PIngs and speeds been awful here in Bolton since Christmas. Had an engineer over yesterday to check things over. He reckoned my levels were spot on. Contacted Virgin last night via newsgroups and was told that there is nothing they can do. Not happy...
This is on 20 Mb line
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:16:58 GMT
Test 1: 1024K took 3172 ms = 322.8 KB/sec, approx 2660 Kbps, 2.6 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 1360 ms = 752.9 KB/sec, approx 6204 Kbps, 6.06 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 3172 ms = 322.8 KB/sec, approx 2660 Kbps, 2.6 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 4578 ms = 447.4 KB/sec, approx 3687 Kbps, 3.6 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 3803 Kbps, 3.72 Mbps
Pinging
www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.253.73] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=71ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=245
Reply from 212.58.253.73: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=245
Ping statistics for 212.58.253.73:
Packets: Sent = 20, Received = 20, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 17ms, Maximum = 71ms, Average = 30ms
Pings much better today than of late...