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[Blitzen]

What are the Telewest ones like though when the throttling kicks in at peaks times?

[PeterStoba]

I still get around 15mb at peak times ...

[Powderhound]

1470 download, 373 download, with Waitrose (switching to Plus Net this month).

Stupid BT hating country folk...

[Blitzen]

I still get around 15mb at peak times ...

You must be one of the chosen few

[Vimeous]

What are the Telewest ones like though when the throttling kicks in at peaks times?

1Mb Down
0.15Mb Up
On Speedtest.net

0.3Mb Down
0.2Mb Up
On Thinkbroadband

I've been hit by Virgin's dracionian policy over the last few days.

Last week I built a new PC and downloaded all the MS updates.
I've spent some time surfing.
I've done some XBox gaming.
Then 2 nights ago while continuing to set-up my PC I watched the Superbikes on the BBC online followed by 2 programs on Five's on-demand service.

Since then I've been capped when I most want my connection.
XBox Live! becomes unplayable IF you can get a game started.
Surfing is mostly slower than a dial-up modem

I could not give a monkeys if Virgin want to roll out 50Mb connections as they're a complete waste of time if you're only able to use them for 1 day a month.

I pay EXTRA for an unlimited 4Mb connection.
4Mb is more than enough for my needs, I am generally patient and can wait for a 1Gb WOW update to take an hour.
However if they don't lift the cap I will happily pay BT £124.50 to put a phone line to my house and go back to having a choice over which terms and conditions contract to accept.

[justaday]

Doesn't look right to me though, usually average about 800kbs d/l with Sky

[Poot1873]

I still get around 15mb at peak times ...

Lucky you, my 20mb line drops to 300kb/s sometimes even less during peak times. Virgin Media suck bring back Telewest anyday, I'm seriously thinking of changing ISP's.

[iceze]

Live too far away from the exchange they say...

[SlayeRBoxeR]

This is mine.

Currently in the university.

[IMG][/IMG]

[monkeychops28]

I get about 1.5Mbps down and 0.3Mbps up. On ADSL and about 2 miles as the crow flies from the exchange. Good enough for the moment, but not great.

[Emirzan]

Virgin Media are awful.



Not impressed. And they never delivered the free router I was supposed to get. When I can get through to their damned phoneline I'll give them a piece of my mind

[Rainmaker]

I'm with UK Online's legacy 24 meg down 1 meg up package, on fastpath with a 3dB target SNR.
Stats:

DSL Status: 	UP
DSL Modulation Mode: 	Auto
DSL Path Mode: 	FAST
Downstream Rate: 	21683 Kbps
Upstream Rate: 	1023 Kbps
Downstream Margin: 	3 db
Upstream Margin: 	10 db
Downstream Line Attenuation: 	22
Upstream Line Attenuation: 	12
Downstream Transmit Power: 	22
Upstream Transmit Power: 	12
LOS Errors: 	0

Throughput is usually 2.2 to 2.3 MB/sec from reliable servers (Usenet, Gamershell, my hosting company etc) and speedtests are there or thereabouts:





Can't really argue for £24, especially when I'm using >400GB of bandwidth every month and there are no restrictions on ports, no throttling or 'traffic management' etc. Just full speed, 24/7

[PeterStoba]

Do you live in the exchange ?

[Rainmaker]

No, but it's only 300 metres down the road

[evalf]

15502 kb/s download here using bethere.co.uk

[Merson]

Download Speed: 4638 kbps (579.8 KB/sec ) || Upload Speed: 382 kbps (47.8 KB/sec )

Good old ADSL Can't wait for ADSL2+