upgrading my net

[.z4.]

Hello.
Im on 20meg atm with virgin and its an extra 10£ to upgrade to the 50 meg net.
im paying 40£ atm

What should i do!!! :P


Thanks Tom

[Coldplay]

May I ask why you need 50 meg?

[.z4.]

i dont know but its only an extra 10 for 50 :/

and i do alot of gaming and hosting my on severs.

Thanks
Tom

[Coldplay]

It's download speed, not upload.

And thats £120 a year. Credit crunch is on dontcha know.

[.z4.]

It's download speed, not upload.

And thats £120 a year. Credit crunch is on dontcha know.

its 50 meg download and 30 meg upload. mate got it down the road.

the only reason why im thinking of doing it coz i get the install cheaper

Lol

money dont matter

[Berch]

Im thinking about getting it as well im probably going to this weekend so i'd defo recommend it cause it's sexy.

[Robbie]

It is not 30meg upload. It is 1.5meg

[.z4.]

It is not 30meg upload. It is 1.5meg

my mates is 30 meg

[Robbie]

No it isn't, not if he is on Virgin Media 50mb.

Can't believe I have to get proof here but

In a nutshell, you'll get a download speed of up to 50Mb, with an upload speed of up to 1.5Mb

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/50Mb/faq.html#_4

[.z4.]

No it isn't, not if he is on Virgin Media 50mb.

Can't believe I have to get proof here but


http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/50Mb/faq.html#_4


Well, i know what i saw!
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[Recursion]

And we all know Speedtest can make mistakes :rolleyes:!!!

[.z4.]

And we all know Speedtest can make mistakes :rolleyes:!!!

what like 10 times!

coz i was like ***!

Thats CLASS!
and toby was like i know i dunno why im getting this much
i sed
lol
who cares!

lol

[Recursion]

Yes, it can do.

Like when we moved to BT speedtest.net was reporting like 20 meg download and 10 meg upload for a day or so which is impossible on a standard broadband line like ours..

[Nick.]

LOL one pound per meg.. no thanks.
I wouldn't. 20meg should be fine, I live with 2. you'll live :)

[Coldplay]

I have 2 =[ I'd rather have 10 though.

[Stephen!]

LOL one pound per meg.. no thanks.
I wouldn't. 20meg should be fine, I live with 2. you'll live :)

One pound per meg is a good deal. How much do you pay for your 2MB connection? I bet it's more than £2..

[Nick.]

it's free, actually. and it's upto 8meg but max i can get is 2. gutted.

[Flisker]

im meant to have 8mb internet for £17.50 (o2) and atm all I get is less than 1mb

[Berch]

Even if you dont get your 30mb upload which probably was just speedtest erroring. Come on.. 50mb download is frigging amazing depending on the type of person for someone who games alot and does alot of movie/tv/music downloading it's a great connection and cant wait to get mine

[Stephen!]

it's free, actually.

oh..
i got pwned

[Flisker]

Probably the Sky Bundle pack thing... (Just guessing)

[Recursion]

Even if you dont get your 30mb upload which probably was just speedtest erroring. Come on.. 50mb download is frigging amazing depending on the type of person for someone who games alot and does alot of movie/tv/music downloading it's a great connection and cant wait to get mine

No one needs a 50mb connection in the UK right now because it'll just be slowed down by the servers etc.

[Agnostic Bear]

No one needs a 50mb connection in the UK right now because it'll just be slowed down by the servers etc.

50Mb (the full 5.8MiB/s speed) isn't meant for browsing web pages, it's meant for downloading hd movies and such from sites that can handle that kind of bandwidth.

[Nick.]

Probably the Sky Bundle pack thing... (Just guessing)
No, TalkTalk.

[.z4.]

Even if you dont get your 30mb upload which probably was just speedtest erroring. Come on.. 50mb download is frigging amazing depending on the type of person for someone who games alot and does alot of movie/tv/music downloading it's a great connection and cant wait to get mine

Thats what i do :)

Lol

Mines coming in 1/2 weeks! mint ye :)

Lol

i will get some shots :P
Lol

Thanks
Tom!

[Robbie]

Even if you dont get your 30mb upload which probably was just speedtest erroring. Come on.. 50mb download is frigging amazing depending on the type of person for someone who games alot and does alot of movie/tv/music downloading it's a great connection and cant wait to get mine

Thats all well and good, but for gaming you need good pings aswell, and lets face it, Virgin don't have the best.

[Sunny.]

Ive got 10mb for £10.
Great speeds though

[blanky12!]

not sure what mine is due to the fact of tiscali being arses..

i should get : 8mb
i only get a little less then 4mb..

[tm]

Don't bother - as others have said, it's not needed unless you're doing a lot of downloads of huge files.

Desperate to spend a tenner? Buy a new mouse or something.

[Robbie]

Thats good really. Remember it's 'up to', and your internal wiring and exchange distance/condition can greatly affect it. I wouldn't be moaning with 4mb of 8 tbh

[.z4.]

Thats all well and good, but for gaming you need good pings aswell, and lets face it, Virgin don't have the best.

Why don't they?
i get 21 ping? on speed test?

Thanks

[Robbie]

Why don't they?
i get 21 ping? on speed test?

Thanks

I know quite a few people who don't get such good pings with Virgin, you'd think they'd be able to manage decent pings and upload speeds if they're about to start trialling 150meg