Our VM circuits are all 100-full as that's how they configure their CPEs Their gig circuits are auto/auto - as it should be
> Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 19:56:24 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [uknof] virgin media delivered leased line fibre service - their > CPE and us, and expected speeds. > > I concur with Ben all our VM Nat and EE+ are FULL DUPLEX hard, however > this is the NTE setting. Never had a managed or IP service from them, > but does sound like a config issue on the managed box. They do end to > end speed testing before they handover on these things. Of course > further upstream on the VM IP network is also something I do not know about. > > Dave > > > On 02/08/13 19:11, Ben King wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > > > We have a LOT of VM national Ethernet and I can confirm that the norm > > is to have to fix each end on 100 Full, not sure on MIA though where > > they provide a managed router! > > > > Regards... Ben > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On 2 Aug 2013, at 18:55, Paul Mansfield <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> So we've just had a VM 100Mb/s fibre service activated. I was worried > >> that with all the talk about them and their contractor Kelly likely to > >> be problematic, but it's actually gone fairly smoothly, and apart from > >> the ADSL backup not working yet, was actually delivered ahead of > >> schedule. The Kelly contractors, a pair who laid the fibre, and a > >> subcontractor who did the splicing turned up in the expected time > >> frame and did their jobs effectively. > >> > >> I did a speed test and the performance was a tad disappointing, it > >> should be 50M symmetric but the best I could get was 34M down and 14M > >> up with a ping time of 7ms, both from a netbook using web browser, and > >> android phone using speedtest app. > >> > >> I wondered whether our side of the Cisco they installed shouldn't be > >> on auto-negotiate but instead be fixed at 100M full duplex; this > >> initially sped things up but it reverted back. > >> > >> > >> So my questions are: > >> * do VirginMedia generally set the customer side of their CPE to fixed > >> speed/duplex or leave it on auto? > >> * should we expect upload and download speeds with VM to run at the > >> maximum contracted speed all the time? > >> > >> > >> thanks very much > >> Paul > >> > > >
