20
10
2007
Virgin Media ADSL - Latency is killing the service
Posted by: Roamer in ADSL, tags: ADSL, ATM, bams, latency, media, problem, PVC, sync, virginFor some time one of our ADSL lines has been serviced by Virgin.net - now Virgin Media, and from my own experience I really wouldn’t recommend them to any of my friends at the moment.
Why, you ask, wouldn’t I recommend them, I do this on two counts:
- The provide telephone support on an 0906 number which costs 25 pence per minute!
- Their network latency is awful (So are their transfer speeds, but this is secondary to the latency from my point of view).
Now the support number problem I don’t see as an issue to myself, as I much prefer to use their live chat system (If you can get hold of someone of course), but the latency problem is terrible… (more…)

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