[carvegio]

But hopefully a few months of no traffic shaping at the very least..... It is bliss!

[zantarous]

Originally Posted by carvegio

Got mine installed today.... It is a complete rip off for the installing... he just swapped it around and was off.

The wireless router is going to come in the post at some point they told me within the next few weeks.

The speeds are really good though. But I am a bit dissapointed with newsgroup speeds, they are very hit and miss -- I think they must traffic shape newsgroup activity through ports or something right?

My 20MB line maxes out with Giganews, I would imagine that very few places on the web are set up to handle a 50MB connection.

[emporer]

Originally Posted by carvegio

But hopefully a few months of no traffic shaping at the very least..... It is bliss!

what newsgroup service are you subbed to?

[carvegio]

Hi,

I am on giganews, so I expect full speeds.

I am almost certain they were traffic shaping it or something at certain times.... but not to worried getting full speeds!

[emporer]

So if your 20m line maxed out then what speeds are you getting now?

I'm on Newshosting and that maxes out my 20m, I should have the 50m soon and am hoping for at least 30-40m, although tbh anything that will give me more than the current 4.5m that VM cap me at will be most welcome.

[carvegio]

I am maxing out the 50mb connection and getting pretty much full download speeds when I use all 20 connections to giganews. Less if I use less than the 20 connections though.

[markwww673]

Can you confirm your upload speed.

Thanks

Mark..

[alphaomega16]

What exactly is Giganews ?

[namuk]

Originally Posted by alphaomega16

What exactly is Giganews ?

Usenet Performance Tools - Giganews



not a bad speed test..

[accyuklad]

bethere will always ave fast upload then virgin

i dont think virgin will have faster then 2meg

[carvegio]

I don't really upload a lot, but here are my results from speedtest

if there is something more reliable you want me to do then let me know

Giganews is a newsgroup provider with very good retentions!

[bendanuk]

I received another email to say my trial will be installed on 21st January with the new modem and NO CHARGES! Now, if they would only give me the free wireless 'N' router!

[limblee]

carvegio,

Can you test from the Maidenhead Server (Speedtest.net) as I find the results from the London Server a bit hit and miss

This is my results (20Mb) via the Maidenhead Server.

bendanuk,

How come your getting it for free (I presume just the install is free), did Virgin Media cancel a previous install?

[TROYBOY]

whens this rolling out to the wholke uk, preferably london?

[accyuklad]

isnt it already out in london because thats were they did the trial

thats where bethere gunna be testing out there 48meg adsl dont know when tho

[limblee]

It's in certain parts of Greater London already. The trial was done in Folkestone and Ashford

[carvegio]

From maidenhead, still getting similar results from London -- not keen on speed tests, but downloading from newsgroups gives me good constant high speeds 5.7/5.8 mb/s from giganews.

Still no router, they said it was in the post grrr.

[accyuklad]

if virgin 50meg was in my area i wudnt bother with it as they cost to much got to have a good job to aford it a mth

[carvegio]

Originally Posted by accyuklad

if virgin 50meg was in my area i wudnt bother with it as they cost to much got to have a good job to aford it a mth

I don't blame you mate... It isn't worth the money... I just hate the download caps and I live with my parents so little outgoings!

[accyuklad]

im on o2 and i get max of 19meg speed and they been the best net i have ad

[TROYBOY]

Would love to get 50meg on my newsgroup. have to look into this as im currently tied into a rubbish bt broadband deal till june. anyone got this without the virgin phone or tv package?

[accyuklad]

i think it says on there site its £35

[TROYBOY]

£51 if taken without phone or tv bumdle. theyre having a bubble!

[bendanuk]

Mine was installed yesterday but I don't get the free router but I do get to keep the modem after the trial has finished. I haven't really downloaded anything yet but I did notice while 2 laptops, xbox 360 and a NAS were connected there was NO issue, where previously on the 20MB it would be so s...l..o...w.....

[Just Me]

I would like to know when Bromley/Lewisham will be on the hit list for 50Mb

[accyuklad]

ring them

[meansizzler]

Funny thing is that most people who upgrade to the 50mb will still be using their old 54g routers which max out at 3MB/s, so they won't benefit from the 6MB/s download unless using a wired connection or 5GHZ Wireless N which allows 6-7MB/s over wireless, anyone know what the upload speed is for the 50mb?

I'm on 5GHZ N using a Apple Time Capsule, and an Intel 4965AGN in one Lappy and Atheros AR5008 in the other, all conencted at 300mb/s, so should allow up to 37.5 MB/s, but get around 5-7MB/s, via Wired Gigabit Ethernet I get 15MB/s.

Waiting for the 450mb/s N Routers to come out so can up the transfer rate over Wifi, no sure when, then will upgrade to an Intel 5350 which has the benefit of Wimax to..

I'm on 10mb Internet at the moment..

[tea_bag]

Originally Posted by meansizzler

Funny thing is that most people who upgrade to the 50mb will still be using their old 54g routers which max out at 3MB/s, so they won't benefit from the 6MB/s download unless using a wired connection or 5GHZ Wireless N which allows 6-7MB/s over wireless, anyone know what the upload speed is for the 50mb?

I'm on 5GHZ N using a Apple Time Capsule, and an Intel 4965AGN in one Lappy and Atheros AR5008 in the other, all conencted at 300mb/s, so should allow up to 37.5 MB/s, but get around 5-7MB/s, via Wired Gigabit Ethernet I get 15MB/s.

Waiting for the 450mb/s N Routers to come out so can up the transfer rate over Wifi, no sure when, then will upgrade to an Intel 5350 which has the benefit of Wimax to..

I'm on 10mb Internet at the moment..

I expect most would use their free N router, with only a few using their G routers

[Extasy]

imo.total crp.everywhere around the world using 100mb lan connection already and 1gb aswell.here only 50 and for such a big money.

[pandemic]

Can get it for £31/month with a phone line which is reasonable as there is no competition for them yet.