Alternative to Virgin!

[The Joker]

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=29019&s_cid=con_FURL_infinity

Maybe those slow BR speeds will become a thing of the past!

We can but prey!

Currently being trialed I might add!

[pez]

Im currently on virgin 20MB,it tends to be okay most of the time,but come weekends and some evenings can be erratic.
My friend who works in IT said that the 50MB is better as it isnt throttled but i have still heard bad things about it!
What is everyone else using?

[jimrobo]

thats fine but they are only trialing it! Virgin are trialing 200 mb! Personally I had the 50Mb bu recently I have been having problems with it and considering going back to20Mb. I nver had any problems with the 20Mb service

[The Joker]

thats fine but they are only trialing it! Virgin are trialing 200 mb! Personally I had the 50Mb bu recently I have been having problems with it and considering going back to20Mb. I nver had any problems with the 20Mb service

Thats true mate justa trial at the moment, but hopefully those poor buggers that live miles from the nearest exchange and get terrible API response times might be in treat or atleast a better service. Virgin 20 mb is what I am on too and have been with them for many years. I have to say I can probably count the number of times it has gone down on one hand, so in terms of reliability A* for Branson Pickle and his bunch of merry men...

However I have longed for an option locally that could give some real choice for me when it comes to ISP's and I'm hoping this is it !

Still the jury is out and we can but hope and wait and see..

I know about the 200mbit trials and being a BIGDownloader I find it apealing but not to the point where I'd pay through the nose for it! I doubt I could use up 200mb of bandwidth LOL ! I hope a price war of sorts errupts! as Unlimited 40meg dn and 10 mb up for £25.99 really undercuts virgin!

[The Joker]

Im currently on virgin 20MB,it tends to be okay most of the time,but come weekends and some evenings can be erratic.
My friend who works in IT said that the 50MB is better as it isnt throttled but i have still heard bad things about it!
What is everyone else using?

Pez you'll only get throttled if you go over your download allowance for the specified time period. Do your big downloads after 9pm and all will be well!

http://www.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-management.php

[pez]

Pez you'll only get throttled if you go over your download allowance for the specified time period. Do your big downloads after 9pm and all will be well!

http://www.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-management.php

Cheers shergar,i tend to leave my downloading for the twilght hours.It kust can be tempromental know and then,it may be a combination of the api being crap and to many people on virgin in my area

[The Joker]

Cheers shergar,i tend to leave my downloading for the twilght hours.It kust can be tempromental know and then,it may be a combination of the api being crap and to many people on virgin in my area

When things play up try http://speedtest.net/
and http://www.pingtest.net/

I get these for my results using maidenhead as the test servers





and this from Ashford

[pez]

I use these tests aswell.just got B grade for ping with 45ms ping and 31 jitter.my download speed was 9mb.
This was from maidenhead aswell 150 miles away

[attheraces]

Interesting reads here (don`t sound too good if you are in the sticks )

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=38936354

and here:
http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...band/bd-p/50mb - plenty of problems with both services.

Regards

[J.S.]

Hey dudes, am getting Virgin installed for TV & phone serives. Am eyeing up the 50MB line for the Internet but am a tad concerned as I haven't found many who trade with it.

If anyone on the forums uses Virgin to trade, would you mind posing a line or two in regards to how you would rate it & whether you would recommend it. Would be much appreciated

[jimrobo]

50Mb is exactly the same as 20Mb. You won;t see any different speeds with trading. They both use the same network all the 20Mb service does is throttle your router doen to 20Mb. Your ping is exactly the same for small amounts of data. And they both have sporadic routing issues.

[Leonthefixer]

Make sure you get your cash back - at the moment it is only £60 but often they have offers well over £100 sometimes around the £150 mark!

http://www.quidco.com/virgin-media/#description

[StuT]

I'm like you Joker, I am on 20MB but get about 13-14MB, never seen hight than that. I use broadband speedtest zdnet site.
I like the results of that ping test, I'll try that later.
I think the virgin reliabilty is very good, it is in our area anyway.

[pez]

Im on 20mb virgin and have just done a quick test.It can fluctate at busy times

[jimrobo]

the problem is routing issues to betfair so even when connecting to betfair is a nightmare and all over the place when you run the speedtests it shows you are getting a great connection.