ESPN Free With Virgin XL

[Barry Scott]

My internet is a fucking joke. I should get 8mb, but actually hve never had more than 2.2mb, which is actually the max in my area. Anyway, it's been up and down like a whores knickers as of late, and yesterday i recorded a new low of 17kbps down and 783kbps up.. I haven't had better than about 480 (down) for over a month.

If i could get better bb i would, but i'm told my problems are not due to my provider but my 5 mile distance from the exchange.

[pauld]

I think what PaulD said is still the same in practice, but if you buy cable broadband at an advertised speed then you should be receiving there or thereabouts that speed. They say "up to" because it's dependent on your own equipment and wiring and they also have traffic shaping policies.

If you've signed up to 50mb and aren't getting anywhere near that then you really should raise a support call.

Oh, yeah, even 10+ years ago, most of the time you should have been getting at or very close to the "up to" speed, it was only during very busy periods when contention would come into play. If you're getting nowhere near most of the time, there's a problem

[Spy]

Oh, yeah, even 10+ years ago, most of the time you should have been getting at or very close to the "up to" speed, it was only during very busy periods when contention would come into play. If you're getting nowhere near most of the time, there's a problem

OK maybe me and my housemates should look into this then!

[Simon Pieman]

You still share the speed with others, if you look into Virgin's contention ratios that will prove it. It's still quicker than adsl for many reasons though.

Do you have to have a phone line with Virgin to get the broadband/tv packages?

[Spy]

Do you have to have a phone line with Virgin to get the broadband/tv packages?

I'm pretty sure you don't.

[Barry Scott]

I just tried to sort myself out with them and i'd need to move to BT to get Virgin, which costs £41.

As much as i HATE TalkTalk, £20 for line rental, calls and unlimited BB is pretty good, especially when you bare in mind i get free calls, 24/7 to landlines located in most of the developed world. But i really, really would like a reliable internet connection for once.

[Ginginho]

I've not heard from Virgin yet, it's a week now since I sent my details asking for someone to contact me.

Bastards.

[Chubbs]

just realised i have espn and espn america, not keep on the espn banners down the sides

[Samdy Gray]

OK maybe me and my housemates should look into this then!

You shoud, yes. Have you managed near the full 50mb in the past? Chances are if there's more than one of you frequently using the connection and constantly d/ling torrents etc. that your connection may have been capped by Virgin.

I'm in the process of switching to Virgin ADSL at the moment for the extra speed they offer. I'm not in a cable area (I live at no. 22 and they stopped it at 14 for some gay reason) and my exchange hasn't been ADSL2+ enabled yet, but Virgin are able to offer up to 16mb at my exchange through LLU.

[Ginginho]

Cool.

Changing to V+ HD in a month, as I have to give Sky a months notice.
I save over a £5 a month, it is HD, I get ESPN and broadband is 5x faster than my current 2mb!

Sorry Yeovil, apparently I can't use the refer a friend thing as i'm already an existing customer with Virgin and you can't use it in conjunction with any offers apparently (i'm getting the HD box half price at £49.00)