Who is your High-Speed Connection Provider? - Page 2

**knobby109** · March 5th, 2012, 05:40 PM

My Virgin Media has always been up to speed when I've tested it.But a lot of sites are still damned slow.

wolf33 · March 5th, 2012, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by billybunter

I get a good service here. I suppose it depends where you live.

Same here in the states. Comcast was supposed to throttle folks, hell kill your connection for a month or 2 or a year if you went over 250 gigs a month. However I exceed that on a regular basis. It all has to do with where you live and how many other big bandwidth users are in your area. I wouldn't recommend being a serious bandwidth hog if you live in a big city. I live in small city of 50k folks. So I don't get spanked.

From what I've read about folks here in the states getting spanked for being hogs, you get in trouble much more easily if you live in a big city.

**trailmaster** · February 7th, 2016, 11:53 AM

I have Comcast Broadband. I could pay for a higher speed, but I just don't need it

**risen** · February 7th, 2016, 12:20 PM

Best I can get is about 5mbs. My area is throttled by BT Openreach who control via an exchange called 'Highway' appropriate given what a bunch of robbers they are. You'll be watching something on iPlayer and get about 5 interruptions per hour for 30 seconds each time.

Doesn't matter who we buy the service from, it will be the same. Fibre is in the area but won't reach us for another year or so. We've been with Utility Warehouse for BB, line, gas & electric for a couple of years, before that BT & BG.

**frakacylon** · February 7th, 2016, 01:00 PM

Sky Fibre 30mb. Im sitting here streaming 1080p xfiles to my tv whilst uploading an 1.6gb file (takes an hour or so).

Cant complain. Better service and less outages than when i was with virgin.

**knobby109** · February 7th, 2016, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by knobby109

My Virgin Media has always been up to speed when I've tested it.But a lot of sites are still damned slow.

They uprated my speed from time to time as part of the package I'm on. At present it's "up to 200 Mps" though the "up to" bit is much in evidence!
I remember the time when my first broadband as 500 kps and how fast that seemed! Problem is that, along with the extra speed the files are getting bigger as well. Some sites are lightning fast such as Zippyshare but others still crawl.

**vo1v0d** · August 24th, 2016, 06:44 PM

I dont have a fast internet connection; I am with Plusnet.

For anybody considering fibreoptic I enquired of Plusnet and EE. It is fibreoptic to the green cabinet at the end of the street then down sixty year old copper cable

February 7th, 2016, 12:20 PM	#14
risen Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Stuck in the middle Posts: 1,100 Thanks: 68,798 Thanked 15,539 Times in 1,092 Posts	Best I can get is about 5mbs. My area is throttled by BT Openreach who control via an exchange called 'Highway' appropriate given what a bunch of robbers they are. You'll be watching something on iPlayer and get about 5 interruptions per hour for 30 seconds each time. Doesn't matter who we buy the service from, it will be the same. Fibre is in the area but won't reach us for another year or so. We've been with Utility Warehouse for BB, line, gas & electric for a couple of years, before that BT & BG. Last edited by risen; February 7th, 2016 at 12:40 PM..

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frakacylon Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Galactica brig Posts: 576 Thanks: 3,263 Thanked 12,947 Times in 591 Posts	Sky Fibre 30mb. Im sitting here streaming 1080p xfiles to my tv whilst uploading an 1.6gb file (takes an hour or so). Cant complain. Better service and less outages than when i was with virgin. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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knobby109 Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,736 Thanks: 144 Thanked 14,338 Times in 1,702 Posts	My Virgin Media has always been up to speed when I've tested it.But a lot of sites are still damned slow.

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trailmaster Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Posts: 59,904 Thanks: 1,329,092 Thanked 707,279 Times in 60,078 Posts	I have Comcast Broadband. I could pay for a higher speed, but I just don't need it

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vo1v0d Hideous By Nature Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: sarf eeeest lunden Posts: 8,268 Thanks: 42,361 Thanked 60,774 Times in 7,480 Posts	I dont have a fast internet connection; I am with Plusnet. For anybody considering fibreoptic I enquired of Plusnet and EE. It is fibreoptic to the green cabinet at the end of the street then down sixty year old copper cable