Virgin Capp Speed

[scu11y69]

red a few ov these about poor speed no1 has metioned that vm capp there speed so it may not just be busy peek time slowing u down and vm manager confirmed to me that as soon has u download 3gig they cut ur connection to 2meg or between 4pm-12pm same again so much for UNLITED DOWNLOAD EH!

SO WHERE IS THAT INFO IN THE SMALL PRINT OR T&C,S


Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:27:34 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 62 ms = 16516.1 KB/sec, approx 136093 Kbps, 132.9 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 32 ms = 32000 KB/sec, approx 263680 Kbps, 257.5 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 31 ms = 33032.3 KB/sec, approx 272186 Kbps, 265.81 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 78 ms = 26256.4 KB/sec, approx 216353 Kbps, 211.28 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 222078 Kbps, 216.87 Mbps

[ultimate]

Its here:

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...t/traffic.html

[xpod]

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:01:04 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 2793 ms = 366.6 KB/sec, approx 3021 Kbps, 2.95 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 49 ms = 20898 KB/sec, approx 172200 Kbps, 168.16 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 24 ms = 42666.7 KB/sec, approx 351574 Kbps, 343.33 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 609 ms = 3362.9 KB/sec, approx 27710 Kbps, 27.06 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 138626 Kbps, 135.37 Mbps

If only eh.
Of course test ones,about right i suppose

[Toto]

Sweet mother of................what does "red", "ov", "no1", mean?

[Lord Nikon]

Don't you just love the level of education our schools are imparting these days?

[SOSAGES]

on a related note.

i abuse my connection sometimes i then get capped at 5meg (from 20) and im fine with that but i dont seem to get my 20meg back until early in the morning (7am or so) shouldnt it come back at midnight?

[eth01]

Originally Posted by Toto

Sweet mother of................what does "red", "ov", "no1", mean?

No idea.

[Lord Nikon]

it means if this is a typical example of the future of this country, we're in deep trouble...

[keef285]

Looks like it's time to look at alternative BB suppliers, VM phoned me the other day.............do you want the TV package........no chance I mentioned that I may be considering leaving VM because of the caps and the guy on the phone reckoned he had no idea that any caps were in place...........

[cybernetic_tiger]

Originally Posted by SOSAGES

on a related note.

i abuse my connection sometimes i then get capped at 5meg (from 20) and im fine with that but i dont seem to get my 20meg back until early in the morning (7am or so) shouldnt it come back at midnight?

4 hours from when you hit 3Gb... so if you download 3Gb between 22:00 and 23:59 you will be capped until 03:59...

Doesn't make sense to me personally!!

[dojoman47]

I hit the limit on Friday at 5pm and the speed increased back to 20meg at just after 9pm. No probs with the STM as I always get full speeds at any other times. (upto now I have anyaway) Also I wish people would not use text speak as I do not understand it. Maybe I am just fick!!!!!

[Rone]

Jusy checked my "upto" but never quite there 20meg, speed, as it seemed worse than usual, its just after 3pm:

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:08:33 UTC
1st 128K took 234 ms = 560137 Bytes/sec = approx 4660 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 297 ms = 441320 Bytes/sec = approx 3672 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 563 ms = 232810 Bytes/sec = approx 1937 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 265 ms = 494611 Bytes/sec = approx 4115 kbits/sec

[slowcoach]

Originally Posted by Rone

Jusy checked my "upto" but never quite there 20meg, speed, as it seemed worse than usual, its just after 3pm:

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:08:33 UTC
1st 128K took 234 ms = 560137 Bytes/sec = approx 4660 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 297 ms = 441320 Bytes/sec = approx 3672 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 563 ms = 232810 Bytes/sec = approx 1937 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 265 ms = 494611 Bytes/sec = approx 4115 kbits/sec

You are getting double the speed that I am at the moment, you lucky blighter.

Originally Posted by SOSAGES

on a related note.

i abuse my connection sometimes i then get capped at 5meg (from 20) and im fine with that but i dont seem to get my 20meg back until early in the morning (7am or so) shouldnt it come back at midnight?

No, as VM break their own AUP. if you hit the limit at 11;59pm your shaped till 4am, STM does NOT switch off at midnight at all.

[Rone]

Originally Posted by slowcoach

You are getting double the speed that I am at the moment, you lucky blighter.

Believe me i realise there are quite a few [and probably loads more who never run tests] that are a lot worse off than me.
There are about 10 NTL internet users in my avenue, i asked 5 of them [as they were the ones at home] if i could run a little test, all of their speeds were considerably lower than what they are paying for, but did'nt care as they "mainly use skype" and "send the odd e-mail".
This is why VM dont care, only a very small minority of subscribers know about this place, they dont realise they are being shafted, and dont bother about value for money.