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Re: 50 mb broadband
« Reply #30 on: 04 February 2011, 17:06:37 »
what is the ping number what does it mean ????
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Re: 50 mb broadband
« Reply #31 on: 04 February 2011, 17:07:47 »
With Virgin, its really dependent on what other local users are doing. You could argue similar for some ADSL connections, but to a lesser extent.

For normal web surfing and email, maybe a bit of iPlayer etc, a standard 8Mb connection is enough for most families to be honest.
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Re: 50 mb broadband
« Reply #32 on: 04 February 2011, 17:13:32 »
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what is the ping number what does it mean ????

Ping is usedto test the reachability of a host, it measures the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination.

Same term used in submarines, used to measure distance
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« Reply #33 on: 04 February 2011, 17:13:36 »
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what is the ping number what does it mean ????

It's the time it took for a particular kind of message (actually a single packet of data) to reach the target server and be replied to.

Just like the 'ping' you hear in a sumbarine from sonar sweeps in films.. Hence the name.
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Re: 50 mb broadband
« Reply #34 on: 04 February 2011, 17:14:13 »
is there an echo in here?  :D  ;D
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« Reply #35 on: 04 February 2011, 17:20:05 »
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is there an echo in here?  :D  ;D

Would that be an ICMP Echo Request or Echo Response?  ;D
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« Reply #36 on: 04 February 2011, 17:24:49 »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: 50 mb broadband
« Reply #37 on: 04 February 2011, 17:33:29 »
And ping is generally as much use as a used johnny smeared in dogshit when it comes to any form of performance testing.
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Re: 50 mb broadband
« Reply #38 on: 04 February 2011, 17:33:44 »
We currently get 5.42MB/s down and 0.97MB/s up, Ping 40mS, our ISP is BE.

It does seem quite fast downloading stuff, but as others have mentioned quite often pages take a while to download, in some cases don't finish downloading. SOmetimes stoping the transfer and reloading the page produces quick results, strange  :-?

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Re: 50 mb broadband
« Reply #39 on: 04 February 2011, 17:43:02 »
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We currently get 5.42MB/s down and 0.97MB/s up, Ping 40mS, our ISP is BE.

It does seem quite fast downloading stuff, but as others have mentioned quite often pages take a while to download, in some cases don't finish downloading. SOmetimes stoping the transfer and reloading the page produces quick results, strange  :-?

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What do you think of BE ?? I was looking at their "packages" combined broadband and landline ... prices seem quite competetive ...  :)
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Re: 50 mb broadband
« Reply #40 on: 04 February 2011, 17:48:10 »
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We currently get 5.42MB/s down and 0.97MB/s up, Ping 40mS, our ISP is BE.

It does seem quite fast downloading stuff, but as others have mentioned quite often pages take a while to download, in some cases don't finish downloading. SOmetimes stoping the transfer and reloading the page produces quick results, strange  :-?

Ken


What do you think of BE ?? I was looking at their "packages" combined broadband and landline ... prices seem quite competetive ...  :)
O2 use BeThere's infrastructure, and most people seem happy with that (DNS issues aside, and a suspect mail service). And only around £7 for ADSL2 stuff, if you have an O2 mobile phone.
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Re: 50 mb broadband
« Reply #41 on: 04 February 2011, 17:56:06 »
Don't have O2 .. but BE broadband + anytime landline works out at £32 a month ... I'm presently paying out £51 by the time you take calls/line rental/BB from 3 different suppliers into account.

Looking for a decent "all in one" package.
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Re: 50 mb broadband
« Reply #42 on: 04 February 2011, 19:50:20 »

im happy with mine
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Re: 50 mb broadband
« Reply #43 on: 05 February 2011, 00:22:42 »
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they've just upped the upload speed apparently  not sure of the figures though

Just as an example, Romania has an AVERAGE upload speed 10x faster than the AVERAGE UK upload speed.

Their average download speed is less than 2.5x the average UK download speed.

I haven't chosen Romania as a comparison just because they are an exception, this is true for the majority of the world.

And here I am, on the outskirts of one of the biggest citys in the UK, paying £18 per month for something that is usually around the 350-600 K/bs. And that's the best that I can get!


Pathetic really.  >:(
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Re: 50 mb broadband
« Reply #44 on: 05 February 2011, 10:07:46 »
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they've just upped the upload speed apparently  not sure of the figures though

Just as an example, Romania has an AVERAGE upload speed 10x faster than the AVERAGE UK upload speed.

Their average download speed is less than 2.5x the average UK download speed.

I haven't chosen Romania as a comparison just because they are an exception, this is true for the majority of the world.

And here I am, on the outskirts of one of the biggest citys in the UK, paying £18 per month for something that is usually around the 350-600 K/bs. And that's the best that I can get!


Pathetic really.  >:(
Free market economy. If companies think they can make money, they will put the infrastructure in.  If nobody thinks money can be made, just be greatful that BT are prepared (not legislated ;)) to...  ...then allow other ISPs to use it virtually at cost.


What solution would you suggest?
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