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We don't have the upgrade available in our area until "May - September 2016"... but I'd much prefer to get better upstream than pointlessly high downstream. In the end, that's what might push me back to Infinity at the end of our 18 month VM contract, as the difference between 10-12Mb/s upstream and potential 19Mb/s with Infinity is very noticeable when you're trying to do cloud backups. 80 vs 200 downstream isn't noticeable in normal use...
outnumbered said:
We don't have the upgrade available in our area until "May - September 2016"... but I'd much prefer to get better upstream than pointlessly high downstream. In the end, that's what might push me back to Infinity at the end of our 18 month VM contract, as the difference between 10-12Mb/s upstream and potential 19Mb/s with Infinity is very noticeable when you're trying to do cloud backups. 80 vs 200 downstream isn't noticeable in normal use...
It's a fair point. Even at 80 MBPS I often find that a download is limited by the server at the other end rather than your internet connection. Didnt realise you had to order the upgrade, but will do that. It prompted me to do a speed test to see what I am getting now. 55Mbps on my iphone and 1.8Mbps on my android tablet.
Anyone have an explanation why the difference? Repeated the test a few times with similar results. Ping on my tablet is around 200-300ms and 10ms on phone. Just a bit odd.
Anyone have an explanation why the difference? Repeated the test a few times with similar results. Ping on my tablet is around 200-300ms and 10ms on phone. Just a bit odd.
mudster said:
Didnt realise you had to order the upgrade, but will do that. It prompted me to do a speed test to see what I am getting now. 55Mbps on my iphone and 1.8Mbps on my android tablet.
Anyone have an explanation why the difference? Repeated the test a few times with similar results. Ping on my tablet is around 200-300ms and 10ms on phone. Just a bit odd.
Cheap and/or old Android tablet?Anyone have an explanation why the difference? Repeated the test a few times with similar results. Ping on my tablet is around 200-300ms and 10ms on phone. Just a bit odd.
jodypress said:
Got my new superhub today. Surprisingly Yodel delivered without any trouble. Set it up and called to activate.
Seriously impressed with the new superhub. Great range with the 5ghz and don't need my old extender. 211mb on ethernet and 204mb on my phone. Yowser!!!!
Do that again and use a non-Virgin Media hosted server. All (I suspect, can't see clearly in the picture) you are testing there is the speed of VMs internal network, which given it's a private network, should be very good. A better test is to include their connections to the outside world as that's where all your traffic comes from, Google, Amazon, Netflix, iPlayer etc. This is where BT is strong and VM less so.Seriously impressed with the new superhub. Great range with the 5ghz and don't need my old extender. 211mb on ethernet and 204mb on my phone. Yowser!!!!
George111 said:
Do that again and use a non-Virgin Media hosted server. All (I suspect, can't see clearly in the picture) you are testing there is the speed of VMs internal network, which given it's a private network, should be very good. A better test is to include their connections to the outside world as that's where all your traffic comes from, Google, Amazon, Netflix, iPlayer etc. This is where BT is strong and VM less so.
I just tried it again on Speedtest.net and similar speeds. Clicked different servers and not much different tbh. All I know is my torrents download ridiculously fast, hosting Skype calls and gotomeeting webinars are fine and my genreal web browsing if great. All in all I'm very happy.jodypress said:
George111 said:
Do that again and use a non-Virgin Media hosted server. All (I suspect, can't see clearly in the picture) you are testing there is the speed of VMs internal network, which given it's a private network, should be very good. A better test is to include their connections to the outside world as that's where all your traffic comes from, Google, Amazon, Netflix, iPlayer etc. This is where BT is strong and VM less so.
I just tried it again on Speedtest.net and similar speeds. Clicked different servers and not much different tbh. All I know is my torrents download ridiculously fast, hosting Skype calls and gotomeeting webinars are fine and my genreal web browsing if great. All in all I'm very happy.outnumbered said:
mudster said:
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. About 2 years old now.
Maybe the iPhone is using 5Ghz radio and the Android tab is on 2.4Ghz and it's really congested ?outnumbered said:
mudster said:
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. About 2 years old now.
Maybe the iPhone is using 5Ghz radio and the Android tab is on 2.4Ghz and it's really congested ?Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff