50M Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS) - Page 88

thenry · 09-05-2012, 23:09

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Originally Posted by kwikbreaks

VM are quite capable of overselling their bandwidth all on their lonesome imo. Either that or there are an awful lot of clones in operation countrywide.

both.

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Originally Posted by kwikbreaks

@thenry With the sort of performance you must be getting have you considered upgrading to ADSL - anything less than a 5km line will probably be better than your cable.

Infinitys available but im in contract.

cook1984 · 10-05-2012, 00:12

VM said there is oversubscription in my area, just not enough for them to actually care...

qasdfdsaq · 10-05-2012, 01:18

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Originally Posted by thenry

Infinitys available but im in contract.

1) You may be able to wrangle your way out if the service is really poor

2) VM as far as I recall don't charge full price to buy out a contract, so it may be cheaper than you think

3) A lot of people I know have to services (e.g. VM + BT or two BT lines)

4) Some providers (e.g. TalkTalk) have been cold calling me offering to pay off the remaining 17 months of my BT contract to move to them. I'm sure if you dig around a bit... Where there's a will there's a way eh?

Kymmy · 10-05-2012, 09:09

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

2) VM as far as I recall don't charge full price to buy out a contract, so it may be cheaper than you think

Last time I heard it was £10 per service per month upto a maximum (was £120 but no idea atm)

thenry · 10-05-2012, 10:19

i'll try

kwikbreaks · 10-05-2012, 11:49

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Originally Posted by cook1984

VM said there is oversubscription in my area, just not enough for them to actually care...

I don't think they bother until the cables actually start to melt...

GavChap · 10-05-2012, 12:23

Here's today's super happy fun graph. Things seem to be quite settled down after the upgrade now.

pabscars · 10-05-2012, 12:34

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Originally Posted by thenry

i'll try

I wouldnt be paying a cent to get out of your contract Henry, your BB just isnt fit for purpose at the moment, imo that should be enough for a get out of jail free card from Vm.

How long has it been oversubbed,

thenry · 10-05-2012, 12:49

na i wont be giving them anything to end my contract early but theres upgrade work going on i think which makes me think those up top at VM will tell me to hold out. it wasnt bad last week prior to them pushing more down channels and changing both down and up channel(s).

pabscars · 10-05-2012, 12:59

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Originally Posted by thenry

na i wont be giving them anything to end my contract early but theres upgrade work going on i think which makes me think those up top at VM will tell me to hold out. it wasnt bad last week prior to them pushing more down channels and changing both down and up channel(s).

In that case it's worth waiting to see if things improve

Kymmy · 10-05-2012, 13:10

Strange dip in latency yesterday about 4pm

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SnoopZ · 10-05-2012, 15:07

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Originally Posted by Kymmy

Strange dip in latency yesterday about 4pm

I had that to on my TBM, you will probably find it increased at 2pm on Tuesday and then decreased back to normal at 4pm Wednesday.

kwikbreaks · 10-05-2012, 15:20

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ

I had that to on my TBM, you will probably find it increased at 2pm on Tuesday and then decreased back to normal at 4pm Wednesday.

Yes - same here at those times.

babis3g · 10-05-2012, 15:52

VM XXL 100 with draytec vigor 2850n
Has slightly less ping's than the SH it self
Just set it up
Spikes are from speed tests/ping tests/dns address tests

craigj2k12 · 10-05-2012, 17:37

Mines looking a lot better than usual