Mainze
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The problem with Virgin is the TV is an absolute abortion. Finding a channel would be quicker using smoke signals.
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The problem with Virgin is the TV is an absolute abortion. Finding a channel would be quicker using smoke signals.
mackemdave
Midfield
If you order sky q make sure you get the price in writing as they told me I'd have it for one price and then sent me a bill the other day for £92
Moyes and the Boys
Winger
No you wouldn't, I think you do not hunderstand.
No, I didn't. As you can see from the post "if you have a 30mpbs line you will be downloading at roughly 3mb/s". If I had said receiving 3mb/s from a 100mb/s line then fairy nuff.
When you get a speed from the ISP that is not your download speed, instead you receive roughly 10% of that, so for example if you are quoted at 100mpbs its safe to say that you will be receiving data at around 10mb/s. If you have a line that operates at 30mbps, for whatever reason, you will only receive data at roughly 3mb/s.
AndrewP
Striker
You said roughly 3mb from a 30mb line, you're confused, admit it.
What the fuck.....
Nope, it's safe to say this is rubbish.
I don't get what he's on about either. My line speed is 3mbps and I download at that speed if I get a decent source and seeds etc to download from. Maybe he hasn't realised that it's megabits per second which is roughly 10% of megabytes per second.
AndrewP
Striker
Why would they advertise it as 30mb/s and only give you 3mb/s?
I think someone who has a clue tried once to explain the difference between megabytes (MB) and megabits (mb) and it was lost on you in translation.
A 3-4mb dodge stream wouldn't touch the sides on a 30mb line. a 3-4MB stream (24-32mb) would. None of the dodgy streams to which you refer are 3-4MB though so you do not need a 100mb line for these, a 30mb line would be fine and still have circa 26mb bandwidth left to play with.
Aye, as I say, he's had someone try to explain why his downloads go roughly 1/8th of the speed he expected (when quoted in megabytes rather than bits). Then he's seeminly taken the leap to think he needs a 100mb line to handly a 4mb stream or two at the same time and feels the need to educate the word of his findings.
The 1080 dodgy streams on star streams/sports mania are about 3-4mb/s (circa 375-500MB/s). A 30mb/s line isn't going to struggle with a couple of these streams at once any more than a 100mb line would.
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Anyone going for the Sky Q set up?
Very cheap for new customers. £10 install then whatever package deal you can screw out of them
Dinnit start me off on that again. I've been with them the thick end of 20 years except for a brief foray with NTL. They will not budge on £149 up front. A great reward for my loyalty.
AndrewP
Striker
Dinnit start me off on that again. I've been with them the thick end of 20 years except for a brief foray with NTL. They will not budge on £149 up front. A great reward for my loyalty.
Take out a new subscription in your wife's name or something.
Thought that is not an option. They work on a household basis
AndrewP
Striker
It's not an option, but it'll probably work still presuming they have/use a different name.
Dinnit start me off on that again. I've been with them the thick end of 20 years except for a brief foray with NTL. They will not budge on £149 up front. A great reward for my loyalty.
Me to. But I will keep ringing them until a deal comes along. They always change prices on a weekly basis or so even for Q.
Moyes and the Boys
Winger
As I originally said, anal
If you are receiving a line speed of 100Mbps you will not transfer data at 100MB, instead it will be a fraction of that, generally an eighth.
Run a speedtest then download a 100mb file and report your findings, I suspect speedtest will tell you that your line is 30Mbps whilst as you say you can download files at 3MB/s
Hopefully we can clear some of the confusion I have created
Bits, bytes, only important for weekend wearers of tights. At one point I was doing the explaining which makes this whole situation even worse; fullmadone
Dappa
Striker
Lost HD?
I don't think you realise what a zgemma box does marra. It's not kodiDidn't you ask for a sky discount code yesterday?
AndrewP
Striker
As I originally said, anal
If you are receiving a line speed of 100Mbps you will not transfer data at 100MB, instead it will be a fraction of that, generally an eighth.
Your posts are there to be seen, no point back tracking now. You simply don't need a 100MB line for any dodgy stream. Even the higest quality 4k streams on netflix etc are way way lower than that.
Your quoting file size in megabytes whereas line speed is done in megabits. This was probably started by ISPs wanting us all to presumes the B stood for bytesAs I originally said, anal
If you are receiving a line speed of 100Mbps you will not transfer data at 100MB, instead it will be a fraction of that, generally an eighth.
Run a speedtest then download a 100mb file and report your findings, I suspect speedtest will tell you that your line is 30Mbps whilst as you say you can download files at 3MB/s
Hopefully we can clear some of the confusion I have created
Bits, bytes, only important for weekend wearers of tights. At one point I was doing the explaining which makes this whole situation even worse; fullmadone
ontap
Striker
AndrewP
Striker
Modems always used bits, hence 56kbit modems etc etc.
If they had launched 0.5Mbit broadband (as it was originally) and called it 62KB broadband then people would have assumed it was no faster, despite being about 10 times the speed.
I just got a 'point of sale only' offer of £60 for installation of Sky Q Silver with multi room. There is no increase in monthly cost for UHD either.
This is by far the best offer I've had.
I've told him I'd like a call back at 5pm. Now I have to decide whether to push it a little further and ask for the same deal as new customers which is £20 I think.
This is by far the best offer I've had.
I've told him I'd like a call back at 5pm. Now I have to decide whether to push it a little further and ask for the same deal as new customers which is £20 I think.
AndrewP
Striker
Did you negotiate a discount on your TV already or not?
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