My supplier is 'Virgin Media' a cable network. When I try to watch a video on say 'YouTube' it's crazy. 10/15 seconds of buffering, 2 seconds of footage!! Downloading songs is just as frustrating, they download a 10-20Kbts. Surely this is not right? Apparently I have a 2.2 connection or something. Is cable known for being slow. Do I 'share' the cabel with others. Does this mean that if somebody is doing a lot of very heavy downloading it screws it up for everyone? It's just as bad on small, little heard of sites, ones that hardly anyone would visit. Text is ok, banners bad, video terrible. Help please. Thankyou
2007-05-19 07:37:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Sounds like you really are on Virgin! Normal. Their contention rates are incredibly high, if you are in a residential area you have no chance.
2007-05-19 07:41:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may be on the FAP system with your service provider so you need to find out for sure if you are
FAP= Fair Access Policy .... meaning you can only download so much a day,
some download limits are 200 meg in any 24 hour period and if you go above the 200 meg you have to wait 24 hrs before the service returns to normal speed
tough I know, I have the same problem if I exceed 200 meg, a day it takes 5 minutes to load a web page goes down to 9/10/12kbts
2007-05-19 15:49:12 · answer #2 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you share on a cable connection
but what you do not mention is are you hardwired to your router or are you going wireless ( A, B, G or N ? )
and if wireless do you have encrytion on or off?
any software firewalls that use state packet inspection?
protocols installed other than tcp/ip ?
anything else running in the background?
how do you know you have not been infected? ( one clue is a slow web speed on a fast boradband connection )
2007-05-19 15:21:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋