Virgin are fast this morning!

worried_jim

Virgin are fast this morning!-



I have my VPN set to the USA which slows the ping but the download speed is impressive for 200mb service.

stator

Shame it's so unreliable in my area. Every two weeks the services went down

poppellerant

stator wrote: »

Shame it's so unreliable in my area. Every two weeks the services went down

I completely agree, their internet service is not to be relied upon.

frank777

I did have Virgin Media Superfast Broadband for over 10 years, not any more. SKY old copper cable 9.6 Mbps Download Speed, 0.8 Mbps Upload Speed and it works as smooth as silk throughout my house, never get any buffering on NOW TV or any websites. I got the MSE SKY free trial deal last July, not paid a penny yet and free Landline Package too - just goes to show, do we all need Superfast Fibre Optic - I don't need Superfast Broadband Lesson Learnt.

Don't take may word for it - make the change to Copper Cable :eek:

AndyPix

worried_jim wrote: »

Virgin are fast this morning!-



I have my VPN set to the USA which slows the ping but the download speed is impressive for 200mb service.

Thanks for letting us know

kwikbreaks

I was on VM and my son got it too because he was jealous of the speed. He just got his 200Mbps upgrade too.

I binned them because my area became badly congested and it took months to fix. Then it started happening again just as they started playing silly devils with small price upgrades just months after we'd agreed a new deal so I took the opportunity to leave penalty free. There is a long story of their incompetence to go with that too but I'll leave that out. On Plusnet FTTC now which runs well at all times and not just when the local torrent freak gets wrist cramps.

20aday

kwikbreaks wrote: »

I was on VM and my son got it too because he was jealous of the speed. He just got his 200Mbps upgrade too.

I binned them because my area became badly congested and it took months to fix. Then it started happening again just as they started playing silly devils with small price upgrades just months after we'd agreed a new deal so I took the opportunity to leave penalty free. There is a long story of their incompetence to go with that too but I'll leave that out. On Plusnet FTTC now which runs well at all times and not just when the local torrent freak gets wrist cramps.

Thanks for mentioning Plusnet. Am moving home soon and there's no Virgin Media services where we're going; they are my first choice and it's good to know it runs well at all times.

Yolina

frank777 wrote: »

do we all need Superfast Fibre Optic - I don't need Superfast Broadband Lesson Learnt.

Don't take may word for it - make the change to Copper Cable :eek:

Except that in my bit of London, we're a long way from a very busy exchange... on a good day, you'd get 1Mbps over the copper cable - I jumped on FTTC as soon as it came available several years back. It's 'only' 38Mbps but that's enough for me

peter999

I keep complaining to Virgin Media that I don't need faster & faster broadband, 'free' speed upgrades and that I prefer cheaper price, after the massive price increases over last few years.

agrinnall

worried_jim wrote: »

Virgin are fast this morning!-



I have my VPN set to the USA which slows the ping but the download speed is impressive for 200mb service.

You've probably got my speed added to yours:

We know of 1 issue in your area

You might find that you do not have any Virgin Broadband, Virgin TV, TiVo® or Virgin Phone service at the moment.


Our engineer is working to fix the problem.


And they're not wrong, luckily tethering seems to be working pretty well today.

RumRat

poppellerant wrote: »

I completely agree, their internet service is not to be relied upon.

Quite a sweeping statement...Mine is rock solid, no down time and a constant 150Mb/s.
I do feel for people who have problems though, I have a theory that it depends who laid the original cable network.
They are beginning to lay fibre to the door across the whole network which will give huge speed boosts and more reliability, apparently. It will take a couple of years and I'm not too sure what I'd use the extra speed for. Something will come along that needs it though I'm certain...;)

That's on a Wireless connection....