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jinked said:
a couple of seconds (connected at 100mbps)
That will be your connection to your network (i.e. you're connected to your router @ 100mbps).Virgin are just about to release the UK's fastest broadband (few month's time) at 50mb - and that will be a flagship service.
My average line at home is 2mb.
TonyHetherington said:
Virgin are just about to release the UK's fastest broadband (few month's time) at 50mb - and that will be a flagship service.
are you sure about that: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7202396.stmthe speed i quoted is our connection speed, its a corporate network so our line is connected directly to the telco.
try this if you want to check your line speed: http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/speed-test.asp?p...
jinked said:
TonyHetherington said:
Virgin are just about to release the UK's fastest broadband (few month's time) at 50mb - and that will be a flagship service.
are you sure about that: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7202396.stmthe speed i quoted is our connection speed, its a corporate network so our line is connected directly to the telco.
try this if you want to check your line speed: http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/speed-test.asp?p...
10meg up, 10meg down costs us over 12k a year!
jinked said:
TonyHetherington said:
Virgin are just about to release the UK's fastest broadband (few month's time) at 50mb - and that will be a flagship service.
are you sure about that: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7202396.stm(if you see what I mean?)
nevertheless, if you have a 100mb corporate line that is quite something (is that technically possible? Assume so....I don't know?!?!)
i work for a networking company so we need our own circuit so that we can support customer networks etc.
as for providing it for a home user, the main cost is setting up the infrastructure, i hope they got a discount for buying all that fiber bulk.
contention ratio is the same principal as a road. if there is one line from your exchange feeding 50 homes, when you are the only person on the line it will have no congestion. when the other 50 people start to use it, it will become more congested and will then start to slow down.
if you are at home during the day, test the speed of your connection when most people are at work (or should be) and then test it when most people are at home. you should see a difference,
as for providing it for a home user, the main cost is setting up the infrastructure, i hope they got a discount for buying all that fiber bulk.
contention ratio is the same principal as a road. if there is one line from your exchange feeding 50 homes, when you are the only person on the line it will have no congestion. when the other 50 people start to use it, it will become more congested and will then start to slow down.
if you are at home during the day, test the speed of your connection when most people are at work (or should be) and then test it when most people are at home. you should see a difference,
ing thread hijack of the year this...why don't you all 
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