WATSON
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Fife, Scotland
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anyone else getting shocking speeds for the past few days?
I'm on talktalk on both computers in the house and virgin media at the shop all 3 have been shocking slow.
I done a speedtest there the now as i couldnt get on my OWN site 
i always get around anything between 4meg upto 6meg max never anything lower.
heres my test
I'm on phone to them now but in a bloody 10min wait 
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Dan Lewis
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
Location: Leicestershire
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hmmm that seems like youve been capped, downloaded much this evening? from 5pm?
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Restart your modem.
When ever I go on YouPorn for long periods of time, the internet goes dog slow. As did it used to when I downloaded TV shows etc.
Reset the router i.e. pull the power, wait 15 secs and plug back in, then it was fine.
I think they're watching me 
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Yes me, i noticed this and i've done tests on 3 different sites which all say the same result, re-booted router etc, very strange.
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
Location: Armchair
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virgin media traffic manage. if you use the internet for anything other than opening google the limit your bandwith
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Doldy
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Registered: 13th Mar 08
Location: Norwich
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I have 2 laptops and a mac running on the internet too
(me, dad and sister lol)
[Edited on 10-09-2008 by Doldy]
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Try this, this is what i allways use.
http://www.testmy.net/dl-97&testall=1
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Northampton Drives: Audi wagon
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897 Kbps or 0.9 Mbps (109 kB/s)
fuck knows what that means
[Edited on 10-09-2008 by corsa_tomtom]
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Mate was moving hosting over to a new server earlier on and asked me to check what speeds I could get from it.
820k a second downloads 
Speed tests mean nothing if the net seems to be running fine.
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Chrissy
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Registered: 28th Jan 06
Location: Sunny Glasgow Drives: Astra J
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Em.. wtf.
Is this not quite high?
>>>> Chris <<<<
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Watson, out of interest which isp you with?
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WATSON
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Fife, Scotland
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I do download alot infact ive downloaded ALOT in the past few days infact 
"backup" dvds about 8 and around 13 albums 
Danny, im with talktalk in the house 
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d4za
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Registered: 18th Oct 06
Location: Bloxwich, West Midlands
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_Allan_
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Registered: 24th Mar 04
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After 6.5 years with BT I'm switching to O2 today . BT take the piss with shaping from 4PM to 11PM. I've heard good things about O2, speeds, no shaping, good customer service. (No Indian call centres).
I'll see later when it's activated.
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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good luck allen
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_Allan_
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Registered: 24th Mar 04
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thanks Ross 
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_Allan_
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Registered: 24th Mar 04
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Not a bad start on O2 first off was only getting 8mb same as BT. However realised that my router was a few years old and didn't support or have an ADSL2+ modem at a guess. Swapped over to the O2 router supplied and up she went to about 12mb. Still less than the 20mb I am paying for. Today however test are averaging just over 17mb.
It might improve over the next few days.
Put it this way with BT's throttling at peak time the latest episode of Prison Break was downloaded at 11 kb/s or less. Took hours then picks up at 11ish and finishes.
I redownloaded it on O2 and it took 12 mins. Highest I saw was 872 kb/s
So far so good for O2. Just gotta get these damn email accounts sorted with them but I think it's a website glitch 
PS - Before I left BT their parting shot was that my speed would be the same on O2 as it's all their equipment and lines. Yeah looks like
So double the speed for £10 less a month and no shaping. BT 
[Edited on 13-09-2008 by _Allan_]
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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O2 8Mb broadband:
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
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BTW I am on O2 PAYG anyway so I get a discount on my broadband, £7.50/month.
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