mks2005
24-10-2007, 22:32
Hey all,
Just wondering, as far as ToC read, is there a limit to which your latency (to say, UK websites) can be at which it no longer becomes an acceptable level of service from the provider? I read something about in terms of speed, BT gave a figure of > 0.4Mb being 'acceptable'.
I wonder because, at the moment, my latency (and to a lesser extent, speed) is frustratingly poor most of the time, and I wonder if I have any ground to challenge VM as not offering me an acceptable level of service.
For the record, I'm on ADSL ("up to 8Mbit" [reaches 5Mbit on rare occasions, usually more in the region of 0.3-1Mbit, pings at peak are 180-250ms.])
Just wondering, as far as ToC read, is there a limit to which your latency (to say, UK websites) can be at which it no longer becomes an acceptable level of service from the provider? I read something about in terms of speed, BT gave a figure of > 0.4Mb being 'acceptable'.
I wonder because, at the moment, my latency (and to a lesser extent, speed) is frustratingly poor most of the time, and I wonder if I have any ground to challenge VM as not offering me an acceptable level of service.
For the record, I'm on ADSL ("up to 8Mbit" [reaches 5Mbit on rare occasions, usually more in the region of 0.3-1Mbit, pings at peak are 180-250ms.])