jhothersall Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Just had CLEO on the phone (yeah these guys still exist :-p) well just preformed a test using jpref and the results were pretty good, the connection to CLEO from my school was 92mb but when on speedtest only 60mb. So it has to be the proxy servers at fault and not the internet connection itself.
CyberNerd Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Just had CLEO on the phone (yeah these guys still exist :-p) well just preformed a test using jpref and the results were pretty good, the connection to CLEO from my school was 92mb but when on speedtest only 60mb. So it has to be the proxy servers at fault and not the internet connection itself. Could also be that their pipe to the internet is contended with other schools, so whilst you're paying for 100Mb you only see half that.
AceDaz Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 I had exactly the same talk with them, With a direct connection to CLEO I got 80mb with the worst at 68mb, and when we went back behind TMG the results were between 45mb and 49mb. But they are planning to swap the Switch with a newer model, but to keep reporting the speed. Just had CLEO on the phone (yeah these guys still exist :-p) well just preformed a test using jpref and the results were pretty good, the connection to CLEO from my school was 92mb but when on speedtest only 60mb. So it has to be the proxy servers at fault and not the internet connection itself.
AceDaz Posted August 22, 2013 Posted August 22, 2013 How is the broadband lately? They apparently did some work at the beginning of August
ChrisH Posted August 22, 2013 Posted August 22, 2013 Hard to tell without the proxy farm being under normal term time load.
twin--turbo Posted September 3, 2013 Posted September 3, 2013 Ahhhhhh, the joys of having kicked them into touch 5yrs ago... I think we were the first to jump ship, and each and every one that leaves makes it less and less viable for them Rob
dezt Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 We're having the new line finalised tomorrow, can't wait to check speedtest when it's all configured. We've gone with a 100mb line direct from virgin media.
AceDaz Posted September 6, 2013 Posted September 6, 2013 Is it 100Mb/100Mb? How much was that? We're having the new line finalised tomorrow, can't wait to check speedtest when it's all configured. We've gone with a 100mb line direct from virgin media.
dezt Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 @darrenmcginnis it is 100mb/100mb, we have paid £10K for it per year on a 3 year contract. Here's our most recent speedtest result. http://www.speedtest.net/result/2957049589.png Can't complain compared to what we used to get. 2
SchoolsBroadband Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 @darrenmcginnis it is 100mb/100mb, we have paid £10K for it per year on a 3 year contract. Here's our most recent speedtest result. http://www.speedtest.net/result/2957049589.png Can't complain compared to what we used to get. That's quite a lot for a 100/100 on Virgin. FYI we've done quite a few on Virgin back hauling to our network for under £8kpa Dave
dezt Posted September 17, 2013 Posted September 17, 2013 @SchoolsBroadband When we spoke to you about it you wanted £14k from us, that's why we went for Virgin direct. Oh well, never mind, it does what we want it to do.
SchoolsBroadband Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 @dezt such a shame. We are a lot cheaper now than we were as we have some new interconnects and also new pricing from our carriers. We'll always do a price match on a genuine like for like quote from any supplier too. Enjoy your Virgin line! Cheers Dave 1
marsdenprimary Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 We're on CLEO- is this any good? Seems slow for a school...! http://www.speedtest.net/result/3003872860.png
jhothersall Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 (edited) That is slow, at Bowland High - Edited October 1, 2013 by Dos_Box Fixed image
SimpleSi Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 Primary are only supposed to have 10Mbps so i'd keep quiet Simon
krb548 Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 @darrenmcginnis it is 100mb/100mb, we have paid £10K for it per year on a 3 year contract. Here's our most recent speedtest result. http://www.speedtest.net/result/2957049589.png Can't complain compared to what we used to get. We just signed up with virgin with 200mb & adsl failover backup line for £12k a year on 3 year deal. Thus was direct with them. Now just need to get all correct info off one connect what a pain that is 1
dezt Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 that's good for a 200mb line, I realized i got the price a bit wrong for our 100mb line, the line costs £7,200 per year and the firewall costs £2,800 per year. 1
AceDaz Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 Now just need to get all correct info off one connect what a pain that is What info? and Would be nice to have something constant, although we are now getting low 90s download and approx mid 40s upload.
krb548 Posted October 13, 2013 Posted October 13, 2013 What info? and Would be nice to have something constant, although we are now getting low 90s download and approx mid 40s upload. We have a lancs.sch.uk dfes style DNS name & want to keep it. It has been a hassle trying to get a copy of our DNS zone & also get the ip DNS tag released to Virgin media. We have now managed this but what a hassle trying to get all info I needed as could not call anyone plus all old IT has been one connected! I have now also found out that county have not altered their routing for email to us so any lancs school who is sending us mail it having it bounced. Nice of them to let me know we had to request an extra change. One connect has now got so impersonal and even less flexible for schools than before. 1
ChrisH Posted October 13, 2013 Posted October 13, 2013 Thanks for that info I know what to expect now.
AceDaz Posted October 13, 2013 Posted October 13, 2013 (edited) When we moved our emails in-house, it took a bit of planning but it was a ok transfer. But getting our old emails was a joke, they physically dropped the DVDs off for me to import the PST files. Recently we had an email delayed going to another school, and their reply was that they had recently moved to Virgin Media and hadn't told them their emails had changed. So they had 75 emails being held on the OCL servers for them. Same as a different school, I was unable to email them when they moved to Office 365. Seems to a slow process to migrate. Edited October 13, 2013 by AceDaz
buzzard Posted October 31, 2013 Posted October 31, 2013 Interesting bits in here, so if you do leave OCL for Broadband you need to a. Give notice b. swap DNS Tag to new ISP c. Change MX record? - would this not be swapped over with the nameservers/zone transfer d. why would mail still be hitting county hall?
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