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    Old 27-09-2008, 10:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
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    Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    Over the last 12 months I have had to drop my connection dow to 2Mb as this is the only sustained speed they seem to be able to offer but even then they are simply not able to keep my pings low enough at peek times.

    Every saturday night I end up with this crap, they told me 8 months ago that it was oversubscription... god help us, they are bumping the 4Mbs to 10Mbs this month with no work on the local exchange.

    ping www.bbc.co.uk -t

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    ping www.hexus.net -t

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    For CS:S it makes it just unplayable, I have complained and now I give up. VM can stick their connection.

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    Old 27-09-2008, 10:19 PM   #2 (permalink)
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    Re: Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    That sucks, so far from bbc ping i get 12-14ms. Virgin support is pathetic and they shouldnt be over subscribing areas, gov should actually look at the problem instead of turning a blind eye. Id say ditch them because i bet others could give you lower pings unless you move to my house with this cool 12ms from virgin.

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    Old 28-09-2008, 09:44 AM   #3 (permalink)
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    Re: Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    think is though Jay, your ping results aren't bad at all. not sure how those results support your argument that Virgin are crap & you can't play CS:S

    it's slightly out of the norm but from that i wouldn't of said there was a problem. perhaps it's something on your end that is the problem
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    Old 28-09-2008, 10:04 AM   #4 (permalink)
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    Re: Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    i get mid 40's early 50's with virgin media, so could be worse. When asked VM put it down to the same thing, over subscription.

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    Old 28-09-2008, 11:50 AM   #5 (permalink)
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    Re: Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    Originally Posted by Marenghi View Post
    think is though Jay, your ping results aren't bad at all. not sure how those results support your argument that Virgin are crap & you can't play CS:S

    it's slightly out of the norm but from that i wouldn't of said there was a problem. perhaps it's something on your end that is the problem
    yes maybe...

    Maybe every Saturday Evening something on my side goes wrong. How loss of 6% and pings of 292 arn't bad I don't know??

    How about this one on the 25th?

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    Here it is now, so they can do it.

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    Old 29-09-2008, 09:04 AM   #6 (permalink)
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    Re: Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    I guess this is why they're so keen to cap occasional heavy users like me down to 80kbps.. they want me to jump ship. Though I'm not ubr08.
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    Old 29-09-2008, 09:17 AM   #7 (permalink)
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    Your pings are better than mine on Tiscali, 50ms is as good as mine gets.
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    Old 29-09-2008, 09:18 PM   #8 (permalink)
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    Re: Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    back to this crap

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    it evenings, the thing just gives up totally.

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    Old 04-10-2008, 06:08 PM   #9 (permalink)
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    Re: Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    Saturday Evening and....

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    Old 04-10-2008, 07:05 PM   #10 (permalink)
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    Re: Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    On Virgin Media and getting average ping of 18ms to bbc.co.uk and no packet loss 8pm Saturday. Looks like it's a bit hit and miss on what area you live in.
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    Re: Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    Again.. not sure what your problem is.. im on ADSL, sync about 7.5mbit and never see pings below 50.


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    Old 04-10-2008, 08:36 PM   #12 (permalink)
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    Re: Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    Neo, the problem is oversubd area then added the 4mb to 10mb upgrade. Its bad.. anyway any 20 days till I am on Sky ADSL.

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    Old 08-10-2008, 08:13 AM   #13 (permalink)
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    Re: Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    I've now had to stop playing Counter-Strike with my clan as I can not be 100% sure my connection will be good enough at any one point.

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    Old 15-10-2008, 06:38 PM   #14 (permalink)
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    Re: Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    back to this again.

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    So, I thought I would plug right into the modem and not use my router


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    So, after them saying all about these speed tests sites not being right etc etc I thought I would ping their internl FTP server. This would prove that VM are right and that any issues anyone ever has is outside of their network!

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    errrr....no. So it just goes to show you that I still get loss to their internal FTP and I am plugged directly into the modem.

    A traceroot shows me that its the first hop that is the issue

    1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms Linksys.jayhome [xxxxxxxxxxx]
    2 35 ms * 55 ms 10.5.0.1

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    Old 15-10-2008, 07:33 PM   #15 (permalink)
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    Re: Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    Local access network problem mate.... Have you got the results of a docsis ping? As that looks like noise ingress / poor rf setup to me.

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    Old 15-10-2008, 07:52 PM   #16 (permalink)
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    Re: Is anyone else on ubr08 Virgin Media?

    the levels are good

    Frequency 331000000 Hz
    LockedSignal to Noise Ratio 37
    dBPower Level -2 dB
    Channel ID 3
    Frequency 23000000 Hz
    RangedPower Level 41 dBmV

    as for docsis ping I am not sure what switches to use on the cmd line to give the result you want.

    I have been told that they will be sorting the issue in my area on the 14th of November... I have had this issue for 4 months.

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