Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
07-05-2016, 14:28
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by JordanTheToaster
It just seems like im so out of place with my wants.
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There's never too much bandwidth; it's always nice to have more.
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07-05-2016, 14:32
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
There's never too much bandwidth; it's always nice to have more.
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After spending the day with my dad on his 3 meg ADSL yeah i appreciate that fact.
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07-05-2016, 18:28
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by JordanTheToaster
After spending the day with my dad on his 3 meg ADSL yeah i appreciate that fact.
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full speed FTTC no longer has any advantage now VM is level with upload etc. The speeds seem solid most of the time.
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07-05-2016, 20:43
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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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.
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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.
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08-05-2016, 13:39
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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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.
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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.
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08-05-2016, 14:27
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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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.
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But again if i could flash some more cash Virgins way i would for more.
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08-05-2016, 19:10
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by JordanTheToaster
But again if i could flash some more cash Virgins way i would for more.
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Well I am sure that's on the cards.
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08-05-2016, 19:41
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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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.
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Isn't Jitter worse on VM?
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08-05-2016, 22:29
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by Kushan
Isn't Jitter worse on VM?
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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.
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09-05-2016, 10:52
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by Kushan
Isn't Jitter worse on VM?
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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
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09-05-2016, 11:03
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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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 
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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).
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09-05-2016, 11:22
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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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).
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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
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09-05-2016, 15:33
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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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
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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
Last edited by JordanTheToaster; 09-05-2016 at 15:38.
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09-05-2016, 18:38
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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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.
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Well that's as much about peering as well.
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09-05-2016, 18:43
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by Gobble
Well that's as much about peering as well.
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Overall to pretty much everything my ping has been better.
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