Virgin Media are misleading again :o(

It uses Samknows for the information, and it never lists higher than
7MB.
And the main thing it doesn't do is list ADSL2+ which is a lot faster
than ADSL.
It's inaccurate and misleading.

I won't mention about how they now run fibre further than the green box
to your door now.

http://www.areyouuptospeed.com/

Gonz wrote thus:
> It uses Samknows for the information, and it never lists higher than
> 7MB.
> And the main thing it doesn't do is list ADSL2+ which is a lot faster
> than ADSL.
> It's inaccurate and misleading.

> I won't mention about how they now run fibre further than the green box
> to your door now.

> http://www.areyouuptospeed.com/

Just gave me a 7.5MB ADSL which is only .5MB out, I'm almost next door
to the exchange.

--
Steve

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
- Jules Renard

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Gonz wrote thus:
>> It uses Samknows for the information, and it never lists higher than
>> 7MB.
>> And the main thing it doesn't do is list ADSL2+ which is a lot faster
>> than ADSL.
>> It's inaccurate and misleading.
>
>> I won't mention about how they now run fibre further than the green
>> box to your door now.
>
>> http://www.areyouuptospeed.com/
>
> Just gave me a 7.5MB ADSL which is only .5MB out, I'm almost next door
> to the exchange.

I'm approximately 0 metres from the exchange
I live in the exchange, and it says I can get 6.5Mb.
As it is I get 18Mb on BE, but if I did live in the exchange I'd get
24Mb.

If they were asked whether they knew that this comparison doesn't
include LLU/ADSL2+ exchanges, they'd say yes.
If they were told, did you know that there's probly as many exchanges
that are LLU/ADSL2+ available as there is cable, they'd say yes.
If they were asked, are you deceiving the general public again by
knowing these facts, they'd probly say yes.

I've said many times that these people who think up these marketing
ploys know what they are doing.
They know they are misleading the public.

Gonz wrote:
> It uses Samknows for the information, and it never lists higher than 7MB.
> And the main thing it doesn't do is list ADSL2+ which is a lot faster
> than ADSL.
> It's inaccurate and misleading.
>
> I won't mention about how they now run fibre further than the green box
> to your door now.
>
> http://www.areyouuptospeed.com/

It tells me the maximum speed I can get is 6Mb with ADSL, which might
well be true. However, I'm on ADSL2+ with Sky and have over 12Mbs so
they are telling the truth, just not the whole truth.

--
regards, James Luff
Gamertag: Lufferov
"There are 10 types of people in the world:
Those that understand binary, and those that don't."