Get some bandwidth, Realtek!

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FarFarAway

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Ugh

Got Virgin Media BB recently and thought " hmm, I'll update my LAN drivers".

Found the right drivers on Realtek's horrible site, started downloading them....getting 5kB/sec!

What the hell is wrong with manufacturers that they can't possibly get a little more bandwidth!!?? :mad:

Even like 20-30mB/sec would be nice!

Asus, Abit....they're all the same!
 
Their site is a real pita.

They have a bunch of mirrors, some of which bounce u if they're busy.

But ya, minimal download speeds there.
 
Openoffice has given me my best download speeds..and they aren't exactly a profitable company (directly anyway)...so whats wrong with realtek renting out some servers or whatever with the money they make..arent they on pretty much every motherboard? >.<
 
Yeah Realtek are a huge OEM, takes the michael really.

Still, my broadband is pretty sweet...



Better than 4.3mB/sec - although not Virgin's advertised 20mB...of course ;)
 
I noticed that too with Realtek's site. Thankfully I have an Asus Xonar D2 now and downloading the drivers from Asus is considerably quicker, but there is still room for improvement :D
 
Nice one!

So how do they compare to Idnet? I mean, I have no cable in my area anyway, but when i do I'll be trying Idnet's offerings..if they arent toooooo expensive

You getting Tv etc. with that too?
 
name='mrapoc' said:
Nice one!

So how do they compare to Idnet? I mean, I have no cable in my area anyway, but when i do I'll be trying Idnet's offerings..if they arent toooooo expensive

You getting Tv etc. with that too?
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Well they are certainly quicker than IDNET (I got 4300Mb with them), but customer service is as terrible as I expected :p

Not getting TV too, have Sky+ Worl (soon to be Sky+HD World ;))

name='Rastalovich' said:
Sweet, I just ran that thing:

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Nice, you're exchange must have less people on it than mine. I'm pretty happy with the speed. Main reason I switched from IDNET was because of BT's extortionately priced services.
 
name='mrapoc' said:
Cool sounds a alright deal :D

Still I only have adsl in my area so Idnet it is :p
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If you're ADSL only then I can't recommend them more. Top class service and the most friendly company I've ever had the pleasure to deal with. You can't measure that kind of service in mB/sec :p
 
abit are just as bad. their site is pants. half the downloads dont work and the ones that do are slow as hell

im on virgin bb too (naturally ;) get XL bb, XL V+ tv and free calls + free line rental for £15pm :p )
 
I know what you mean, sometimes 2/3kbps...

Mum's pays £50 per month for XL BB, XL V+ TV, XL TV x 4, Free Calls + Line Rental.

£15pm is good llywd
 
The Gigabyte website was really slow as well. I havn't had to use it recently, but at 1 point my bro, mate and my PC had Gigabyte boards in them. It was so painfully slow...
 
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