Internet Speeds and General Broadband Thread

[Magic]

I've just upgraded to 200Mb from Virgin, think this doubles my upload to 40Mb too. It cost me a fiver for shipping of the new undoubtedly shit modem they've got.

I don't know why just bragging rights, I guess.

[Giggles]

You won't actually get anywhere near the speeds they say though. I have supposed 120Mb from Virgin but I'm actually getting 37Mb.

[CJay]

4 up, 0.3 down here. I can't wait to move somewhere that has even mediocre internet speeds.

[Toby]

I'll attempt a speed test when I get home. It's absolutely atrocious. I think about 0.2-0.4 up and non-existent upload. I have to browse this place on mobile version as it can barely cope with the full site...

[Giggles]

Just did a speed test on the phone.

WiFi is 38 down, 13 up. 4G is 28 down, 6 up.

Hardly worth paying for the broadband really.

[Magic]

I'll attempt a speed test when I get home. It's absolutely atrocious. I think about 0.2-0.4 up and non-existent upload. I have to browse this place on mobile version as it can barely cope with the full site...

Get a satellite.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

We pay for 100mb, just did a speed test and got 95.63 download and 6.15 upload.

[Magic]

You won't actually get anywhere near the speeds they say though. I have supposed 120Mb from Virgin but I'm actually getting 37Mb.

I probably will initially as they're upgrading the backhaul to cope with it. Once a lot more people come on board it'll be less likely. However I'm on 152mb just now and I get it a lot of the time, just there I tested at 70mb.

[phonics]

http://i.imgur.com/cGJaoHZ.png

(Over a wifi connection) Download bumps from anywhere between there and 100.

[Disco]

WiFi won't be anywhere near what you're paying for because WiFi. Mine is fully wired and spot on pretty much all the time.

[randomlegend]

We're finally getting fibre in a couple of weeks.

God bless.

[Toby]

Get a satellite.

Doubt I'll be there long enough to get any value out of it and I'm only there three or four nights a week as the rest is spent at my girlfriend's or my parents'. I just rent a place to save a ninety minute commute. I was actually quite surprised to find it could get any connection at all as it's properly in the middle of nowhere.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

WiFi won't be anywhere near what you're paying for because WiFi. Mine is fully wired and spot on pretty much all the time.

Mine is on wifi and I pretty much get 100 all the time.

[John Arne]

1.1mbs to Europe :(
12mb locally.

[Magic]

I get 12mb to Ho Chi Minh.

[Giggles]

I can't do a wired connection on mine as it's also the TV box. I might take a look at using an old phone as a permanent hotspot and ditch the broadband altogether.

[Davgooner]

At work we're pricing up to move to a 1GB leased line. :drool:

[Mike]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/4865299779.png

Apparently my area gets the free upgrades before the end of the month.

[Pen]

I get about 10mb download and maybe 2mb upload at the moment as we haven't bothered to start paying for our internet and that's what we get for free. In all honesty, I don't notice much difference to the faster one we had before we moved here.

[Pavel]

We pay for 100mb, just did a speed test and got 95.63 download and 6.15 upload.

That seems about right for here in Belfast too.

[John Arne]

Do people with 100mb actually get these speeds away from Speedtest?

For example, if you download a 300mb TV show via a torrent, does it take 3-5 seconds?

[Magic]

Lol 100Mb is only a 10MB transfer rate which you'll not fully get.

I have seen my torrents normally download at 13/14MB a second once it gets up to speed.

[John Arne]

I see. So what does the 100mb actually mean, if it's not the transfer rate?

[Magic]

Megabits not Megabytes.

[Samadini]

Very common misconception. Around 8 megabits to a megabyte.

Virgin are installing here today, the line is already here so a bit of a shitter that I've had to wait for an engineer, but the gimps who lived here previously were obviously on some shit package that was no doubt TV focused so they're having to come and upgrade the line to give the speeds I need for my package.

Life without the Internet has been sweet in many ways, but it can fuck off now.

[Magic]

Mine had to do that too, was ancient coax.

[Samadini]

Fucking wankers stood me up. Couldn't leave the house for the whole wanky 1-6pm time frame they give. Phoned them up and some utter cunt told me it was never happening today as last time I spoke to them it got rescheduled to the 2nd of December, something they didn't fucking tell us at any point, in fact it was the opposite, they sent 3 text messages confirming they were coming today. How do they even know I'm available on the 2nd? (of course I fucking am, but still)

Seething.

[Reg]

Ring them up, moan, and get a discount.

[Samadini]

I did and got nothing.

Don't even really care about not having the Internet, it's just being dicked around like that wot makes me seethe.

[Magic]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/4875817703.png

:drool:

Still the same fucking upload speed though.

[Shindig]

19.65 down, 1.09 up. I dread to think what my parent's connection gets. It really, really chugs nowadays.

[Charlie]

I'm back in England and am trying to sort out the normal shit for parents. What are some good phone/broadband deals that people use? TV deals aren't really necessary but if that's thrown in as well then why not. Any help is good.

[Baz]

If you end up favouring Sky fire us a PM so I can refer you and we both get ~£75

[Magic]

Anyone else with Virgin?

Noticed they've been throttling the fuck out of torrents recently, I can barely get over 1mbps. Also YouTube is a pile of shit. I thought it might be YouTube Red but apparently the issue lies within the Virgin core network itself and how it handles caching videos (only from YouTube apparently!).

[Boydy]

Does anyone use Plusnet? Are they any good?

We're currently with BT but my dad was complaining about the last bill. They're charging something stupid like £29 a month for the internet, £17 or so line rental and then £6 a month for BT Sport and £5 for BT Sport HD (does those really need to be separate packages ffs).

Plusnet are seemingly doing unlimited 50Mbps fibre (I think that's around the speed we have with BT) and line rental for £23 a month all in.

[Baz]

Plusnet are owned by BT but are a lot cheaper, which I've never really understand. Or at least, I think they are?

Only ever heard glowing reviews of Plusnet though. :thbup:

[Henry]

They're not owned by BT, they use the BT network.

[Boydy]

They're owned by BT as well as that.


On 30 January 2007, Plusnet was acquired by BT Group, but it continues to operate as a separate business.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plusnet

[Baz]

They're not owned by BT, they use the BT network.:evictory:

[John Arne]

Still shit.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/5829660638.png

[Shindig]

That upload, though.

[Magic]

So what VPNs do you guys use to torrent? Virgin must have some huge block on p2p traffic now as I can barely get 2mbps.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I don't.

I can get up to 10mbps.

Currently hovering just under 4.

[Adamski]

So what VPNs do you guys use to torrent? Virgin must have some huge block on p2p traffic now as I can barely get 2mbps.

Kodi m8

[Giggles]

I don't.

I can get up to 10mbps.

Currently hovering just under 4.

:D Most unhelpful answer ever.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Oh and PTP's tracker is back up :drool:

I've got 100 torrents or so on the go right now (4 queued).

[Dark Soldier]

So what VPNs do you guys use to torrent? Virgin must have some huge block on p2p traffic now as I can barely get 2mbps.

VPN faggets :rasta:

The paranoia and ting.

[Magic]

Got the new Virgin V6 box coming on Friday.

Anyone got one?

[Giggles]

Upped the broadband package when I binned Sky Sports. Didn't get the new router, so that's so much better than before with the Horizon box over WiFi.


https://i.imgur.com/P72aZeV.png

[Pepe]

Over here the best I can get is 15 Mbps. :harold:

Pay like $50 for that shit too.

[mugbull]

American internet speeds are trash

[Giggles]

I always wonder about that because you hear so many people rely on their LTE plan over there for Netflix, etc. Much more than this part of the world.

[Magic]

I can get 300Mbps but I pay enough for 200.

[Magic]

I always wonder about that because you hear so many people rely on their LTE plan over there for Netflix, etc. Much more than this part of the world.

They'll be fine when COMCAST release their Netflix internet package. :harold:

[Danny]

I pay $45 a month for 150mpbs.

It was, I think, a 12 month price so I will be calling and threatening to move to fiber in the next month or so.

[Pepe]

No other companies over here, so I cannot threaten anyone.

[Pen]

Internet prices seem really steep for you guys. I think we pay 6€ for 50mbps (in reality I think it's usually just over 40) with an uploading speed of 10 (could be 20 for all I know, but just checked and it said a bit over 10).

[Giggles]

We're paying €75 a month but it's the TV package too.

[Boydy]

No other companies over here, so I cannot threaten anyone.

Free market capitalism, baby. :drool:

[Pepe]

Imagine if we had to deal with all those STIFLING REGULATIONS. We aint havin none of that.

[Magic]

Internet prices seem really steep for you guys. I think we pay 6€ for 50mbps (in reality I think it's usually just over 40) with an uploading speed of 10 (could be 20 for all I know, but just checked and it said a bit over 10).

What's the catch?

[Mazuuurk]

I just get internet as part of the fee you pay to the housing cooperative (or whatever you call it when you own your flat). It's not super fast though maybe 20mbps? or 30 maybe. I dunno, it's pretty much always fast enough to stream 3 things simultaneously while downloading something, so it's fine for me. I'm guessing it costs the building something like 8 quid per month and household maybe.

[Magic]

Some broadbands over here are only like £3, but you have to pay line rental as well which can be £13-£20.

[Pen]

What's the catch?

No catch. Operators offer decent deals for apartment buildings. They do try to sell you all sorts of extras and they they’ll usually get pretty much everybody in the building on board.

Edit: It’s the same thing as Maz has.

[Shindig]

Some broadbands over here are only like £3, but you have to pay line rental as well which can be £13-£20.

And that gets you about 10mbs.

[John Arne]

Thankfully, internet is getting quicker by the month here. 10years ago it was proper dial up shit.
Now, I pay $8 for about 18mbps, last I checked.

[hfswjyr]

I haven't looked much into it, but I suspect the prices have to do with the geographical distance some countries like USA or Australia have to cover with fibre ducts. That can't be cheap. Whereas most of Europe, you're laying a few km's and done.

[Magic]

I just get internet as part of the fee you pay to the housing cooperative (or whatever you call it when you own your flat). It's not super fast though maybe 20mbps? or 30 maybe. I dunno, it's pretty much always fast enough to stream 3 things simultaneously while downloading something, so it's fine for me. I'm guessing it costs the building something like 8 quid per month and household maybe.

It'll probably be a big pipe being split up between tenants (or pooled?) with a fair usage policy.

[igor_balis]

After years of moaning about shit virgin internet speeds, I finally managed to convince my mum to upgrade to one of their faster packages.

Only once she agreed and we got it installed did it finally occur to me that it might be my laptop's wifi adapter rather than Virgin or their hub thing. Turns out it was both, sort of.

Previously I was getting about 40mb/s through ethernet and about 10mb/s through my laptop. Since the upgrade I was getting 100+ through ethernet.....about about 10mb/s through my laptop. God knows why my laptop's wifi router is so shit, but I've bought a USB 802.11ac wifi adapter and I'm now getting 125mb/s dl and 20mb/s ul.

What an interesting post, Igor.

[Pepe]

So now your mum is spending more money on shit you don't need? Good son. Kids these days...

[igor_balis]

Nah dw I'm contributing to the cost, and cus our old contract was so shit it was basically the same price. It was more the middle-aged "I can't be arsed with sorting this out".