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Old 07-04-2008, 20:04   #13
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Re: XL 20Meg - What is an acceptable level of drop off in download speed?

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Originally Posted by Noggo View Post
I'm currently on XL BB and I'm wondering what other Virgin media users class as an acceptable level of drop off in download speed. Day after day I see the same drop off in speed, tech support think there is no problem:

According to google 20480000 bits/sec = 2.44140625 MB/s. To me an acceptable level would be around 2/3 of the maximum, which should be around 1.62 MB/s

These are the figures from the last day and an half (four simultaneous downloads, two from fuller.zen.co.uk/test and two from gamefiles.virginmedia.com)

28th March 2008
09:48 - 2521 KB/s
12:12 - 1581 KB/s
14:20 - 1106 KB/s
16:28 - 926 KB/s
18:29 - 1304 KB/s

29th March 2008
09:24 - 2375 KB/s
11:12 - 1086 KB/s
12:13 - 268.5 KB/s
Hi noggo
are you still having trouble with your speeds or have the sort you out yet
because mine are still rubish for some time during the day and that period is seaming long each day they still say it the ubr , but still not got a fix date
yet ,or any idea . do you know anymore about it
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