Broadband Speed.

[NannyFerret]

This is since I have connected the Desktop to the hub via an ethernet cable and I'm getting a more consistant service than when I was paying for a high speed, fibre internet with Virgin.
Sky is better using  (DSL) that Virgin was supposed to be 60MBs using fibre optic cable, so you can see how bad the Virgin has been in recent months.

This month alone, I would have saved nearly £40 and the internet doesn't keep dropping either.

WiFi on netbook and tablets is better than it was before too.

 

 

Edited January 22, 2015 by NannyFerret

[JohnP]

It's amazing how much speeds vary among members here, I never realised there was that much difference across the country. Some of us are living in the stone age if you ask me, it's a shame the cost of broadband isn't worked out to reflect this.

[Denis]

All you people showing off your superfast optical fibre broadband speeds ... well, the ultimate test is how smoothly does iPlayer stream video when you're watching catch-up TV? I can tell you that my pathetic 3mbps streams TV without a hiccup, no stuttery video or audio. What really is the use of speed way faster than any application can use?

 

Its like watching TV...no difference and to be fair Chris, were not showing off, just showing what speeds we are getting as per the original posters request.

My mate two miles away can only get BT and his connection is really poor. Yes , we are lucky to get these speeds but feel sorry for those that dont.

You may notice too that I am on Virginmedia, a really cannot fault them, although many do find them less than capable.

[ChrisLumix]

It's amazing how much speeds vary among members here, I never realised there was that much difference across the country. Some of us are living in the stone age if you ask me, it's a shame the cost of broadband isn't worked out to reflect this.

 

You have forgotten one very important point. Dial-up was 'supposed' to be 56 kbps - but if you watched the speed of something actually downloading, what you were actually getting was between 1 and 3 kbps in the real world. So 3 Mbps is at LEAST 1000 times that, and perfectly adequate for most of us. As for variance, that's not always the braodband supplier, more often than not, it's a combination of your local BT Exchange, the wiring to and in your home, and competing networks all around you which interfere with your channel.

[Phil]

Just as a comparison to what I get from my broadband at home this is what I'm getting at work right now tethered to my phone's 3G network.

 

[colinb]

Down = 8.64

Up = 0.83

 

via TalkTalk, we will shortly be going fibre might be interesting to see how much faster afterwards?

[Guest]

Tried mine again,seems pretty consistent, at least at this time of day. Will have to try it in the evening.

 

[DBT85]

I'm on 40MB down and 8MB up which is the most I can get in my flat.

 

My dad and brother have 160mb virgin and I feel left out lol.

 

I make up for it with a looot of bandwidth used.

[Phil]

I'm on 40MB down and 8MB up which is the most I can get in my flat.

 

Blimey, I would kill (well, maybe not ) for those speeds.

I'm in the process of uploading my entire library to Dropbox, uploading at 30KBs it's been running now for 2 weeks and currently 93 days left

[DBT85]

Blimey, I would kill (well, maybe not ) for those speeds.

I'm in the process of uploading my entire library to Dropbox, uploading at 30KBs it's been running now for 2 weeks and currently 93 days left

Oh my that sounds painful!

 

Would it not be faster to dump it to an external drive and use a work/friends connection?

 

I mean, you could copy it all, post it to me and I could do it before yours is done!

[Phil]

Would it not be faster to dump it to an external drive and use a work/friends connection?

 

Ha ha, you're probably right

 

However, when at work I tether to my phone's 3G connection which has an upload of around 3MBs, so a couple of 12 hour shifts will hopefully see it done, but I can only take the laptop when I'm working weekends which isn't that often. 

[Phil]

Sorry to resurrect this thread but I just had to share this.

 

We've had fibre enabled today and what a massive difference. Not as quick as some on here but much better than the the 1mb I'm used to

 

[Leon]

Edited March 25, 2015 by Leon

[JohnP]

This is about as fast as it gets around my patch, smoke signals would be just as quick....

 

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[Black Pearl]

 

 

7Mb/s about average and consistent regardless of the hardware as the first is with there iPhone 6 and the second with the iMac.

[JohnP]

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Never checked mine before, wish I hadnt its rubbish

 

Perhaps I'll keep quiet after seeing this...

[ChrisLumix]

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Never checked mine before, wish I hadnt its rubbish

 

I'm in Devon too, and though I get approximately twice your speeds, it's NOT  fast and I feel for you.

[ChrisLumix]

Judy it may be slow broadband but it would never drive me away from Devon..

 

True - we have all that lovely scenery to look at while waiting for the page to load...

[colinb]

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results since changing over to fibre

 

[ChrisLumix]

Still pathetic. I did get 6 Mb at my last address in Devon, which was rural unlike my present address. >