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Old 29-07-2008, 19:13   #1246
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Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
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have done twice / left off for approx ten mins each time

had 3 open web pages and a torrent running settings at 500k down/20k up
so way under the 3/4 max recomendation , and it sorta struggled and dragged its proverbial.

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Old 29-07-2008, 19:16   #1247
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where abouts are you in manc? sk2, m1 ?
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Old 29-07-2008, 19:20   #1248
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That frown & pigtails don't really suit you Jo...

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I thought I had destroyed that photo.

On topic. Just unplugged my modem and ....... still no change.
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what modem do you have?; and why do you think VM haven't upgraded you?
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Old 29-07-2008, 19:26   #1250
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what modem do you have?; and why do you think VM haven't upgraded you?
silver NTL home200 as per the sticker on the bottom it just dont seem 2.5 times faster and its still having probs running my usual pages / my newsgroups run over night so i never really see them until finished the following morning
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Old 29-07-2008, 19:31   #1251
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silver NTL home200 as per the sticker on the bottom it just dont seem 2.5 times faster and its still having probs running my usual pages / my newsgroups run over night so i never really see them until finished the following morning
Sorry i've got you mixed up with somebody else. Call tech support and see what they can do for you. 151.
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Just had a tinker with my settings and noticed I had the router logging everything. Turned logging down and now getting a bout 7mbps, so I guess it's a firmware-being-too-clever-for-the-hardware issue. A little tuning required I think...
What settings did you change? I've checked the logging on mine and it's already disabled yet still struggling to beat 4 meg.
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Old 29-07-2008, 20:00   #1253
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What settings did you change? I've checked the logging on mine and it's already disabled yet still struggling to beat 4 meg.
You both have different routers and if your router isn't up for the job.. i'd buy another which can.
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Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
Running the DD-WRT on 54G wired connection - and just found how effective the QoS settings were even on the download...

Reset them for 10meg, reboot router and jobs a good 'un.
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Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
M43 Droylsden area is now up to 10mb...just rebooted after some serious xbox360 lag.

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:46:11 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 827 ms = 1238.2 KB/sec, approx 10203 Kbps, 9.96 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 844 ms = 1213.3 KB/sec, approx 9998 Kbps, 9.76 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 828 ms = 1236.7 KB/sec, approx 10190 Kbps, 9.95 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 1687 ms = 1214 KB/sec, approx 10003 Kbps, 9.77 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 10099 Kbps, 9.86 Mbps
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Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
Trail blazing on 10Mb. Thankyou broadband gods !
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Old 30-07-2008, 05:56   #1257
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Rebooted modem this morning. Oxford done
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I said the next 24 hours...
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Old 30-07-2008, 08:25   #1259
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Still nothing here in Bristol
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Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
Done in Stockport (SK6) - cpc2-stkp2-0-0-cust462.manc.cable.ntl.com

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:43:11 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 875 ms = 1170.3 KB/sec, approx 9643 Kbps, 9.42 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 859 ms = 1192.1 KB/sec, approx 9823 Kbps, 9.59 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 844 ms = 1213.3 KB/sec, approx 9998 Kbps, 9.76 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 1734 ms = 1181.1 KB/sec, approx 9732 Kbps, 9.5 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 9799 Kbps, 9.57 Mbps

Looks and feels quicker just browsing.
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