Excellent speeds. Well done Virgin! - Page 4

blaupunkt · 14-06-2007, 12:41

well after 4 or 5 weeks of only getting about half of my 10mb line i just ran the test from this site again and it seems in just about back to normal..

i hope it stays like this!

Richy99 · 14-06-2007, 16:51

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Originally Posted by Paul M

Speed tests from Speedtest.net can be an indicator, but that's about all they are useful for - you are not just testing the speed of your connection, but the speed of their server, and all the network in between - much of which is not VM's network (and indeed is across the atlantic in the US).

Our speedtest (linked at the top of the page) will give you a better indication as it is located on the VM network - you are still testing more than just your connection, but at least you are internal to the VM network so the results are a better indicator of your actual performance.

Remember that all speed tests (inc ours) are just rough estimates, not accurate measurements.

and the VM one gave me the worst result out of the 3 tests

Tawton9 · 14-06-2007, 16:54

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Originally Posted by voddyman

this is mine at 10am this morning and working fine

...i'm supposed to be on 20m....

Your happy with that

I'd be piššed with those speeds

william.clarke77 · 14-06-2007, 18:31

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Originally Posted by astra_lestat

I am bloody tired of virgin. Even NTL was much better.

This is what I have for 2 weeks in a row between 18.00 and 22.00

So frastrating. It feels like there are only morons working now. They advertise 20Mb while they cannot supply even 4Mb at a decent level.

I quite agree with you Virgin his worse and NTL and they were bad enough

jcardiff · 14-06-2007, 18:35

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Originally Posted by william.clarke77

I quite agree with you Virgin his worse and NTL and they were bad enough

funnily enough I never had a single phone or internet problem in the two years I had accounts when they were NTL neither at home or the office yet within a week of the change everything went tits up at the office and then home went the same a few weeks later never to recover

astra_lestat · 15-06-2007, 08:15

With ntl I never had 4M down. 2.6M was the best result. However the line was stable and latency was good. I never complained. Starting from April everything went downhill and gets worse.

Speaking to some members of this forum feels like a conversation between blind and deaf.
Why some of you are concentrating on pointing out that the speed tests are not accurate despite the fact that I am saying that I go and test my connection when I experience problems such as bad ping in a game or snail speed at external news server provider and the tests prove that there is a problem. When I have done those tests just out of curiosity when I didn't have those problems the speed test didn't show any problems as well. So, based on my experience those speed tests might not be accurate but they are a VERY good indication that there is a problem and noone can deny it.

Xtrm2Matt · 15-06-2007, 10:41

Quite pleased. Rarely get below that.

Sirpingalot · 15-06-2007, 13:44

Now that I'm on the Telewest network -

r00t · 15-06-2007, 15:28

Ex-NTL network.
http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/res...1234&v=1584201

No problems!

15-06-2007, 16:01

http://www.speedtest.net/result/140645350.png just test my speed twice
the down load and upload are far better from maidenhead than london

astra_lestat · 15-06-2007, 17:40

Good latency tonight, so I am happy bunny.

Another interesting thing happened tonight.
I have just received a phone call from VM and they offered me for 41 quid: phone line + 20M BB + free tv box with some TV package...and if my modem cannot support 20M it will be swapped for free....
That's interesting, because atm I pay Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£11 for phone line + Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£25 BB + about Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£4-6 for local calls. All together Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£41 but slower BB and no digi TV at all. Does it mean that for the same money I am going to get so much more? I am very curious

15-06-2007, 18:27

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Originally Posted by Xtrm2Matt

Quite pleased. Rarely get below that.

with these figures are you on a 20mg conection

astra_lestat · 15-06-2007, 18:50

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Originally Posted by ufitm

with these figures are you on a 20mg conection

What is an official upload for 20M?

Mick Fisher · 16-06-2007, 00:01

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Originally Posted by astra_lestat

Another interesting thing happened tonight.
I have just received a phone call from VM and they offered me for 41 quid: phone line + 20M BB + free tv box with some TV package...and if my modem cannot support 20M it will be swapped for free....
That's interesting, because atm I pay Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£11 for phone line + Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£25 BB + about Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£4-6 for local calls. All together Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£41 but slower BB and no digi TV at all. Does it mean that for the same money I am going to get so much more? I am very curious

Maybe they are trying to give the DTV package away to hide the impact of defecting users on their figures.

astra_lestat · 16-06-2007, 23:54

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Originally Posted by Mick Fisher

Maybe they are trying to give the DTV package away to hide the impact of defecting users on their figures.

Maybe

I don't really need it anyway, that's why I don't have it at the moment. I almost don't watch TV at all. However, DTV for free? Why not? We will see...