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Guest · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:53 pm Post subject: Speed

Virgin just upgrded my BB speed....How's about this??

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mwl · Guest

cool site

Guest · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject:

I keep it in me favourites...good to check now and then

Des · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 255 Location: Isle of Bute

How bad is mine???

Cos even with BB it is to coin a word, SHITE

Guest · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject:

Shoot Des, when I was on 2mb I got twice that!

How far are you from the exchange??

BoB · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject:

Woody, go stick your head in a bucket!!!!

I'm just above a 1/2Mb tonight.
I want the extra speed they gave to you back!

I'm supposed to have a 8Mb connection

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Guest · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject:

I was on 2Mb and I ordered the V+ box..like Sky+ you can record two programmes and watch a third, rewind a live prog, pause etc....and they said they would upgrade me to 20Mb

I downloaded a file from Perisphere last night....came in at 14 odd MB!! So they obviously upgraded the BB before the guy fitted the new box today!

BoB · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject:

Good service that.

Virgin was OK on dial-up.
I don't know why they didn't pay me to go away

I was always on-line (cut off every two hours max) but it was 10 times better than BT and for less!

Not with Virgin now though!

When I first got Broadband it went like a train then it got slower and slower.
They don't appear to care as long as they get the money!!!!
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Guest · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject:

Aye BoB, it can be like that on ASDL, but on cable, there's no loss of speed!
I have no complaints either with them, or Telewest!

BoB · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject:

No cable out here in the sticks though.

Nearest used to be Westhill a few miles out the Alford road, but the company went to the wall as predicted.

Don't know if the cables were used by anyone else or not?

Just have to put up with it for a while yet.

They weren't even going to put in Broadband here until there was a gnashing of teeth and a petition.
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Guest · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject:

Aye, we're lucky here..this place has a population of around 1,100..yep, even the cable guys couldn't believe it!! Anyhoo, I now have these grear speeds, Hard Drive recording and HD tv! So I'm a happy chappy!

BoB · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:32 pm Post subject:

Aye, its ah right for some

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Guest · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:56 pm Post subject:

Tum - te -

tum!

Des · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 255 Location: Isle of Bute

BoB · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:52 am Post subject:

Even a 1/2 Mb is quicker than dial up! If you think your connection is slow try using Dial up again

Trouble is that web designers forget that not everyone has fast connections and don't take account of it i.e. when you used to go to a site with a fancy Flash intro, you used to get a SKIP INTRO button. These are getting few and far between now so people with Dial up on slow connections have to wait for ages before they get past the Home Page, this can be very annoying. I don't want to look at a Fash intro anyway, I just want to get the info I want and go.

Only way to speed things up is if the website has a text only option, these are few and far between as well.

This year the Father-in-law will be able to get 20Mb at his exchange

His connection is slower than mine, though the computer say it is running at 12MB it is more than optimistic. I think he is running around 2Mb downwards.

I don't have a quick fix for your speed Des, sorry.

Any ideas accepted!

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mwl · Guest

I am suppose to have 20mb

Xcotty · Guest

I just ate a lovely pork pie, it cost 22p from the Esso shop.

SON of WOODY · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject:

I came on here looking for Speed and all the talk is about computers

I thought you guys were just disguising the fact that you are dealing Drugs here....

What kind of a bloody forum is this.........

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BoB · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:58 am Post subject:

Yep!

Its a joke, they should only be allowed to charge for the speed they can give you on a day to day basis

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Des · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 255 Location: Isle of Bute

here is my latest

Guest · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject:

Mine

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Guest · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject:

Don't let BoB see that mwl!

He's feeling violent at the moment!

mwl · Guest

BoB · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject:

To bloody late I saw it

WoW! It has gone up in speed

This is an 8Mb connection folks

Who stole the picture?

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Guest · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject:

No' bad Bob!

no the full shillin · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:45 am Post subject:

This is mine .

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AllanP · Joined: 17 Jan 2008 Posts: 488 Location: Central Scotland.

Not too sure if mine is any better or worse than others.
But it's what I have to endure nonetheless, courtesy of BT Internet.

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