02GF74
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| posted on 19/11/15 at 01:45 PM |
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sometime locost is not the best way (WiFi dongle)
Recently subscribed to Virgin media cable but was not getting the promised 50mbps although it went up from 10 to 25-30ish (depending on which bb speed
checker is run).
So I took a punt at one of the 300 MBps WiFi dongles for £ 4.89 to replace the 150 and speed checkers show 50-60ish (depending on which bb speed
checker is run).
So yeah, quite pleased with that, naturally a wired LAN would be at least as fast but would required a messing round installing cable with faffing to
hide it under carpets.
BTW you can get it £ 1.50 cheaper from China (if you want to wait 3 weeks) but this was UK seller that also included the CD with installation
software. It's always a bit worrying messing with a working system by deleting drivers 
[Edited on 19/11/15 by 02GF74]
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Irony
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| posted on 19/11/15 at 03:00 PM |
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Never quite understood the 'need for speed' when it comes to internet connections. You only need 10-15mb for streaming services and 25mb
for High Def IPTV. What are you doing with 50mb????? Real-time medical image consultation perhaps?
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Davey D
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| posted on 19/11/15 at 03:17 PM |
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ive noticed some ISP state how many users is recommended for a particular line speed. Makes me laugh when they say 50Mbps is recommended for 1-4
users. We seemed to get by in the days of dialup ok. But then i suppose as connection speeds have increased the services we use online are becoming
overly bloated
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ianm67
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| posted on 19/11/15 at 03:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
Recently subscribed to Virgin media cable but was not getting the promised 50mbps although it went up from 10 to 25-30ish (depending on which bb speed
checker is run).
So I took a punt at one of the 300 MBps WiFi dongles for £ 4.89 to replace the 150 and speed checkers show 50-60ish (depending on which bb speed
checker is run).
So yeah, quite pleased with that, naturally a wired LAN would be at least as fast but would required a messing round installing cable with faffing to
hide it under carpets.
BTW you can get it £ 1.50 cheaper from China (if you want to wait 3 weeks) but this was UK seller that also included the CD with installation
software. It's always a bit worrying messing with a working system by deleting drivers
[Edited on 19/11/15 by 02GF74]
Did exactly the same with my all in one PC. It already had a built in 802.11N Wi-Fi adapter but bought one of these and my connection speeds have gone
from 45Mbps to over 100Mbps...... Wished I'd tried this before I changed from BT Infinity to Virgin, I may not have had to bother in the first
place.....
Always biting off more than I can chew.....
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SJ
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| posted on 19/11/15 at 08:36 PM |
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I recently bought a tp link AC usb wifi dongle to test how much better it is with a ac router and is is much better than the power line adapter I was
using before. It was £25 though.
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Paul Turner
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| posted on 25/11/15 at 04:59 PM |
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I simply changed a setting in the Virgin media Superhub and my speed went from about 20 mb/s to just over 40 mb/s. Good enough on a 60 mb/s connection
and cost me nothing.
Bought one of those cheapo Chinese dongles a couple of years ago for an old laptop. The expensive Belkin one would not connect using Linux. Cheapo one
connected instantly.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 25/11/15 at 06:37 PM |
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Most routers in any given street will be on just a couple of Wifi channels doing a site survey and moving on to a vacant channel works wonders.
However BT Home Hubs always seem to reselect t to channel 1 on reboot.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Hodor
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| posted on 26/11/15 at 07:36 AM |
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Screw you lot, I get 3mb download speed. Don't come crying on here about "just" getting 25mb! ;-)
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