Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by JordanTheToaster

It just seems like im so out of place with my wants.

There's never too much bandwidth; it's always nice to have more.

[JordanTheToaster]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

There's never too much bandwidth; it's always nice to have more.

After spending the day with my dad on his 3 meg ADSL yeah i appreciate that fact.

[23prince]

Originally Posted by JordanTheToaster

After spending the day with my dad on his 3 meg ADSL yeah i appreciate that fact.

full speed FTTC no longer has any advantage now VM is level with upload etc. The speeds seem solid most of the time.

[JordanTheToaster]

Originally Posted by 23prince

full speed FTTC no longer has any advantage now VM is level with upload etc. The speeds seem solid most of the time.

Ping is better download is many times better and now upload is on the same level so really for £11 more then 76 meg fiber Virgin had me sold.

[23prince]

Originally Posted by JordanTheToaster

Ping is better download is many times better and now upload is on the same level so really for £11 more then 76 meg fiber Virgin had me sold.

Agreed.. £47,99 is what I pay for 80/20 full speed and phone line. That will be £51,99 once the prise rise comes into effect
vs £57 for 300/20 and no phone line.

I've given notice to BT although my max has gone from 89/21 to 107/30 so I might well try it again in the future.

My pings are 9-15 when I do things, I am not someone who needs a low ping so the 25-30 I get on VM is fine.

[JordanTheToaster]

Originally Posted by 23prince

Agreed.. £47,99 is what I pay for 80/20 full speed and phone line. That will be £51,99 once the prise rise comes into effect
vs £57 for 300/20 and no phone line.

I've given notice to BT although my max has gone from 89/21 to 107/30 so I might well try it again in the future.

My pings are 9-15 when I do things, I am not someone who needs a low ping so the 25-30 I get on VM is fine.

But again if i could flash some more cash Virgins way i would for more.

[23prince]

Originally Posted by JordanTheToaster

But again if i could flash some more cash Virgins way i would for more.

Well I am sure that's on the cards.

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by JordanTheToaster

Ping is better download is many times better and now upload is on the same level so really for £11 more then 76 meg fiber Virgin had me sold.

Isn't Jitter worse on VM?

[23prince]

Originally Posted by Kushan

Isn't Jitter worse on VM?

It is for me... VM does not seem to have the same sort of responsiveness than FTTC. It's almost like VM is stickier in it's performance. Yes there is raw speed. But I can personally tell the difference.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Kushan

Isn't Jitter worse on VM?

Yes. Repeatedly proven.

To be fair to VM though you could remove them from that statement and replace it with 'cable'.

Only time I've had jitter that matched xDSL was when I was the only person on the cable segment. Yes really. First person on my hub on DOCSIS 3.0 so sharing the bandwidth with no-one. The jitter and latency were flawless

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Yes. Repeatedly proven.

To be fair to VM though you could remove them from that statement and replace it with 'cable'.

Only time I've had jitter that matched xDSL was when I was the only person on the cable segment. Yes really. First person on my hub on DOCSIS 3.0 so sharing the bandwidth with no-one. The jitter and latency were flawless

Yeah if I am honest, unless someone had said to me about the jitter, I wouldn't have noticed. I've generally had nothing but good experiences gaming on VM (faults aside).

[23prince]

Originally Posted by Kushan

Yeah if I am honest, unless someone had said to me about the jitter, I wouldn't have noticed. I've generally had nothing but good experiences gaming on VM (faults aside).

Me too, but I don't play anything that I can't play on 100ms + so to get 20-30 is good. I hit about 12 on FTTC

[JordanTheToaster]

Originally Posted by 23prince

Me too, but I don't play anything that I can't play on 100ms + so to get 20-30 is good. I hit about 12 on FTTC

I get 130 ping to the west coast compared to 155 on my old 76 Meg FTTC connection and that's to the same server so that's why i just assumed it was better.



Odd

[Gobble]

Originally Posted by JordanTheToaster

I get 130 ping to the west coast compared to 155 on my old 76 Meg FTTC connection and that's to the same server so that's why i just assumed it was better.

Well that's as much about peering as well.

[JordanTheToaster]

Originally Posted by Gobble

Well that's as much about peering as well.

Overall to pretty much everything my ping has been better.