Dr.No

Just noticed that my Newsleecher is currently downloading at 2.34MB/s..

Yes, 2.34 megabytes per second - so 20Mb/s or there abouts!

Thanks VirginMedia - I don't care if you don't have Sky One any more (as I don't take the TV service, I use Sky!) - but the broadband is great...

An episode of LOST, et al, should be (well, working it out) - 800MB per episode (if I take the high def versions) comes in at about 5 minutes!

Iain Young

Activated today then? Mine was only working at 7mb last night...

spectrum48k

So, do existing customers on 4Mb get a speed boost too ?

Dr.No

Just says "Complete" here Iain:

Where's my upgrade?

So - no idea when, in the last few days, it happened... but it's certainly damn quick right now!

Come 4pm of course, it may get s-l-o-w-e-r.......

Iain Young

Yep, it's said "complete" since Wednesday, but I'm still only getting 7mb (although I haven't checked today yet - I'm in the office)...

Daz34

I was told not which is why I now have Sky Broadband getting 15000Kbps with a saving of £15 per month.

Iain Young

Just got home and given it a go. Only getting 6Mb now...

Dr.No

Just tried again, using Speedtest.net (to Maidenhead rather than London)..

and am consistently getting >10Mb, and just hit 13.5Mb.

The 20Mb+ that I achieved this pm was to the VirginMedia newsgroup servers - so it's gonna be as quick as it possibly can be.

Iain Young

That's odd. Using the same speedtest, I'm only getting around 8mb download. What newsreader do you use to access the newsgroups? I think I may give that a try next...

Silver Scooby Sport

iTrader: (15)

Is this on the phone line or via cable ?

Iain Young

Cable. I'm pretty sure it's the modem at fault. It's an old TJ210 which I've had for 5+ years, and the specs claim it doesn't even support 10mbs

Silver Scooby Sport

iTrader: (15)

I'm on a phone line here... I use BT and we have no cable in the area, roll on when they get the phone exchanges up to this sort of speed.

Dr.No

Errr... unless you intend to move house to a building within spitting distance (almost literally) of your local exchange I don't think you'll be seeing 20Mb+ speeds down a normal copper telephone line.

Fibre to the home will bring the next big speed hike - which is what we need to start looking forward to.

Silver Scooby Sport

iTrader: (15)

It's going to be a lonnnnggggg wait then.

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

VM has tested the 50mb and 100mb connection in London and it works.. in theory the fibre cable that hold our network can be uncapped... its the servers that suck *****