Woohoo - Finally ordered 20MB Broadband!

[JIMZ]

I have been struggling on with crap service from my ISP, supposed to get 2MB but not sure I have ever got it (currently just 300kb!)

I have just ordered 20MB via fibre which should be a bit faster! Silly bit is, it costs about the same as the crap BB I have been getting from BT!

Looking forward to this, and install is this Saturday, that is quick!

Anyone in the UK got 20MB from Virgin? What are you experiencing on average?

JZ

[Smitty]

You'll not find I tutorial anywhere on the Internet, but I use to have connections through a friend who knew a REAL hardware hacker. He had a mod chip you welded or something into the modem. That gave mod gave you access to enter any mac address for the modem NOT the PC itself. Comcast provides service via mac so it was free extremely highspeed internet that was not traceable. Good luck with your fast internet!

[mikey1090]

Im trying to persuade my Dad to go with virgin media. Let me know if it is the mother of all broadbans Jim

I'm in university halls and during the day we can get 50MB internet. at night its more like 0.5 mb tho when everyone uses it

[JIMZ]

Students are terrible for Porn aren't you!

[Blackman]

Virgin has two types of broadband: ADSL and Cable.

If you are going for Virgin, then you should take cable broadband, because if you need ADSL, then there are tons of other better deals around.

I won't compare ADSL and Cable here, because it's quite long story, but overall cable broadband wins.

I didn't know about this when I subscribed to BE Broadband (24mb download - £18/month), otherwise I would go for Virgin cable. However, I am really happy with my service. Yes, I had few connection problems during the year that I am a member, but nothing major. (knock wood).

They are really great.

My recommendation would be, either Be Broadband or Virgin Media Cable Broadband

[JeremyWaller]

Man, I'm getting royally screwed on the other side of the pond. I pay ~$35/mo for 6mb down and 1mb up.

[JIMZ]

£10/month for the 20MB cable broadband for first 6 months and then £20/month after.

Not sure what the upload is, don't think it is as much as 1mb?

[Smitty]

The pricing varies depending on your location. I know that it is extremely true for the Uk and the US; especialy for remote places, it gets you less bang for your buck.

[Ashley]

£10/month for the 20MB cable broadband for first 6 months and then £20/month after.

Not sure what the upload is, don't think it is as much as 1mb?

If its 20 down im sure it will be at least 2mb up.

Anyway.. who uploads? lol

[mikey1090]

Yeah, people here have no sense. When I want to watch a movie online I turn the PC on at lunch time and buffer an entire movie in minutes then I can watch it at night.

Then we have the non-tech people. Or people with no commonsense. 10pm at night and they are trying to watch TV online. Some people need to learn about bandwidth. Theres like 600 students living here. 300 people online at night i reckon. Then they wonder why its slow.

[seregap]

i've been using BT 8mb one for couple of month before they hit me with there 'fair usage policy' shit. now i'm not getting more than 1mb peak time. i'm thinking about virgin as well now. and it's 1024 up, at least thats what they advertise in my area.

[kjh]

I have just ordered 20MB via fibre which should be a bit faster! Silly bit is, it costs about the same as the crap BB I have been getting from BT!

Holy wow! I wonder what your upload is though. I work for a company here in the States and they're paying about US$1600/mo for a 10Mbps line. Of course, the upload is 10Mbps too, but it boggles my mind that you're getting that for less than $100/mo. I'm officially jealous!

_KJH

[truelights]

Holy wow! I wonder what your upload is though. I work for a company here in the States and they're paying about US$1600/mo for a 10Mbps line. Of course, the upload is 10Mbps too, but it boggles my mind that you're getting that for less than $100/mo. I'm officially jealous!

_KJH

US1600!? That's a lot!!!

[kjh]

US1600!? That's a lot!!!

Yah, but it's a business only service, so they get to charge a *lot* more! Time Warner Cable (Business) for anyone interested. It's a 10x10 service that is run over fiber. Comes in nice and simply over an Ethernet connection to your computer/router. They supply the required equipment to convert from fiber to Ethernet.

[JIMZ]

Proof of my speedy broadband folks

[arwen54]

If its 20 down im sure it will be at least 2mb up.

Anyway.. who uploads? lol

I upload all the time..whenever I do WordPress upgrades for clients, and for my various blogs..

I have cable high speed internet and it's pretty good most of the time