June 2012 Update

Posted by Tom Mac in Fitness, Tech on Jun 16th, 2012 | Comments Off

Its been a while since I chucked out any updates, either tech or training – so this post shall compress both into one post. In this update I want to talk about the free Virgin Broadband update, Motorola Xoom ICS update, Wirecast as well as some training and karate news.

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Virgin Media Upgrade my Upload Speed

Posted by Tom Mac in Tech on Dec 19th, 2010 | Comments Off

Virgin media are currently upgrading everyone Upload speed and preparing the exchange for the new 100mbit. Going by the PDF it says my area is not due till Aug 2011. I just by sheer luck tested my speed and got the speed above. Basically its 50mbit download and 5mbit upload. Of course this also means they will throttle back my torrents and news server downloads.

Virgin Media increase upload speed plus more throttling

Posted by Tom Mac in Tech on Sep 30th, 2010 | Comments Off

UK Broadband supplier Virgin Media are set to increase the upload speed of all its tiers starting now and rolling out area by area. There is no extra cost for this service and on there fastest service (XXL) they are going form 1.5Mbps to 5Mbps, the lower speed tariff 20Mbps (XL) will have their upload changed from 768K to 2Mbps. With the good also comes the bad – not only are they restricting your traffic as before but also slowing down Newsgroup and Torrent Traffic.

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Sky offers 20Mbps broadband for free

Posted by Tom Mac in Tech on Apr 25th, 2010 | 2 comments

As of June 1, British broadcaster Sky is to upgrade all of its existing broadband customers to (up to) 20Mbps, and streamline its packages to two simple offerings. The company is also going to give all Sky TV and telephone line subscribers the highest speeds possible for free.

Sky has created two broadband options to suit all of its customers’ needs, with Sky Everyday Lite aimed at those who casually browse the internet, and Sky Unlimited for the more hardcore ‘net user.

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Deal with the Devil – Virgin Upgraded

Posted by Tom Mac in Tech on Jan 28th, 2009 | Comments Off

In an effort to save myself some money and get more for less – I called up Virgin (my Cable ISP) and asked what offer they could give me. I worked out I was paying £25 per month for 10mbit and about £15 for the telephone – there had to be a better deal to be had.