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[John Lewis]

Just upgraded today from 2Mb, although its not working yet, spose I need to reboot my cable modem.

Can anyone tell us what sort of speeds you're getting? Is it anywhere close to 20 meg? I'm referring to the Virgin Media package.

Just out of interest really, I've already made the decision like!

[Lazydocker]

Can't get cable where I live and fastest broadband I can get is 1.5 meg... Living in the country does have some downsides!

I wouldn't change it for the world though!

[Mr Skrunts]

Cant get cable in the village where I am all though my girl friend has it in the next village down the dual carriage way.

I am getting just over a 6mb on an upto 8mb service but am close to the exchange, but am hoping to move to a quiet little village in the near futur and there's no cable there ad the broadband estimete seems to about 1.7 to 2.5 MB per second.

[Mr Skrunts]

But at the moment speed isnt everything.

I would rather just have a stable but maxed/fast 2mb connection as when I was on that speed the service was far better than it is now.

[tmx]

i live next door to the BT Exchange and am getting 8128kbps

[Mr Skrunts]

Just shows doesnt it.

I just checked on Google Earth.  As the crow flies, I am 765 Yds away from the centre of the exchange.  My house was built in 1977 and the cable comes into the house via a telegraph pole.

Date                       Download Speed          Upload Speed  

Today 08:42          6306 kbps (788kB/s) 708 kbps (88.5kB/s) Share
Saturday 17:37      6107 kbps (763kB/s) 713 kbps (89.1kB/s) Share
Apr 13, 22:37         6111 kbps (764kB/s) 713 kbps (89.1kB/s) Share
Feb 13, 08:12         6158 kbps (770kB/s) 712 kbps (89kB/s) Share

[amba]

I have available ?? 20 meg with Vigin Broadband but best we ever get is 12meg.Spoke to Virgin and they say "it is upto 20 " so no gaurentee you will ever get it.But it is quicker than the 4 we used to have ,but not by much

[John Lewis]

Well if its been upgraded I'm still getting 1.9Mb according to the BBC...might be time for a modem reboot methinks.

Would love that, pay £7 more a month for the same speed, lol

I'll let you know how I got on.

And Lazydocker, yeah I would much rather be in the country, I'm in Macclesfield on a road with 2 pubs. Somehow the stench of manure seems mildly more attractive than stella piss. Only mildly mind!  

[John Lewis]

I have available ?? 20 meg with Vigin Broadband but best we ever get is 12meg.Spoke to Virgin and they say "it is upto 20 " so no gaurentee you will ever get it.But it is quicker than the 4 we used to have ,but not by much

Still not bad though, fastest connection I've heard of until now...here's hoping eh

[Varche]

Ha 20 meg. I dream of getting Wi Fi 256k when Telefonica gets round to equipping our area which might be never. In the meantime I soldier on with 44k unlimited for which I pay the princely sum of 21 euros a month plus line rental.

Living in the sticks has its compensations though; 29 deg c today, lots of lovely sun, nice and quiet.

varche

[Plomien]

I have it and get between 18-20meg on it

one thing i would advise is make sure you tweak your TCP/IP settings as the standard settings in Windows is not really set up for those speeds.

One program i would recommend for this is from iobit (just google it)
they are currently beta testing the advanced windows care and it rocks.
you can tweak your setting in there by just adjusting the bar to say  what speed you have.

_{I also work for VM shh}

Edit:
also forgot use http://www.speedtest.net as it gives the best speed test results

[markey mark]

i am just about to sign up for it !!

[lee4206]

i've gt it and get between 13 and 19 meg normaly

[TheBoy]

No cable here.

But as with DSL, faster speeds often come with stability issues, which may or may not be an issue.

[wakeyomega]

finally, at last your message has finished downloading

- no, I'm on a 300baud dial up modem.