

Am I the only one who's glad to see the UK average increasing ?

We can argue and brag all we want but the fact is the majority still don't take the top tier services.

I knew it would, that's why i sat back and waited.

[RobboEdin]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

This threads gone in a predictable direction !!!!!!

Am I the only one who's glad to see the UK average increasing ?

We can argue and brag all we want but the fact is the majority still don't take the top tier services.

Personally, having just been supercharged from BB M 20Mb to the 50Mb product, I'm nonplussed by seeing my increase which delivers 54Mb.

Perhaps my needs are not typical as there are only two of us in the family unless the grandkids are visiting. The only thing we stream is the tennis as I can't justify Sky's price for sports.

The rest of our activity is well served by TiVo with its modest 10Mb connection to the internet.

[Qtx]

For the majority of homes I still think 20Mbits is more than enough. Even busy family homes don't really need faster than 30 or so at this moment in time when you consider that would handle a family of 6 all browsing, gaming and streaming a video each all at the same time.