20 Meg, what 20Meg?

Originally Posted by going to sky

I am off to Sky. Hello Sky one and hello up to 16 Meg for the same money

When I moved to a Virgin Cable area I was with another ISP and used to get 4-5Mb on my upto 8Mb connection but when I moved i was getting about 2. I did actually find a website that checked your phone line (Anyone know what it is? I've lost it) rather than your postcode - it reported 2Mb as the max on my line.
I rang Sky as I had Sky TV and asked about their 16 Mb service and they checked my line and said I could get 2.5Mb....
What I'm saying is they can tell you what speeds you can expect and it's worth checking first.
I'm now on Virgin Cable 20Mb and speedchecks show 10Mb over my wireless network which is reasonable.
Good luck.

[utt]

Originally Posted by going to sky

I too have been with blueyonder/NTL/Virgin since dial up days,and have progressed to 2 Meg which is sufficient for my needs, however recently having carried out checks via speedtest.net i realised that I am only getting 0.75Meg downoad speeds.According to Virgin I am being throttled/penalised for actually daring to use the 2 Meg speed (unlimited download)that I am paying for. So, in the very near future, goodbye Virgin for all my services,net, tv, phone. I am off to Sky. Hello Sky one and hello up to 16 Meg for the same money

My Sky upto 16 Meg tonight here

Not what is it is made out to be !!!

Are you sure you don't have upto 1.6Mb? lol

[LaineY]

what do people not understand about speedtest.net

Listen i worked for VM Tech Support and cannot stress enough.. that WEB URL Speed tests are generally designed for ADSL.

If you want to do a proper test go to
http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com and download a game demo

The Link Duplex Speed shouldnt really be played about with if you dont know what you are doing. There is a few times putting that onto FULL has disconnected me.

there is an extreme amount of people who dont check the obvious before flaming @ VM and blaming them for their issues when infact sometimes things are hardware/software related....

I had a router that only supported 10 meg when i was on on 20 meg.. guess who supplied it .. TELEWEST!...

I binned it and got myself a linksys and have not had one issue to this date.
(however i have since learned there has been a recent firmware update for it on VM's Website)

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If you are a Virgin Media customer then the best speedtest is from the link below which is from a dedicated server within the Virgin Media network, hence the is no www. before the address.

Have you tried going to this link to check your speeds http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/

click on blueyondergames>demos>then click on at least 2 large files around 400/500 mb and save them to your desktop, and then wait a couple of minutes then write down the transfer rates on the files that are running> times them by 8 and you will get a truer download speed.

i.e : 250kbps X 8 = 2MB, 500kbps X 8 = 4MB, 1250kbps X 8 = 10MB, 2500kbps X 8 = 20MB
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[thighguy_uk]

now i am getting cheesed off with all this, gimme back my Hayes 56k dialup, LOL.

Do i really need to mess with duplex settings of the network card? i have tried everything and really dont know what to set it at. half duplex 100, or full duplex 100 or autonoegotiate for 100fd or 100hd.

Since i bought my new router - Linksys WRT160N i get intermittent speeds and disconnects, tried my old Linksys and that was the same, but te direct connection from pc to modem is fine, so god knows what i have done wrong, i should never have messed in the 1st place i guess.

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incidentally, these are the new figures with the new router:

Downstream Lock : Locked
Downstream Channel Id : 2
Downstream Frequency : 402750000 Hz
Downstream Modulation : QAM64
Downstream Symbol Rate : 5056.941 Ksym/sec
Downstream Interleave Depth : taps32Increment4
Downstream Receive Power Level : 6.0 dBmV
Downstream SNR : 35.0 dB

Upstream Lock : Locked
Upstream Channel ID : 2
Upstream Frequency : 22000000 Hz
Upstream Modulation : QPSK
Upstream Symbol Rate : 2560 Ksym/sec
Upstream transmit Power Level : 27.8 dBmV
Upstream Mini-Slot Size : 4

Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 20480000
Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 768000
Maximum Upstream Channel Burst : 1600
Maximum Number of CPEs : 1
Modem Capability : Concatenation Enabled, Fragametation Enabled, PHS Disabled

[chickendippers]

Is it the connection to the router that's intermittent? I.e. when it drops out can you still access the router config page?

[thighguy_uk]

yes i can still access the router config

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does anyone else have the Linksys WRT160N that can point me in the right direction, or, do i just go get me a belkin or a netgear or, 2 cans and a piece of string?

[Axegrinder]

Originally Posted by thighguy_uk

now i am getting cheesed off with all this, gimme back my Hayes 56k dialup, LOL.

Do i really need to mess with duplex settings of the network card? i have tried everything and really dont know what to set it at. half duplex 100, or full duplex 100 or autonoegotiate for 100fd or 100hd.

Since i bought my new router - Linksys WRT160N i get intermittent speeds and disconnects, tried my old Linksys and that was the same, but te direct connection from pc to modem is fine, so god knows what i have done wrong, i should never have messed in the 1st place i guess.

---------- Post added at 18:48 ---------- Previous post was at 17:18 ----------

incidentally, these are the new figures with the new router:

Downstream Lock : Locked
Downstream Channel Id : 2
Downstream Frequency : 402750000 Hz
Downstream Modulation : QAM64
Downstream Symbol Rate : 5056.941 Ksym/sec
Downstream Interleave Depth : taps32Increment4
Downstream Receive Power Level : 6.0 dBmV
Downstream SNR : 35.0 dB

Upstream Lock : Locked
Upstream Channel ID : 2
Upstream Frequency : 22000000 Hz
Upstream Modulation : QPSK
Upstream Symbol Rate : 2560 Ksym/sec
Upstream transmit Power Level : 27.8 dBmV
Upstream Mini-Slot Size : 4

Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 20480000
Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 768000
Maximum Upstream Channel Burst : 1600
Maximum Number of CPEs : 1
Modem Capability : Concatenation Enabled, Fragametation Enabled, PHS Disabled

Your upstream power is abit too low, you might need a tech out to adjust the power in your street cab.

[thighguy_uk]

just noticed that when i lose my connection, my IP address is Nil in the router settings, when i reset the modem, the IP address reappears in the router settings. What causes this?