50M 100mb in Lincoln - Page 4

GazCBG · 14-11-2011, 17:11

Just thought I would post up the speeds I am getting.

During the day till about 5pm I can pull the full 100Mb (from download tests, speedtest.net gives 97Mb)
Around 5pm it starts to slow to about 70/85Mb (from download and speedtest.net tests, http://speedtest.magnet.ie/ sometimes give better speeds, maybe less busier then speedtest.net)

Sometime in the evening it goes into the 90+Mb, but I think it be due to the network more busier.

Upload the most I have gotten is 8.60Mb, in the evening it dips to about 7.40Mb (these speeds are from speedtest.net)

Jitter is between 3ms and 13ms.

Pings depend, I have had as low as 18, but get higher on the London server, on speedtest.net

When using speedtest.net try and use the London, Namesco server, as there are 2 servers for London.

I am hoping the upload will get better when/if VM do any work in the area.
But I think it the max at the moment, I can pull.

I am in the LN6 area, off of Hykeham road.

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

well they want Â£50 for "installation" and Â£30 as a one off "activation" fee, either way it is a joke for getting somebody to deliver something and make a phone call. Maybe if they stopped wasting money like this they could afford to get UK call centres back.

Maybe I got it wrong, she did say it was the first time she had done a 100Mb upgrade/order.

But I am sure she said the Â£30 was for coming out and new equipment, that is when I said I already had the Superhub.

General Maximus · 14-11-2011, 18:41

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Originally Posted by Big-Gaz

JBut I am sure she said the Â£30 was for coming out and new equipment, that is when I said I already had the Superhub.

We'll see when the engineer gets here. I am trying not to get myself excited and preparing myself for disappointment as I am expecting to have to cancel it all when the engineer gets here and refuses to make the phone call without swapping my vmng300 for a superhub.

I am in LN6 3 off Doddington Road so I would imagine we'll get similar speeds. I'll let you know how things go, still another week to go yet

Ignitionnet · 14-11-2011, 20:20

Just take the Shub and put it into modem mode. It works perfectly, bonds more channels ready for 8 downstreams and you'll need one for 200Mb anyway so may as well save yourself the hassle.

General Maximus · 14-11-2011, 21:15

I am more of the "if it ain't broken don't fix it" kinda guy. My vmng300 has been flawfless for the last 2 years and I don't want to get rid of it and run the risk of using something which is potentially going to screw me over, whether it be the annoying LEDs, reboots or overheating. If I can have the same service on something which I know is working perfectly, I would like to keep it that way, and tbh, I thought VM would want to save the money as well (for what little the superhub costs).

Ignitionnet · 15-11-2011, 11:07

Not really, as I said they'll have to replace it for the 200Mb service anyway so there's no real cost they aren't going to have.

It ain't broke but will be when your area is running on 8 channels and you can only pull bandwidth from 4 of them.

General Maximus · 15-11-2011, 18:30

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

It ain't broke but will be when your area is running on 8 channels and you can only pull bandwidth from 4 of them.

Yeah but that is going to be another 2 years knowing them. At that point hopefully they'll have ditched the shub and moved onto something better.

Ignitionnet · 15-11-2011, 18:33

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

Yeah but that is going to be another 2 years knowing them. At that point hopefully they'll have ditched the shub and moved onto something better.

I do know them and it's not 2 years away.

General Maximus · 15-11-2011, 19:34

so do you honestly think I should give up my vmng300 for the shub next week? I think I need to start a poll

beasty54 · 15-11-2011, 19:47

Just thought i'd post an update on my situation now i've had a repull. Download speeds are still slower than they were on 50mb (about 35mb on average) so i've pretty much been screwed over since i'm getting 15mb less and virgin are getting Â£15 more a month. I've not received my superhub yet so despite being told one would have to be sent no matter what, it looks like i'm probably not getting one.
I'm just having a hard time understanding why i used to get over 50mb 24/7 but now Ive doubled my speed, i end up with less than i had before upgrading and only about 35% of my new advertised speed.

General Maximus · 15-11-2011, 19:53

you are not inspiring me dude, what happened to all those 94mbit speed tests?

beasty54 · 15-11-2011, 20:08

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

you are not inspiring me dude, what happened to all those 94mbit speed tests?

I wish i knew, they are all between 35 and 45 now, even at early hours of the morning. I sometimes see 80-90mb after say 2am but what good is that? i'm hardly ever up that late.

Here are some speedtests ive just done, connection is idle at the time. Admittedly most people would be happy with those downloads but when 4 out of those 5 are less than what i was getting on my 50mb connection, its pretty bad that i'm now paying more.

General Maximus · 15-11-2011, 20:11

hmmm, not good. How is your upload doing?

beasty54 · 15-11-2011, 20:21

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

hmmm, not good. How is your upload doing?

Its not too bad but still not great, I'd guess it averages about 7.5mb

General Maximus · 15-11-2011, 20:32

oh well, we'll see what happens next week. I'll be happy if I can hit 80/8 most of the time

GazCBG · 15-11-2011, 22:14

Tests was done at 10.10pm as just finished gaming on the Xbox 360

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