50M Downgrade from 10m

marky · 17-10-2011, 23:33

I had a so called 50mbps upgrade late August and its rubbish.
I phone VM and they say its fine and must be my end, hmmmm.
I can get 55 down and 5 up in the middle of the night sometimes, this is now.

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Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:16:35 GMT Test 1: 2048K took 3998 ms = 512.3 KB/sec, approx 4098 Kbps, 4 Mbps Test 2: 2048K took 5956 ms = 343.9 KB/sec, approx 2751 Kbps, 2.69 Mbps Test 3: 2048K took 4764 ms = 429.9 KB/sec, approx 3439 Kbps, 3.36 Mbps Test 4: 4096K took 9630 ms = 425.3 KB/sec, approx 3402 Kbps, 3.32 Mbps Overall Average Speed = approx 3423 Kbps, 3.34 Mbps

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Tech support think its my end and my PC, hmmmm so thats why games lag on xbox and the lappy gets simlar speeds.
The so called 50mbps is a rip off.

General Maximus · 17-10-2011, 23:40

have you tried the london and maidenhead servers?

What are you basing your "rubbish" assumptions on other than speedtests. I always know my connection is going to be poo during the evenings which is why i don't do anything other than gaming and browsing. During the day it flies and I can pull 6mb/sec all day (and all night

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marky · 17-10-2011, 23:55

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

have you tried the london and maidenhead servers?

What are you basing your "rubbish" assumptions on other than speedtests. I always know my connection is going to be poo during the evenings which is why i don't do anything other than gaming and browsing. During the day it flies and I can pull 6mb/sec all day (and all night

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I pay for 50 and get less than what I did when I paid for 10,, its rocket science

Nopanic · 18-10-2011, 09:04

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Originally Posted by marky

I pay for 50 and get less than what I did when I paid for 10,, its rocket science

What he means is, if the only slow speed your seeing is via a speed test then you need to stop complaining and just use your internet.

If however your seeing issues elsewhere then there is a problem.

Far too many people think a speed test result is important. I never ever get 100Mb on any speed test including the VM one .. yet I download at 11MB/sec 24/7 ..

General Maximus · 18-10-2011, 09:37

and following on, the reason why i suggested trying the london server (and maybe two others) is because you'll get different results from each. I use the london server as a reliable test because I know that more often than not, I'll get 50mbit from it and 5 up, however the max i'll ever get from liverpool is 25/3, but that doesnt mean my connection is screwed.

Regardless of your speedtest result, if you can download from something like torrents, which can saturate your downstream, and you are pulling 4-5mb/sec then you know everything is ok