[Gllug] Anyone using Virgin Media?

[Hampus Linden]

Got the same experience with my Virgin ADSL.
Speeds at peak time are horrible, ping is up and down. IRC over SSH in a
screen can feel like
a 28.8k modem connection sometimes. :-(
My connection syncs at close to 8Mbit and I that's the speed I get if I
schedule a download
at say 4am in the morning. Very few outages though, I think it's just very
very congested.
Bottom line, not recommended!

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Ashley Evans <ashley at k2.com> wrote:

>
> I use them.  I'm not really happy with the quality of the network.  Pings
> all over the place.  Download speed very inconsistent.  Never a problem with
> downtime in fairness though but I wouldn't choose them again - at least not
> on cable.
>
> Best I've used in the past few years is Bethere (24meg adsl2 with
> consistent service, good speeds, cheap, static ip option)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gllug-bounces at gllug.org.uk on behalf of Justin Perreault
> Sent: Sat 01/03/2008 10:26 AM
> To: Greater London Linux User Group
> Subject: [Gllug] Anyone using Virgin Media?
>
> Woohoo, just signed my life away for a flat in Crawley and so I am in
> need of a broadband provider.
>
> I am looking at the bundles Virgin( www.virginmedia.com ) has and it
> looks like I can actually reduce my bills by about a tenner a month
> overall for phone, mobile, broadband and I get bonus tv channels to
> boot.
>
> The modem provided has an Ethernet connection so the questions are;
>
> Anyone here using them for their broadband over their fibre-optic lines?
>
> How does the service compare with other providers you have used?
>
> Any insight appreciated. Tiscali will never see another £ of mine again
> and my current operator ukonline has some interruptions but not too
> many, I expect similar from most providers.
>
> Justin
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