Virgin Media Gig1 vs. Vodafone (CityFibre) 900/900

So I thought put a quick post together in regards to my recent experience with having both Virgin Media Gig1 and Vodafone 900/900 Gigafast via CityFibre simultaneously.

I have been fortunate enough to not have issues with the Virgin Media connection for the last 2+ years, and would for the most part get the full Gig1 speeds, with the downside of the upload being around the 50mb mark.

Peak times (evenings) speed would drop considerably, but still more than sufficient.

Dealing with the customer support (to do with billing) is another thing, which I would advise against dealing with, to maintain sanity!

Had Vodafone 900/900 installed recently, using the CityFibre network. The added bonus of being able to use my own personal router, directly into the ONT, allowing me to use my existing wired mesh network.

Upload speeds are significantly quicker, as expected, and has helped the many cloud devices constantly uploading at home, i.e. external direct to cloud cameras etc. It's also helped on the work from home front, due the line of work we're in, requiring large uploads.

What's surprised me the most, though, is the BQM - I've done a screenshot of them and added below - Vodafone (through CityFibre) seems a lot more stable looking than Virgin Media Gig1 line.

Interestingly, a family member who also recently took out a line through Vodafone/CityFibre. but on a 100/100 line, their BQM doesn't look no where near as 'stable' - despite it using the same pole/core wires due to the close proximity of the house.

However, I am no BQM expert!

I should add, these lines are both used very heavily, including constant 4k streaming's, 24/7 uploads- they were both tested equally. The Vodafone CityFibre connection, as it has been new, I've been doing constant speedtests, so I would have expected it to spike frequently.

PS: ignore the red drop on each BQM - that was me testing router configurations, that required restarts or disconnection.

Virgin Media Gig1 - https://ibb.co/264C49J
Vodafone 900/900 - https://ibb.co/KXGkKKP

Edited by JakeRoof (Wed 17-Aug-22 10:55:39)

You won't see any Virgin Media BQM's that look anything even close to your Cityfibre BQM.

The yellow (jitter) on the Virgin BQM is just a consequence of the underlying DOCSIS technology and is present to some extent on all their lines. Some are much much worse.

FTTP (and FTTC) BQM's almost always look cleaner than Virgins.

why have you wiped the images, make a post then 5 days later they gone? Some privacy concern over ping graphs?

I haven't 'wiped' them - I don't even have an account with ibb.co to manage the images. I just uploaded as a free user - I rarely ever upload images to any forums.

Why would I take my time out, to write something up, for the benefit of others and no benefit to me, to then supposedly remove the screenshots.

Where have the images gone then?

I have no idea. I get a 404 error page when I go on them now. It worked when I checked a couple days back.

When the poster above mentioned it, that was the first time I noticed they had vanished.

I shall try dig them up from my home laptop and re-upload when I get a moment.

In reply to a post by JakeRoof:

When the poster above mentioned it, that was the first time I noticed they had vanished.

The terms don't mention how long they are kept if you are anonymous, and interestingly has no published address of where they are.
https://imgbb.com/tos#contact
https://imgbb.com/privacy

Probably safe to assume if you don't login, they can remove any content any time.