Net-1 Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 Just FYI for new Netduma customers in UK on Virgin. Virgin seem to be having issues maintaining ping and bandwidth during peak hours for the last few days. This appears to be country wide. Their website keeps putting fix date forwards current showing 23Rd Nov.
Yam Yam Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 Just FYI for new Netduma customers in UK on Virgin. Virgin seem to be having issues maintaining ping and bandwidth during peak hours for the last few days. This appears to be country wide. Their website keeps putting fix date forwards current showing 23Rd Nov. The last few days ? I've had it for the last 3-4 yrs (search deep in VM's forums)... From roughly 4pm - just after midnight I get the speeds you see below. I've had discounts, double my speed for free (not free upgrade)... recently had a letter saying maintenance on Nov 3rd, I really thought they were fixing the problem but nothing has changed. The only thing you can do if you're still in contract is ask for your 'free' speed upgrade even if its says yours is due 'Jan2016 - March2016'. I got put on a new contract when I got my discount/double speed & I've been with them almost 12 yrs.
Zennon Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 Yes Virgin is a known bad ISP for gaming for the above reasons. They would win awards for the highest jitter in the UK.
david Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 thinkbroadband.com have a great ping quality tool that continuously pings your IP and shows historical graphs of your latency and packet loss. Very useful for knowing if you have a general broadband issue. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/monitors.html Here is mine from last 24 hours, some packet loss throughout the day then complete outage from 11.30pm until about 7.30am, then no packet loss so far today.
Net-1 Posted November 22, 2015 Author Posted November 22, 2015 Looks like the rule might be to stay away from fast paced online gaming at peak hours. Just think of all that HD Netflix and youtube etc traffic must be a right hog. Is there an isp that guarantees ping?
Zennon Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 I do not think an ISP could guarantee low ping's all the time, but some do have them by chance, if you are in an under utilised area for said ISP. I could say my talk talk line has low pings all the time which it does, but in your area it might be congested with an over sold product, its always a gamble.
Yam Yam Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 thinkbroadband.com have a great ping quality tool that continuously pings your IP and shows historical graphs of your latency and packet loss. Very useful for knowing if you have a general broadband issue. Ironic, I've used the same site to monitor for roughly 12 months now... Like Zennon says, if you happen to be in an area where VM are selling to too many customers than their network can handle, you are stuffed peak times. I just happen to be in one of those areas, its problematic to say the least. Before I got my Netduma, playing ANY game was a joke, especially FPS's where it matters most. Imagine what I went through before I purchased... I swear, I used to rage that bad I would go giddy. Thats not a good thing, its a serious issue. Here's a pic of my connection quality after a few years of promise... today till 9pm:
Net-1 Posted November 23, 2015 Author Posted November 23, 2015 Mine internet has totally gone now. No Internet at all. Very Strange feeling. Like when you have a power out and realise how unprepared you are. And my phone just told me I've reached my dl limit.! ...looks like it's gonna have to be bot matches until sorted......
Net-1 Posted November 24, 2015 Author Posted November 24, 2015 Didnt know about this. Virgin throttle upload (and probably affect ping) for specific times based on usage every weekday evening and all day weekends!!!!!!!!! http://my.virginmedia.com/traffic-management/traffic-management-policy-thresholds.html
Zennon Posted November 24, 2015 Posted November 24, 2015 Yeah I did I. I have been trying to get my friend to move off virgin for years "but i have a good deal on BB and Tv" in the next breath "this game sucks I can't kill anyone"
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted November 24, 2015 Administrators Posted November 24, 2015 I've been wondering why it's been so slow for awhile now thanks!
Net-1 Posted November 25, 2015 Author Posted November 25, 2015 There is a fault disruption You might find that your Virgin Broadband, Virgin TV or TiVo® services are intermittent, with the picture freezing or disappearing now and then. Our engineer is working to fix the problem. Reference no: F004039716 Due to be fixed by 26 November 10:00
Net-1 Posted November 25, 2015 Author Posted November 25, 2015 Yeah I did I. I have been trying to get my friend to move off virgin for years "but i have a good deal on BB and Tv" in the next breath "this game sucks I can't kill anyone" Wow you are right . Man I have been looking into it .......virgin are crap for gaming. It looks like aquiss with their prioritization of gaming and voip traffic might be the way to go. I give virgin another week to sort it then I am off. anyone use aquiss ISP? experience OK ? or any other recommendations for gaming ISP?
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