Wullie! 8 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 I have 10meg broadband, but just done a speed test and it's showing up as 512Kb. With VM. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMac 185 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Yes it all depends on how close you are to the nearest server and how much bandwidth is being used, it called traffic shaping. Its not 10mbp/s you have, it upto 10Mbp/s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie! 8 Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 Yes it all depends on how close you are to the nearest server and how much bandwidth is being used, it called traffic shaping. Its not 10mbp/s you have, it upto 10Mbp/s. Every other time I have checked it has been slightly under the 10Mb, but now its at 512Kb. Just checked their policy. I've not even breached any of the terms in the traffic management. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
klbs-RFC 21 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Where did you do the speed test? Some of the places are rubbish for showing what your actual speed is. Try here. Broadband speed test Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie! 8 Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 Where did you do the speed test? Some of the places are rubbish for showing what your actual speed is. Try here. Broadband speed test Used speedtest Will wait till later, and if it is still the same I'll be on the phone to VM in the morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMac 185 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Yes it all depends on how close you are to the nearest server and how much bandwidth is being used, it called traffic shaping. Its not 10mbp/s you have, it upto 10Mbp/s. Every other time I have checked it has been slightly under the 10Mb, but now its at 512Kb. Just checked their policy. I've not even breached any of the terms in the traffic management. It doesn't matter, they have a 'HUB' which is the start of their internet providing. On this HUB they can fit as many users as they want but they only have a limited bandwidth, which every customer uses. Therefore the more customers online, the more bandwidth being used. To combat this they partake in 'traffic shaping' in which they limit all there customers bandwidth on that HUB. This is completely different from the fair usage policy and about 90% of ISP's in the UK use it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie! 8 Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 Yes it all depends on how close you are to the nearest server and how much bandwidth is being used, it called traffic shaping. Its not 10mbp/s you have, it upto 10Mbp/s. Every other time I have checked it has been slightly under the 10Mb, but now its at 512Kb. Just checked their policy. I've not even breached any of the terms in the traffic management. It doesn't matter, they have a 'HUB' which is the start of their internet providing. On this HUB they can fit as many users as they want but they only have a limited bandwidth, which every customer uses. Therefore the more customers online, the more bandwidth being used. To combat this they partake in 'traffic shaping' in which they limit all there customers bandwidth on that HUB. This is completely different from the fair usage policy and about 90% of ISP's in the UK use it. I've confused the two then. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMac 185 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Yes it all depends on how close you are to the nearest server and how much bandwidth is being used, it called traffic shaping. Its not 10mbp/s you have, it upto 10Mbp/s. Every other time I have checked it has been slightly under the 10Mb, but now its at 512Kb. Just checked their policy. I've not even breached any of the terms in the traffic management. It doesn't matter, they have a 'HUB' which is the start of their internet providing. On this HUB they can fit as many users as they want but they only have a limited bandwidth, which every customer uses. Therefore the more customers online, the more bandwidth being used. To combat this they partake in 'traffic shaping' in which they limit all there customers bandwidth on that HUB. This is completely different from the fair usage policy and about 90% of ISP's in the UK use it. I've confused the two then. Cheers. It's the same reason i left my old ISP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie! 8 Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 Yes it all depends on how close you are to the nearest server and how much bandwidth is being used, it called traffic shaping. Its not 10mbp/s you have, it upto 10Mbp/s. Every other time I have checked it has been slightly under the 10Mb, but now its at 512Kb. Just checked their policy. I've not even breached any of the terms in the traffic management. It doesn't matter, they have a 'HUB' which is the start of their internet providing. On this HUB they can fit as many users as they want but they only have a limited bandwidth, which every customer uses. Therefore the more customers online, the more bandwidth being used. To combat this they partake in 'traffic shaping' in which they limit all there customers bandwidth on that HUB. This is completely different from the fair usage policy and about 90% of ISP's in the UK use it. I've confused the two then. Cheers. It's the same reason i left my old ISP. I'm thinking of leaving VM too. Heard nothing but good things about o2/BE. Will wait till the 12 month contract runs out in July and then look around for a new ISP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMac 185 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Yes it all depends on how close you are to the nearest server and how much bandwidth is being used, it called traffic shaping. Its not 10mbp/s you have, it upto 10Mbp/s. Every other time I have checked it has been slightly under the 10Mb, but now its at 512Kb. Just checked their policy. I've not even breached any of the terms in the traffic management. It doesn't matter, they have a 'HUB' which is the start of their internet providing. On this HUB they can fit as many users as they want but they only have a limited bandwidth, which every customer uses. Therefore the more customers online, the more bandwidth being used. To combat this they partake in 'traffic shaping' in which they limit all there customers bandwidth on that HUB. This is completely different from the fair usage policy and about 90% of ISP's in the UK use it. I've confused the two then. Cheers. It's the same reason i left my old ISP. I'm thinking of leaving VM too. Heard nothing but good things about o2/BE. Will wait till the 12 month contract runs out in July and then look around for a new ISP. I was totally dubious about O2 because of the online gaming and ping issues, but they have been fantastic My ping to America has dropped by about 50ms, i have a constantly been above 15Mbp/s d/l and 1.2Mbp/s u/l. There really good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMac 185 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Oh and there is apparently a way to get out of a contract due to traffic shaping. Request your activity report and if it falls below the fair usage then they are breaking the contract for limiting you. I read about it somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie! 8 Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 D/L speeds back at 9.5Mbps. Don't know what was going on earlier, but seems to be sorted. Still looking to leave them in the future though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy1shoe 63 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 I got think a 10 meg would get capped top half a meg when u use up ur download allowance. Im on 20 meg and get capped to 5meg so u should be at least 2 meg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radlord 24 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Yeah, I'd get them to run some tests on the line too, just in case - like Davy says it seems a bit extreme. Is it actual proper Cable virgin internet? EDIT: ah fuck it's sorted now anyway. Good! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mgg 3,766 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 i have good things to say about Be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigRFC 1 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I've currently got 6.73 with an upload of 0.31 on BT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy1shoe 63 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Oh and there is apparently a way to get out of a contract due to traffic shaping. Request your activity report and if it falls below the fair usage then they are breaking the contract for limiting you. I read about it somewhere. you dot want to do that if you have the non tv broadband package that you get everything with :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chookes 20 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Anyone had any difficulties with Sky Broadband? I'm moving in a month and I'm looking forward to getting rid of BT. Over-priced, rude, slow bassas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radlord 24 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I'm on Sky - it used to be great and it's brilliant value if you've already got the TV/phone package. I say used to because I THINK they've started throttling my speeds during the day. I might be wrong though. Anyway I'd recommend them, although as RyanMac says O2 are supposed to be the best of the LLU guys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtin281 0 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 they were fucking you, they no doubt ran low on bandwidth. VM are cunts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mgg 3,766 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy1shoe 63 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Anyone had any difficulties with Sky Broadband? I'm moving in a month and I'm looking forward to getting rid of BT. Over-priced, rude, slow bassas. My pal down the road has it . Hes on 16meg no fair useage either and its on the same line his old isp could only give him 1 meg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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