100M : Where can I find out when my upload speed increases?

[Jimmy-J]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Speedtests tell you the speed of your connection to the internet, not of your local line.

If you want to know what service you're on with absolute accuracy look at your modem status page, not some internet flash speedtest.

OK, is this the info that should tell me that?

Modem Initialisation
Stage Status
Downstream Acquisition Locked
Primary Frequency 290750000 Hz
DHCP Complete
TFTP Complete
Time Of Day 23:25:11
Security Enabled
Counters T1,T2,T3,T4,Sync,Resets 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
Internet Connection
IP Address Status
WAN IP Address
Lease Time Remaining 4 days 10:11:20
Expiry Mon 01 Oct 09:36
Current Network Time Wed 26 Sep 23:25

Downstream Channels

Lock Status Channel ID Frequency Modulation Rx Power SNR Pre RS Errors Post RS Errors
Locked 62 290750000 Hz QAM256 6.3 dBmV 40.9 dB 169658 0
Locked 63 298750000 Hz QAM256 6.5 dBmV 40.8 dB 244433 0
Locked 64 306750000 Hz QAM256 6.1 dBmV 40.4 dB 458049 0
Locked 65 314750000 Hz QAM256 5.5 dBmV 40.3 dB 787744 0
Locked 66 322750000 Hz QAM256 5.7 dBmV 40.4 dB 752813 0
Unlocked Unknown 0 Hz Unknown 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB Unknown Unknown
Unlocked Unknown 0 Hz Unknown 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB Unknown Unknown
Unlocked Unknown 0 Hz Unknown 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB Unknown Unknown

Upstream Channels

Lock Status Channel ID Frequency Modulation Tx Power Mode Channel Bandwidth Symbol Rate
Locked 35 27400000 Hz ATDMA 38.3 dBmV 16QAM 6400000 20480 Kbits/sec
Unlocked 0 0 Hz Unknown 0.0 dBmV Unknown Unknown 0 Kbits/sec
Unlocked 0 0 Hz Unknown 0.0 dBmV Unknown Unknown 0 Kbits/sec
Unlocked 0 0 Hz Unknown 0.0 dBmV Unknown Unknown 0 Kbits/sec

Cheers

[craigj2k12]

Nope thats the bandwidth network end, youre after operation config

[ileikcaek]

Would appear to me that people getting 120/12 are only actually getting around 11.44Mb upload in the config, with everything else in play I can see actual speeds being around 11 to 11.2Mb so why are VM undercutting the upload speeds so much? It's bad enough them only giving around 9.7Mb upload on their "10Mb" upload. seems the higher they go the larger the gap gets between what they state and what they actually allocate to you. Yet with download they give way over what they state, 120Mb is actually getting 126Mb in the config file.

I guess when 240Mb comes out (if they keep to the same pattern ie 30, 60, 120, 240) they will give you about 256Mb and the upload will be clipped around the edges again giving you about 22.88Mb instead of the 24Mb you'd expect on a 10:1 ratio.

[ferretuk]

Originally Posted by rickymallory

Would appear to me that people getting 120/12 are only actually getting around 11.44Mb upload in the config

Evidence please?

[RichieUK]

edit - posted in wrong thread.

[craigj2k12]

Originally Posted by rickymallory

Would appear to me that people getting 120/12 are only actually getting around 11.44Mb upload in the config

Its configured for 133mb down and 12 up



Of course with overheads you get about 125 down and just over 11 up

[ileikcaek]

Not quite.

133000000 bps = just a tiny bit over 126.83Mbps (not 133)
12000000 bps = just a tiny bit over 11.44Mbps (not 12)

Virgin would like you to say 12000000 bps = 12Mbps but it's certainly not. It would have to be 12600000bps to even get a chance of hitting 12Mbps. Ideally it would need to be 13000000bps as a little extra fluff for the majority to get it.

I know when I had 30Mb the upload config was 3300000bps which translates to 3.14Mbps a lot more generous than they are being now with the higher tiers. It meant I always hit 3Mbps and usually over it.

[ferretuk]

Originally Posted by rickymallory

Not quite.

133000000 bps = just a tiny bit over 126.83Mbps (not 133)
12000000 bps = just a tiny bit over 11.44Mbps (not 12)

Wrong.

For line speed:

133000000bps = 133000kbps = 133Mbps = 16.625MBps

Straightforward SI prefixes are used for data rates.

Available throughput is another matter of course...

[ileikcaek]

I just took another look via calculators elsewhere and you are right. I wonder why google's own calculator is so wrong then. If you google '133000000bps in Mbps' it will say just over 126.83Mbps as the answer.

I've always used google's calculator so never thought to look elsewhere.

[craigj2k12]

[ferretuk]

Originally Posted by craigj2k12

Its configured for 133mb down and 12 up

No, it's configured for 133Mb/s down and 12Mb/s up.

[craigj2k12]

the shift button broke on my keyboard

[Simcut]

likely story

So, still none the wiser as to when I'll be getting the upload increase

[qasdfdsaq]

Originally Posted by rickymallory

why are VM undercutting the upload speeds so much?

Because they have so little upload capacity.

seems the higher they go the larger the gap gets between what they state and what they actually allocate to you.

I guess when 240Mb comes out (if they keep to the same pattern ie 30, 60, 120, 240) they will give you about 256Mb and the upload will be clipped around the edges again giving you about 22.88Mb instead of the 24Mb you'd expect on a 10:1 ratio.

You realise 6 months ago some areas on VM were still stuck with 50Mbps down and 1.75Mbps up...

[craigj2k12]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

You realise 6 months ago some areas on VM were still stuck with 50Mbps down and 1.75Mbps up...

Well, 50/1.5

or 53/1.75 whichever way you want to look at it