J. Edgar Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 i am sick and tired of BT now... constant internet dropping, constant capping of the speeds, constant this... constant that FFS please tell me, what internet is fast that NEVER drops or get capped? I WANT TO DOWNLOAD WHAT I WANT, WHEN I WANT WITH FAST SPEEDS The reasons you might be getting dropped speeds is because your ISP hasn't put your line at the best speed. Presuming your home set-up is done fine, line dropping is an indication of low noise margin, high noise attentuation while data is travelling faster than expected. Give them a call and get them to do a line test. I'd leave BT, their traffic shaping is enough to put me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Speed upgrade for all Virgin Broadband customers Here’s some brilliant news for everyone who’s signed up to our fibre optic broadband: in one of our most ambitious projects ever, we’re going to be giving you all a speed boost! If you’re currently on up to 10Mb, up to 30Mb or up to 50Mb broadband, we’ll double your speed. If you’re on up to 20Mb you’ll be tripled. And for those on Broadband 100, we’ll be boosting you up to a mighty 120Mb – a new benchmark as the UK’s fastest widely available broadband. We want to make sure that Virgin Broadband stays the fastest in the UK, so that our customers can enjoy exciting online services like streaming HD movies and online gaming to the full. From February 2012, our engineers will be working up and down the country, upgrading our fibre optic network area by area. It’s a massive job that will take up to 18 months to complete. There’s no need to take any action for the time being. We’ll be in touch soon about when you can expect your area to be upgraded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vtec Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Anyone got BT infinity Close to upgrading to them 'cause they have 10mb upload speeds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp* Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Going to be 20mb soon, I think someone on here is on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gayle Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Yeah BT upload speeds are sick (null) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Coquelin Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 downloads usually average at around 4.5-4.9 mb/s, though at time, it does spike past 5mb/s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtis Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 does netflix or lovefilm have HD films and TV shows? id get fibre optic if it does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp* Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I think it does but im sure I read that you only need 5/6Mbit to run it (might be gas) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vtec Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 does netflix or lovefilm have HD films and TV shows? id get fibre optic if it does Alot of content for me is now running at HD quality and thats with virgin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Anyone got BT infinity Close to upgrading to them 'cause they have 10mb upload speeds! Yep had it for a few months now. Very good the speeds are slick. Setting up my newsgroup downloads and i get a HD movie in 7 minutes. does netflix or lovefilm have HD films and TV shows? id get fibre optic if it does I know Netflix has a lot of HD stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaman Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 time to reneg my deal with virgin i just want internet and phone, no tv i dont watch it so no point how much are ppl paying atm? mans tryna bump me, do any of these places do rolling contracts on phone so i can leave for 3 months and return as a new customer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gayle Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 £36 for phone and broadband on Virgin. 50mb Regarding infinity, does the speed stay the same all the time ? (null) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp* Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Depends really, if ur exchange is congested you may get slowdown at peak times(i guess this holds for all isps) Only torrents are purposely throttled at peak times, unlimited otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaman Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 £36 for phone and broadband on Virgin. 50mb Regarding infinity, does the speed stay the same all the time ? (null) Peak they only offered me 30mb with phone for 32.40 per month, thats gonna go up to 60mb but still slyly boying me. oh and £5 discount for 3 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Bt infinity is available in feb for me now So probably going to go for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambino Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 O2 Giving out new routers to customers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Coquelin Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 anyone else getting shitty speeds from bt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imhim Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 anyone else getting shitty speeds from bt? BRUV... FOR THE LAST GOD KNOWS HOW MANY WEEKS IM TRYNA DOWNLOAD A 500MB PRAWN AND IT SAYS 3-4HOURS WTF...!?!?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Coquelin Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 "We are currently investigating a problem that may be causing slow or intermittent broadband connection. We are working had to resolve the issue and will update this message when more information is available" sorted now. it affected people nationwide, according to twitter. anyone else getting shitty speeds from bt? BRUV... FOR THE LAST GOD KNOWS HOW MANY WEEKS IM TRYNA DOWNLOAD A 500MB PRAWN AND IT SAYS 3-4HOURS WTF...!?!?!?!? i only started having issues this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtis Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 really hate when big companies make spelling mistakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badman Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Bt infinity is available in feb for me now So probably going to go for that Edmonton area yeah? Gonna jump on it too. / My boys on virgin and he said his area is getting upgraded to 100Mb is that true?! Royal docks area Madness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Bt infinity is available in feb for me now So probably going to go for that Edmonton area yeah? Gonna jump on it too. / My boys on virgin and he said his area is getting upgraded to 100Mb is that true?! Royal docks area Madness fack How did you know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinister Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Am with BE, can't fault it really. BT was good but they do throttle at peak times and no use if you use torrents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imhim Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 if you are already with BT and you want to upgrade to lets say BT VISION, is it a straight forward process, where you just call up and say you want to upgrade, then they do it remotely... or...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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