I want to Downgrade - Virgin Deals

Superly_Vince

I'm currently on the 4mb package, i want to change to 2mb paying £10 or the next 12 months.

Can anyone tell me if there's a huge difference between 2 and 4 mb? I have no idea about this kind of thing.

JAYMARSH2005

Superly_Vince wrote: »

I'm currently on the 4mb package, i want to change to 2mb paying £10 or the next 12 months.

Can anyone tell me if there's a huge difference between 2 and 4 mb? I have no idea about this kind of thing.

At the moment you will not really notice a difference, as even the higher end package (20 meg) is only getting a connection of 1-5 meg, so I doubt you would notice any change at all, unless virgin manage to fix the problems they have had since the 20 meg rollout, which I cant see them doing in the near future.

darwin-rover

Superly_Vince wrote: »

I'm currently on the 4mb package, i want to change to 2mb paying £10 or the next 12 months.

Can anyone tell me if there's a huge difference between 2 and 4 mb? I have no idea about this kind of thing.

You'll probably find the £10 offer is for new customers only .

as even the higher end package (20 meg) is only getting a connection of 1-5 meg, so I doubt you would notice any change at all, unless virgin manage to fix the problems they have had since the 20 meg rollout, which I cant see them doing in the near future.

The lowest speeds I get are about 15meg and thats around 6/7 pm when the internet is ats it busiest . I get over 19 meg after midnight .
This is what I got at 8.15 today




Most of the speed problems on the 20meg service were down to the settings in Windows XP . A tutorial can be found here
http://www.virginmedia.com/help/20mb-broadband-optimisation.php

msaquib

Hi,

I have an Orange broadband. I have checked my speed and its coming up as:-

988 kb/s for downloads & 245 kb/s for uploads.

According http://speedtest.broadbandgenie.co.uk/ and my broadband speed resylts are:-

Your speed test result:134.7 Kb According to BT wholesale, your line should be able to support a 3.4 Mbps ADSL connection via ADSL max



Any reason why I am not getting the correct speed. I am on Orange Broadband plus package with livebox.



Thanks
MS

msaquib

Sorry just tried again and the results changed to:-

Your speed test result:1.1 Mb According to BT wholesale, your line should be able to support a 3.4 Mbps ADSL connection via ADSL max



Still low. Any reason? Thanks

msaquib

Anyone please?

Thanks
M

Superly_Vince

darwin-rover wrote: »

You'll probably find the £10 offer is for new customers only .

I've been told that if I can get back to them either today or tomorrow and speak to sales and explain that I've been with them since September 2004 I have a good chance of getting the deal! :j

JAYMARSH2005

msaquib wrote: »

Anyone please?

Thanks
M

I know with Virgin the speed tests will run eratic results if you are using a router, At peak times you will get slow download but your upload will be higher, As its a bank holiday you will have a high usage so that will affect the speed tests you run.

bergy2

I have just re negotiated from 4mb to 2mb and got talk unlimited and free tv and line rental at £20 min 12 months with no tie in - went through i want to cancel route and waited 10 mins to get a nice lady

2mb gets exactly 2mb download speeds and 0.2 upload - don't notice anything different with surfing and slightly slower on downloading u tube etc

They are talking of upgrading 2 to 4mb and 4 to 10 at some point anyway

peter999

darwin-rover wrote: »

Most of the speed problems on the 20meg service were down to the settings in Windows XP . A tutorial can be found here
http://www.virginmedia.com/help/20mb-broadband-optimisation.php

Any idea whether this applies to slower 2Mb & 4Mb speeds ??

peter999

darwin-rover

peter999 wrote: »

Any idea whether this applies to slower 2Mb & 4Mb speeds ??

peter999

You can use the TCP Optimiser and set it to 2 or 4mb and save the settings - see if it makes any difference !!!??? Wouldnt bother with changing the settings on the Network Card though (the first part of the tutorial)