1Mb broadband

> You do realise that cable broadband has nothing to do with ADSL....

Original poster said "I have Virgin National which is an ADSL service"

Wibble wrote:
>> You do realise that cable broadband has nothing to do with ADSL....
>
> Original poster said "I have Virgin National which is an ADSL service"
>
>
That's what I thought, then he said 'I have cable'
Or was that someone else..

I don't keep old messages..too much screen clutter.

Anyway whatever the realities its well known that Virgin ADSL is
probably the worst on the market except for AOL..

"The Natural Philosopher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Wibble wrote:
>>> You do realise that cable broadband has nothing to do with
>>> ADSL....
>>
>> Original poster said "I have Virgin National which is an ADSL
>> service"
> That's what I thought, then he said 'I have cable'
> Or was that someone else..
>
> I don't keep old messages..too much screen clutter.
>
> Anyway whatever the realities its well known that Virgin ADSL
> is probably the worst on the market except for AOL..



I said I have cable so what I get (in terms of speed) is
irrelevant - which it is. However I was <commenting> on ADSL
which is what the original post was about.

For the record I was one of the original beta testers for Virgin
dial-up so I have had 'connections' for quite a long time.
Fortunately I have never had to suffer the problems of ADSL
myself but through other members of the family and friends I have
had plenty of contact with it.


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

"The Natural Philosopher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Wibble wrote:
>>> You do realise that cable broadband has nothing to do with
>>> ADSL....
>>
>> Original poster said "I have Virgin National which is an ADSL
>> service"
> That's what I thought, then he said 'I have cable'
> Or was that someone else..
>
> I don't keep old messages..too much screen clutter.
>
> Anyway whatever the realities its well known that Virgin ADSL
> is probably the worst on the market except for AOL..



I said I have cable so what I get (in terms of speed) is
irrelevant - which it is. However I was <commenting> on ADSL
which is what the original post was about.

For the record I was one of the original beta testers for Virgin
dial-up so I have had 'connections' for quite a long time.
Fortunately I have never had to suffer the problems of ADSL
myself but through other members of the family and friends I have
had plenty of contact with it.


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

Woody wrote:
> "The Natural Philosopher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:jbd6ju$gu4$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Wibble wrote:
>>>> You do realise that cable broadband has nothing to do with
>>>> ADSL....
>>> Original poster said "I have Virgin National which is an ADSL
>>> service"
>> That's what I thought, then he said 'I have cable'
>> Or was that someone else..
>>
>> I don't keep old messages..too much screen clutter.
>>
>> Anyway whatever the realities its well known that Virgin ADSL
>> is probably the worst on the market except for AOL..
>
>
>
> I said I have cable so what I get (in terms of speed) is
> irrelevant - which it is. However I was <commenting> on ADSL
> which is what the original post was about.
>
> For the record I was one of the original beta testers for Virgin
> dial-up so I have had 'connections' for quite a long time.
> Fortunately I have never had to suffer the problems of ADSL
> myself but through other members of the family and friends I have
> had plenty of contact with it.
>
>
Actually for MOST of the time ADSL provides me with an astonishing
amount of bandwidth at a ridiculously low cost, and remarkable uptime.

But then I remember when a 64k internet unlimited connection would set
you back £5000 a year.


And the total internet bandwidth in the UK was less than I have to my
exchange today...

On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:01:50 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> Anyway whatever the realities its well known that Virgin ADSL is
> probably the worst on the market except for AOL..

Virgin is good as long as you don't need to call them about anthing.

Deux wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:01:50 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> Anyway whatever the realities its well known that Virgin ADSL is
>> probably the worst on the market except for AOL..
>
> Virgin is good as long as you don't need to call them about anthing.
>

+100
:-)


Except the ADSL offering is vile - throttled and capped to hell and beyond.

Cable is much better.

On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:07:01 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> Except the ADSL offering is vile - throttled and capped to hell and
> beyond.
>
> Cable is much better.

There isn't a cap as such, you can download as much data as you want
although heavy use will get throttled but only at peak times. Outside
that (e.g. at night) you're free to download as much as you want.

I'm quite happy with that since I do my downloads at night.

On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:01:50 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Wibble wrote:
>>> You do realise that cable broadband has nothing to do with ADSL....
>>
>> Original poster said "I have Virgin National which is an ADSL service"
>>
>>
>That's what I thought, then he said 'I have cable'
>Or was that someone else..
>
>I don't keep old messages..too much screen clutter.
>
>Anyway whatever the realities its well known that Virgin ADSL is
>probably the worst on the market except for AOL..

And BT themselves.

On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:46:44 +0000, alexd <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Deux (for it is he) wrote:
>
>> You are approximately 1.93km from the exchange
>>
>> Standard ADSL RAG results
>>
>> * You cannot receive 2Mbps ADSL
>> * You may be able to receive 1Mbps ADSL
>
>That suggests that your speed issues are due to the specific conditions on
>your line, and not due to Virgin.

The distance as the crow flies is not particularly useful. All that
tells us is the minimum possible length of his phone line. In
practise it will be longer but, by how much, we don't know.

If you post your router stats as other posters have already said we
may be able to tell you more. If you don't know how to do this then
ask here and I'm sure someone will help.

FWIW: My line is 4.8Km long and I get over 2Mb/s most of the time.