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[doYdY]

living in the sticks eh

[Mblaster]

Some days it's 6mb and at the worst it goes down to a 2-3mb connection. I know it's not my end because I reset the modem and on vista too and do all the usual stuff to see if it fixes it. We haven't got a BT line, so I guess it's this or nothing for now (don't want to pay for a BT line just for the internet, line rental would be a waste of money).

Edit - 10mb connection by the way!

I'm guessing the reason it sometimes goes down to 2-3mb/s is because you're with virgin, and when you download a lot of data virgin will cap your speed to 2.5mb/s, details here: http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...t/traffic.html

Could of been a 4mb with extremely good dl speeds!! xD

Lol, it doesn't work like that. The speeds on the speed test relate to the speed of your connection, so on your 10mb/s connection you got 9788kb/s (9.7mb/s).

[MadduckUK]

Lol, it doesn't work like that. The speeds on the speed test relate to the speed of your connection, so on your 10mb/s connection you got 9788kb/s (9.7mb/s).

if only it was that accurate for everyone. I can never get over 14000 (usually a lot less) or so on the speed test and yet it will happily download gubbins at 2.1meg all day

[moogle]

if only it was that accurate for everyone. I can never get over 14000 (usually a lot less) or so on the speed test and yet it will happily download gubbins at 2.1meg all day

Gotta find the server thats best for you. Maidenhead is my fastest although the London server is way close

But yeah there's no northern locations for england to do a geographical accurate speedtest for you right madduck? Still if you can download faster than you get on a speedtest you should be happy

[MadduckUK]

Gotta find the server thats best for you. Maidenhead is my fastest although the London server is way close

But yeah there's no northern locations for england to do a geographical accurate speedtest for you right madduck? Still if you can download faster than you get on a speedtest you should be happy

the fastest run i ever had was one to paris :s, and it only happened once - ping was naff though.. the best prior was Torshavn but i think that has gone now.

i wouldn't trust it and just download a linux iso or something to test. far more accurate representation of maximum speed, if you can download accelerator it then you are actually testing your line rather than other peoples infrastructure

[moogle]

if you can download accelerator it then you are actually testing your line rather than other peoples infrastructure

Yep, IDM notes 2.1-2.2MB/s when downloading a game or linux iso. Maybe because it opens more connections to download which actually reaches the full speed.

[FatalSaviour]

[TheReaFireblade]

London: + Dublin:

[lnz]

And it took me a few years to get 2Meg :-)

This is what you get to live at the end of a rural line

[lnz]

... It's when I see those >10000 kb/s that my eyes water.

[LuckyNV]

Been with Onetel since Sept 2004 (my first step into broadband), first on 512/256, then upgraded to 2048/256 for free. Faultless service and truly unlimited DL, no fair usage.
However, it cost £30pm inc a phone package, inability to get faster speeds, I made the reluctant change to leave and sign up with Be, of which line activation is Monday!

edit -
line activation was instant 12 midnight lol...



i'm sure i can get more with tweaking

[ThunderBolt]

Safe to say the VM upgrade hasn't reached me yet... Heheh!

[chockimon]

I'm with sky. £10 month for 8mb broadband. Could of had 16mb, but phone line can't handle it. Excellent service so far. I'm more than happy.

7168 down
768 up

[CrazyMonkey]

Virgin Media - 50MB.

London server gave me 50mb for a few seconds then dropped to 30 constant.

Maidenhead (closest) only gives me 5 :/

[DratUK]

This shows two graphs as you can see. Taken within a 40 secs or so between tests it shows a marked difference dont you think

50 Meg broadband Virgin via VM supplied Netgear router. If I take it of the router I get the full 50 meg.

[benz]

Tiscali 8Mbps service @ 14.99pcm with Call Package [Phone Line, etc.]