Anyone tested their internet speed?

Mines always crap - no more than 12mbps and that’s all we can get here. No fibre. I live in a town centre location modern flat in Poole, right next to the civic centre as well. You’d think the infrastructure would be there.

Very frustrating, as been here for nearly 4 years now and the 3 years prior to that, I had a decent fibre connection at my 2 previous addresses.
 
BlindBoyGrunt said:
Upload speed doesn't really affect me on a day to day basis.
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Fair enough. Just most people are using a lot more Skype these days, or on work VPNs or video conferencing more. Upload speeds are more important than ever. I always thinks it's a swizz that virgin give these huge download speeds, knowing that they can do it by throttling back uploads and the none technical guys don't care because all they see is a big number. I hate that type of advertising, not telling the whole story and just praying on people ignorance.
 
I think people get a big hung up on speed figures. In practical terms, a solid connection over say 30mb is fine isn't it?!
 
afcb_acklam said:
I think people get a big hung up on speed figures. In practical terms, a solid connection over say 30mb is fine isn't it?!
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Depends on use case. Rakuten HDR streaming demands about that as a minimum, meaning you couldn't have any other devices connected at all.

I've got, right now: three work PC's, 2 doing video calls/conferencing, 3 phones and 2 tablets connected. Alexa, a phillips Hue hub, Sky box, Sonos playing in 2 different rooms. Lot of bandwidth needed
 
NZBoro1 said:
Can only dream of those speeds;)
We get around 25 here both up and download. We are on rural broadband and can't get unlimited broadband through the wireless router, but can on a phone plan.
Fastest places around here are Dunedin, they won an Internet provider competition for better broadband and also fibre, and Wellington, owing to Peter Jacksons studios being there.
Fibre is coming in now, and all the schools have it, but we've got no chance out in the rural areas.
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Can't you string a load of sheep together for high speed broadbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand ?

I'll get me coat.
 
SmallTown said:
Depends on use case. Rakuten HDR streaming demands about that as a minimum, meaning you couldn't have any other devices connected at all.

I've got, right now: three work PC's, 2 doing video calls/conferencing, 3 phones and 2 tablets connected. Alexa, a phillips Hue hub, Sky box, Sonos playing in 2 different rooms. Lot of bandwidth needed
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I know a few people who pay for Virgin's top broadband, pay through the nose and then complain that streaming services and Xbox lag is terrible. All the while, their 10 year old 802.11a Wifi router sits in the corner going 'who, me?'
 
Just a thought, with bandwidth being in more demand they may have reprioritised certain services, eg speed tests.

fast.com is a good real-world speed-test as it uses netflix servers.

BaronSmoggie said:
I know a few people who pay for Virgin's top broadband, pay through the nose and then complain that streaming services and Xbox lag is terrible. All the while, their 10 year old 802.11a Wifi router sits in the corner going 'who, me?'
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Yep - most of the virgin problems come from people that use their hub as both a router and a modem too, they are famously bad at it. if you must use wifi, buy a decent router. if you have a big house, invest in mesh wifi. if you can, just route ethernet to any devices that need efficient throughput. Both power line and wifi struggle with sustained speeds, they tend to do burst well. Any maintained streaming of good quality ethernet will always be more stable.
 
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