In article <ftbg93$nqp$1@registered.motzarella.org>, www.GymRatZ.co.uk
<discount-fitness-equipment@gym.shop.com> writes
>Woody wrote:
>
>> As I said on here a week or so ago, Virgin (as was NTL) got big by
>> taking over other cable companies, and the install standard and system
>> structure varied a lot between them.
>>
>> Get a good area in Virgin - as it is round here - and VOIP works
>> perfectly well, but in other areas it is not so.
>
>I disagree.
>I was with Telewest from the start and had brilliant service for many
>years through 1Mb -> 2Mb -> 4Mb -> through Blueyonder 10Mb even
>ntl:telewest merger was fine until VM took over and started sharing main
>pipes with ADSL trafic. Cutting costs through cutting spending while
>trying to reel in more & more customers so they could find a foolish
>investor willing to buy a company that was so far down in the sh1t it
>was a hopelss investment...
>That's when it went tits-up, that's when voip and even broadband became
>crippled.
>
>Nothing to do with the installation of local infrastructure as that was
>all un-changed.
>
>The deeper they get into debt, the more they will be throttling back
>bandwidth and limiting QOS. Just as long as they allow you to hit 20Mbps
>for a few minutes each day when everyone is asleep, the service will
>keep getting worse.
>I will never go back to cable not now not never.
>
>Pete
>
Peter that was my experience also, but a month ago external bandwidth
went up to 10Mbps again. VoIP also works nicely all day.
--
Bob Geddes