Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
02-12-2011, 16:37
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Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
http://www.cable.co.uk/news/virgin-m...-uk-801228562/
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Net Index has claimed Virgin Media offers the fastest downloads of any major UK internet service provider.
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The broadband measurement specialist conducted a study involving 3,139,648 tests between November 2nd and December 1st 2011, and ranked the cable company in the top spot with a typical download rate of 17.74Mbps.
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The league table includes the 20 largest ISPs with at least 100 tests performed on their broadband lines during the study period.
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02-12-2011, 16:45
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Re: Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
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No surprise there
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02-12-2011, 16:45
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Re: Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
None at all.
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02-12-2011, 16:50
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Re: Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
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Does me fine
Sky were 14th 
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02-12-2011, 17:04
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Re: Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
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Sky were 14th
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I'm surprised they're that high !
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02-12-2011, 17:23
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Re: Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
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Originally Posted by gba93
I'm surprised they're that high !
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Well how couldn't they be? They are the only provider with 100mb. At least until BT bring out their 300mb next year.
Edit: Oops sorry, I thought you were talking about VM, not Sky.
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02-12-2011, 19:25
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Re: Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
Well I think one thing being a Virginmedia customer has taught a lot of people is.....
Hitting 50mb on Speedtest.net does not mean you have a usable high quality internet connection. It just means you can hit 50mb on Speedtest.net.
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02-12-2011, 19:28
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Re: Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
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Originally Posted by New to cable
Well I think one thing being a Virginmedia customer has taught a lot of people is.....
Hitting 50mb on Speedtest.net does not mean you have a usable high quality internet connection. It just means you can hit 50mb on Speedtest.net.
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You also need good Signal levels Sky Fanboy.
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02-12-2011, 19:33
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Re: Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
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You also need good Signal levels Sky Fanboy.
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Sky fanboy?
Ok , I have Sky for TV, I have VM internet and I have BT ADSL internet how would that make me a fanboy?
By the way how do you decide which words you're going to put a capital letter at the beggining? Or is it random?
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02-12-2011, 19:35
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Re: Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
Do you get a wage from rupert 
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02-12-2011, 19:43
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Re: Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
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Names and places should always have a capital letter. By the way Sky internet is just a pants as VM's but BT really has a quality service. Yes I am a BT fanboy as they are giving me Infinity very soon.
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02-12-2011, 19:50
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Re: Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
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Originally Posted by New to cable
Names and places should always have a capital letter. By the way Sky internet is just a pants as VM's but BT really has a quality service. Yes I am a BT fanboy as they are giving me Infinity very soon.
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Define giving ....
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02-12-2011, 19:54
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Re: Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
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By the way Sky internet is just a pants as VM's
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Really ?
http://shop.virginmedia.com/broadban...explained.html
I have noticed you have turned off your reputation level
I wonder why 
Last edited by HD Boy; 02-12-2011 at 20:32.
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02-12-2011, 21:10
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Re: Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
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Originally Posted by New to cable
Well I think one thing being a Virginmedia customer has taught a lot of people is.....
Hitting 50mb on Speedtest.net does not mean you have a usable high quality internet connection. It just means you can hit 50mb on Speedtest.net.
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I'm lucky to hit 70mb, and I'm supposed to have 100.
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02-12-2011, 21:27
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Re: Virgin named fastest major broadband provider
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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan
I'm lucky to hit 70mb, and I'm supposed to have 100.
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Signal problems ?
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