New internet speed from virgin

[GIO]

Hi Guys,

got a letter from virgin this morning telling me im getting a free upgrade internet speed from 4mb to 10mb. It said sometime in February so i decided to see what i was getting just now. I disconnected the modem and reconnected and then decided to download something to test it.

My highest speed was 470 kb/sec approx, now i know u never get your full speed and was expecting lower than 400 if i was still on 4mb, so surely im not upto the 10mb and im just getting a crap download speed or im not upto 10mb yet and just getting a good 4mb.

Is anybody else getting the new speed yet ? Im in the Glasgow 10 mile radius, anybody getting it round about me ?.

cheers

gio

 

[bro]

could take up to late summer to be finished in all areas

 

[ice2004]

Try this site here as this is the site NTL/Viggin use to test your speed. Will give you a better idea of your speed if you decide to contact them.

 

[davidh]

is anything on the net about this
and what r u paying for 4mb at the moment

 

[ice2004]

is anything on the net about this
and what r u paying for 4mb at the moment

This is the upgrade schedule if thats what your looking for

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/existingcustomers/faster/schedule.html

 

[Bicbiro]

I am not sure what to make of these speed tests.
I have two pc's and a laptop on my home network all are connected by wireless through a router, I can run a speed test on all machines at the same time and get totally different results varying from 1meg on one pc, 4meg ish on the other and up to 14meg on the laptop.

I don't know why they are so different.

I just tried again and I am getting 759KB/Sec where it was 300 ish yesterday.... Go figure


Bic...

 

[Falkirk_Bairn]

My letter said i Should have it by summer. 4MB does me fine anyway so the more the better.

 

[gentlex]

Hi Guys,

got a letter from virgin this morning telling me im getting a free upgrade internet speed from 4mb to 10mb. It said sometime in February so i decided to see what i was getting just now. I disconnected the modem and reconnected and then decided to download something to test it.

My highest speed was 470 kb/sec approx, now i know u never get your full speed and was expecting lower than 400 if i was still on 4mb, so surely im not upto the 10mb and im just getting a crap download speed or im not upto 10mb yet and just getting a good 4mb.

Is anybody else getting the new speed yet ? Im in the Glasgow 10 mile radius, anybody getting it round about me ?.

cheers

gio

ur still on 4mb m8 as 470kB/sec is is pretty much max out speed for a 4mb connection, the total speed u will get on 4mb is 512kB/sec. half a meg a second

 

[meanie]

the way to test is not to use test sites they are crap and false
download 3-4 files simultanously (if thats how you spell it) then add all the speeds that will give you a better idea

 

[MH]

ur still on 4mb m8 as 470kB/sec is is pretty much max out speed for a 4mb connection, the total speed u will get on 4mb is 512kB/sec. half a meg a second

Which you would never get anyway due to overheads. 470 is good asnd probably at 99%

 

[gentlex]

Which you would never get anyway due to overheads. 470 is good asnd probably at 99%

u actually can on a good newsgroup server totally max out or speed and in some areas like mine where it under subscribe ( less user) even a bit more add on a good late nite early morning downloads

 

[hatab]

This is the upgrade schedule if thats what your looking for

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/existingcustomers/faster/schedule.html

that the link u need well found ice


i use du meter nice little util avail at all download places it gives u an instant graphical representation of your downloads also behind the graph is the stats and u can look at daily weekly monthly stats etc.

 

[GIO]

Try this site here as this is the site NTL/Viggin use to test your speed. Will give you a better idea of your speed if you decide to contact them.

That was helpful ice cheers, gave me a good reading
Overall Average Speed = approx 3915 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps

I knew when it was happening,this month the letter said,just wasnt sure what speed reading i would get.

Everything sorted cheers for all help and advice.

 

[GIO]

I am not sure what to make of these speed tests.
I have two pc's and a laptop on my home network all are connected by wireless through a router, I can run a speed test on all machines at the same time and get totally different results varying from 1meg on one pc, 4meg ish on the other and up to 14meg on the laptop.

I don't know why they are so different.

I just tried again and I am getting 759KB/Sec where it was 300 ish yesterday.... Go figure


Bic...

Are u using any programs that download, like a torrent prog or peer to peer, that would affect ur speed tests and probably make them all different.

 

[Welshwolf]

Try this site here as this is the site NTL/Viggin use to test your speed. Will give you a better idea of your speed if you decide to contact them.

Wow!

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:03:45 GMT

1st 512K took 140 ms = 3657.1 KB/sec, approx 30135 Kbps, 29.43 Mbps
2nd 512K took 125 ms = 4096 KB/sec, approx 33751 Kbps, 32.96 Mbps
3rd 512K took 125 ms = 4096 KB/sec, approx 33751 Kbps, 32.96 Mbps
4th 512K took 157 ms = 3261.1 KB/sec, approx 26871 Kbps, 26.24 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 31127 Kbps, 30.4 Mbps

 

[melttc]

Wow!

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:03:45 GMT

1st 512K took 140 ms = 3657.1 KB/sec, approx 30135 Kbps, 29.43 Mbps
2nd 512K took 125 ms = 4096 KB/sec, approx 33751 Kbps, 32.96 Mbps
3rd 512K took 125 ms = 4096 KB/sec, approx 33751 Kbps, 32.96 Mbps
4th 512K took 157 ms = 3261.1 KB/sec, approx 26871 Kbps, 26.24 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 31127 Kbps, 30.4 Mbps

yeah wo is right!Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:40:35 UTC

1st 512K took 516 ms = 992.2 KB/sec, approx 8176 Kbps, 7.98 Mbps
2nd 512K took 31 ms = 16516.1 KB/sec, approx 136093 Kbps, 132.9 Mbps
3rd 512K took 172 ms = 2976.7 KB/sec, approx 24528 Kbps, 23.95 Mbps
4th 512K took 2859 ms = 179.1 KB/sec, approx 1476 Kbps, 1.44 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 42568 Kbps, 41.57 Mbps

 

[Welshwolf]

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:03:20 GMT

1st 512K took 62 ms = 8258.1 KB/sec, approx 68047 Kbps, 66.45 Mbps
2nd 512K took 47 ms = 10893.6 KB/sec, approx 89763 Kbps, 87.66 Mbps
3rd 512K took 47 ms = 10893.6 KB/sec, approx 89763 Kbps, 87.66 Mbps
4th 512K took 31 ms = 16516.1 KB/sec, approx 136093 Kbps, 132.9 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 95917 Kbps, 93.67 Mbps

LOL it went up

Uh up again???

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:08:13 GMT

1st 512K took 32 ms = 16000 KB/sec, approx 131840 Kbps, 128.75 Mbps
2nd 512K took 15 ms = 34133.3 KB/sec, approx 281258 Kbps, 274.67 Mbps
3rd 512K took 32 ms = 16000 KB/sec, approx 131840 Kbps, 128.75 Mbps
4th 512K took 31 ms = 16516.1 KB/sec, approx 136093 Kbps, 132.9 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 170258 Kbps, 166.27 Mbps

 

[GIO]

WTF are use on somethin ????????????????

 

[ice2004]

they are missing out the vital part in their quotes.

"These results appear to be rather fast - this page was probably in the browser cache"

 

[Bicbiro]

Are u using any programs that download, like a torrent prog or peer to peer, that would affect ur speed tests and probably make them all different.

No, nowt downloading and all setup much the same, Anti virus etc....

The laptop is the lowest spec out of the three but reports the fastest speeds...

I never could work it out.

Bic...