Youngie1337
New member
Hi guys!
Firstly, I would like to appologise for my lack of activity on these boards. I have always loved OC3D, and it is the only forum I feel at home!
Recently I moved into my new property after nearly 4 years of waiting, I managed to get somewhere I wanted (which is why I lack posts). I moved from an area that was cabled by Virgin Media, and I was receiving over my limit by 6MB, and receiving download speeds sometimes well over 10MB! All was well, and then the day came when we moved! (sorry for exclamation marks, I is excited
). I phoned up Virgin Media who informed me that there was no fibre optics in the area as of yet. I was fine with that, and went along with the move. (like I was going to not move because of no cable lol).
We moved in, Virgin Media sent out their ADSL router, and activation details. Was waiting for an engineer, but all was done without the need for an engineer! Great, I connected it all, all was good. I then decided to do a speed test using speedtest.net - I was shocked at the speed I was receiving. Pathetic 0.02mb, I was very worried at this point. I contacted them asking why the speed is so slow(I already knew it was about the distance from exchange). They said it will pick up blah blah, which I knew wasn't going to happen. Still obviously I'm on 0.02mb - sometimes it peaks at 1mb! I am now paying £32 per month for a 0.02mb ADSL connection with LIMITED 40GB bandwidth! I have to say it is very shockingly bad. People can't even phone without me losing my net connection.
I have been trying my hardest to get Virgin Media to put fibre optics in the area as 1.1mi away receive 100MB connections. I receive emails saying that it is not in the budget and it will never happen (lol). I have always been a fan of Virgin Media and their support, but not now. I know I can't expect them to just do it, but let's talk about customer relationships and reliable service here! So here I am, stuck with 0.02MB connection, paying a bill of £60 a month for phone usage and broadband... really! I can't even receive their TV service either. After being with them since 1990's, I am very disappointed. Everyone around here who uses ADSL receive the same speed (obviously). So people with Sky can't even watch their service without constant buffering and slow speeds! I am the only person in the 1.1mi radius who has Virgin Media.
So to my question... what other methods of internet connections are there? The satellite connection is too expensive. I was quoted £400 install and £100 per month, with a speed of 3MB! The area also doesn't receive any 3G connection (I know right... :s). I've looked at Fon, but not too sure atm. Can anyone suggest how I can get a better speed
.
Speedtest - it's the latest one as if I try and load it now it won't load as the net connection is really that bad... all I get is loading failed lol.
Sorry for long post!
Thank you guys!
Firstly, I would like to appologise for my lack of activity on these boards. I have always loved OC3D, and it is the only forum I feel at home!
Recently I moved into my new property after nearly 4 years of waiting, I managed to get somewhere I wanted (which is why I lack posts). I moved from an area that was cabled by Virgin Media, and I was receiving over my limit by 6MB, and receiving download speeds sometimes well over 10MB! All was well, and then the day came when we moved! (sorry for exclamation marks, I is excited
). I phoned up Virgin Media who informed me that there was no fibre optics in the area as of yet. I was fine with that, and went along with the move. (like I was going to not move because of no cable lol). We moved in, Virgin Media sent out their ADSL router, and activation details. Was waiting for an engineer, but all was done without the need for an engineer! Great, I connected it all, all was good. I then decided to do a speed test using speedtest.net - I was shocked at the speed I was receiving. Pathetic 0.02mb, I was very worried at this point. I contacted them asking why the speed is so slow(I already knew it was about the distance from exchange). They said it will pick up blah blah, which I knew wasn't going to happen. Still obviously I'm on 0.02mb - sometimes it peaks at 1mb! I am now paying £32 per month for a 0.02mb ADSL connection with LIMITED 40GB bandwidth! I have to say it is very shockingly bad. People can't even phone without me losing my net connection.
I have been trying my hardest to get Virgin Media to put fibre optics in the area as 1.1mi away receive 100MB connections. I receive emails saying that it is not in the budget and it will never happen (lol). I have always been a fan of Virgin Media and their support, but not now. I know I can't expect them to just do it, but let's talk about customer relationships and reliable service here! So here I am, stuck with 0.02MB connection, paying a bill of £60 a month for phone usage and broadband... really! I can't even receive their TV service either. After being with them since 1990's, I am very disappointed. Everyone around here who uses ADSL receive the same speed (obviously). So people with Sky can't even watch their service without constant buffering and slow speeds! I am the only person in the 1.1mi radius who has Virgin Media.
So to my question... what other methods of internet connections are there? The satellite connection is too expensive. I was quoted £400 install and £100 per month, with a speed of 3MB! The area also doesn't receive any 3G connection (I know right... :s). I've looked at Fon, but not too sure atm. Can anyone suggest how I can get a better speed
Speedtest - it's the latest one as if I try and load it now it won't load as the net connection is really that bad... all I get is loading failed lol.
Sorry for long post!
Thank you guys!
