100M : Virgin capping 100mb users@85mb?

[MagicUK]

Hello people,

ive noticed that my 100mb connection seems to be capping out at 85mb alot of time, is this an network issue as alot of people on 100mb are reporting 85mb and seems a common reported speed going about, seems abit too much of a coinsidance for so many people to get 85mb?????

[Coffeeguy]

Ironically I thought I was being capped at 85mb a couple of nights ago. Usually never have problems with getting full speed at any time of the day. I increased the number of connections in my usenet client to 30 (up from 20) and it just about crawled to 100mb. Wouldn't surprise me if they are trying out some new means of capping

Well at least you have a 100M connection. Im still waiting for mine.

[craigj2k12]

Originally Posted by MagicUK

ive noticed that my 100mb connection seems to be capping out at 85mb alot of time, is this an network issue as alot of people on 100mb are reporting 85mb and seems a common reported speed going about, seems abit too much of a coinsidance for so many people to get

Sorry i would say its coincidence

---------- Post added at 02:06 ---------- Previous post was at 02:06 ----------

Originally Posted by Paul M

Well at least you have a 100M connection. Im still waiting for mine.

eh? its rolled out to all areas and has been for over 6 months

[kwikbreaks]

Originally Posted by craigj2k12

eh? its rolled out to all areas and has been for over 6 months

I'm guessing the reference is because Paul M is on 50 and waiting on the doubling... Coffeeguy's 100/10 shows that was probably a price reduced 100 Mbps product. Of course both will be the same price.

[philce]

Here in Leicester on 100Mb but strangely speedtest reports 85.

[ethan103]

Just did a SpeedTest, getting full here in Manchester:

[Kymmy]

You guys that are getting less than 100mb sure it's not the browser?

Here's what I get with firefox


and here is Internet Explorer 9

[ethan103]

Originally Posted by Kymmy

You guys that are getting less than 100mb sure it's not the browser?

Here's what I get with firefox

and here is Internet Explorer 9

I can confirm my test was also done in IE9.

[InsaneNutter]

Speedtest.net results don't mean anything, i never usually max out my connection speed on them. Saying that i just did:



Download a Torrent of Ubuntu or something and you should easily max out your connection.

[Steggily2]

How is your system configured?

I had the same problem after being upgraded to the 100mb connection, until I realized that the router I was using was rated at 100mb/s. I upgraded to a Gigabit router and Cat5e cables and now I can regularly achieve 100mb/s.

I seem to remember that all traffic across any Ethernet connection will introduce overheads (which will not be measured by the speed tests), reducing the quoted speed.

I am sure some of the more knowledgeable people on this site may be able to confirm this.

[ethan103]

Originally Posted by InsaneNutter

Speedtest.net results don't mean anything, i never usually max out my connection speed on them. Saying that i just did:



Download a Torrent of Ubuntu or something and you should easily max out your connection.

Your Ping is pretty high o_O

[craigj2k12]

Originally Posted by InsaneNutter

Speedtest.net results don't mean anything

Yes they do.

Originally Posted by InsaneNutter

Saying that i just did:

No, you didnt.

[Kymmy]

As the OP posted a speedtest result he must be comparing his speed by their usage (unless he says otherwise later in the thread)

As we should all know by now they can only ever give a snapshop of the speed and routing conditions to a single point on a single connection at any one time and that a multi connection download will always be a more accurate guage of capable speed where as the single connection can be effected by browser, bottlenecks on the route, load on the far server..etc..

[morley04]

All looking good on the VMNG300