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Originally Posted by Mick Fisher
For instance, yesterday my outward connection to a certain destination was mainly provided via the exceedly DIRE Level3. Several routers appeared to be saturated and dropping packets. My inward connection was mainly via the equally dire Sprintlink who seemed to be in even worst shape than Level3. 30 connections could only get around 10meg at about midday.
Its just another way for VM to save money and limit bandwidth to the detriment of their subscribers surfing experience.  |
Level3 is Virgin's primary partner for transatlantic AFAIK.
I noticed that at precisely midnight yesterday, presumably as *everyone* starts their scheduled downloads (to avoid STM), speeds took a nosedive.
By 2am all was back to normal...
Virgin are skanking us all! Even off-peak. I am seriously considering Be...
BTW, I download approx100gb per month on 20mb. I am not a P*SS TAKER and expect a minimum service level to the USA.
We demand more for our £37 (OR £27 as I'm paying)
We need to get an official statement from V re. their routing (won't happen I know) or some insiders in the industry to spill the beans -
A before and after comparison would be useful.