Virgin reliability??
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Virgin reliability??
I hope that VA is more reliable than Virgin Net - their so-called Internet Service Provider. Why has it had such dreadful connectivity since the 0645 was changed to 0845?? And why is it often slowing down to 21Kb/s even with a 56k modem?? It used to be up in the high 40s - it rarely is now. Then there's today's e-mail server difficulties. Come on Sir Richard, shake the system up!!
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My Virgin connection used to vary between about 38 & 42 kb/s (occasionally 45) but since installing new modem drivers now varies from 44kb to 46kb. I'm close to the centre of London so I presume I have a good phone line.
Looks like it's time to move to Wales or near Zeus' place. Any places available for rent nearby, WWW? eg...next door?
Looks like it's time to move to Wales or near Zeus' place. Any places available for rent nearby, WWW? eg...next door?
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This morning I have 50,667 <again> and apparently Virgin are the only ISP talking to BT about supplying ADSL to this area...
Sure - houses are cheap matey you can have a 7 bedroomed mansion with sweeping views of the Servern Valley for under 30k if you like. For a modest sum I can also supply you with an 'insurance policy' against accidental fire bomb attack...!!!!
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Sure - houses are cheap matey you can have a 7 bedroomed mansion with sweeping views of the Servern Valley for under 30k if you like. For a modest sum I can also supply you with an 'insurance policy' against accidental fire bomb attack...!!!!
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Interestingly enough if I use the 'old' 0645 number rather than the new 0845 number, both connection success rate and data transfer rate improve immediately!!. Suspect that it's a lack of local exchange capacity which is causing the snag - we'll see what the BT tech support folk have to say!!
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Sorry Virgin!! It turned out to be my Psion Dacom Gold Card 56K+Fax which was at fault!! It finally died altogether a week ago - but thanks to Dell it's now been replaced and I'm back up to 46.7K again. The 0845 access still gets maxxed at times though!!