Superhub : Broadband Speeds

[gryphon]

Hi, just doing some reading up on the new VM Vivid which says it will take my speeds from 152 to 200Mbps.

I am currently on 'up to, 152 Mbps, using speed test i've always averaged about 40Mbps download speeds and about 12 upload. My phone the other hand get 70+Mbps and 12.

Anybody else experience similar.

[SnoopZ]

I am guessing you're using wireless on your computer and speed is limited to the speed of the devices wireless card, try wired and see what you get.

[gryphon]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

I am guessing you're using wireless on your computer and speed is limited to the speed of the devices wireless card, try wired and see what you get.

Yes wireless on both. Have tried hard wired before with excellent speeds but just recently tested speed of phone. Probably just the speed of the Asus laptop

[Kushan]

It's the wireless card in your laptop. It'll be a low-end, 1x1 card, probably Wireless-N but yeah that's the speed you'd expect. You'd need to swap out the wireless card for a better model, use Ethernet or just accept it.

Mind you if you're happy with those speeds, there's just no need to be on 152Mbit.

[thenry]

Try updating drivers. It may help. Search you're computer manufacturers website for support for your device or you try Windows update...

Right click start icon or press the win key and X > device manager > expand Network adapters > right click the hardware component in question and click on update driver software then search automatically for updated driver software

[Ken W]

Originally Posted by gryphon

Hi, just doing some reading up on the new VM Vivid which says it will take my speeds from 152 to 200Mbps.

I am currently on 'up to, 152 Mbps, using speed test i've always averaged about 40Mbps download speeds and about 12 upload. My phone the other hand get 70+Mbps and 12.

Anybody else experience similar.

I have Hub 3 and I am on the 150 tier and get 158 dpown and 10 upload both Ethernet and wireless that is on my desktop but on my laptop I get 70 down and 10 up but the cause is the wireless card in the laptop.

[gryphon]

So on the back of that, is it worth getting the new VM Vivid 200 if I'm only getting low speeds on my laptop

[thenry]

It totally depends on your needs. Whats for certain is it would be worthwhile buying a USB wifi adapter to go with Vivid 200 or as Kushan said replace your wifi card inside the laptop

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by gryphon

So on the back of that, is it worth getting the new VM Vivid 200 if I'm only getting low speeds on my laptop

Only if you're going to have multiple users using it at the same time. It doesn't sound like you have any real issues with your current setup.

[thenry]

Vivid 200 isn't solely for people whom have multiple internet users. The OP may want to all the bandwidth for him or herself.

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by thenry

Vivid 200 isn't solely for people whom have multiple internet users. The OP may want to all the bandwidth for him or herself.

Yeah but if his laptop can only pull half of the 200, then there's literally no point unless there's also other users.

[thenry]

or he or she buys better hardware or even a better laptop.

[hedgie]

Originally Posted by Kushan

Yeah but if his laptop can only pull half of the 200, then there's literally no point unless there's also other users.

Agreed, we have six in our house and anything upto 20 connected devices. tablets, phones, Roku, four x-boxes two laptops, streaming TV's, etc. For me its the total bandwidth that's important, 30Mb for a single user should be fine. I don't want to hear the kids moaning about buffering though.

If we had a stable peak time connection I actually suspect we could survive quite happily on a much lower headline speed than the 200 we currently have.