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General => General discussion => Topic started by: dTEA on 16 January 2012, 08:43
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2 of my friends have been told that their broadband is being doubled as Virgin up their top end speeds to 120mb. So All the lower packages will go up for free! :cool:
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not much chance of me getting it where i live :cry:
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Up speeds are still low though I find it painfull uploading to Photobucket it max's out @ 4Mbps
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^yeah the uploads and D/ls are still better than BT though.
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^yeah the uploads and D/ls are still better than BT though.
Are they? I get 38 down, 8 up on Infinity. I'm hoping BT do something similar!
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I was meant to get my ADSL2+ activated yesterday, was still waiting this morning before I went to work... Most likely because it was a Sunday it didn't go live. No VM in my street and no Infinity till at least 01/06/2012 - which was originally 01/12/2011 but got pushed back again :rolleyes:
oh well got new interwebz arriving at work tomorrow (if BT don't f#ck up again and push it back AGAIN), should be able to live with downloading at work with 100Mb up and 100Mb down, burstable to 1Gb :cool: :laugh:
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I've recently noticed by internet connection icon on the bottom right tells me 1Gbps, it used to say 100Mps :tongue:
I'm finding I would like 10MB upload I'll be happy for them to take 10 off my download sometimes :laugh:
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That 1Gbps is the connection between your PC and the router, not your internet speed :wink: Just means you can transfer files on the local network quick than before, if you ever do do that.
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That 1Gbps is the connection between your PC and the router, not your internet speed :wink: Just means you can transfer files on the local network quick than before, if you ever do do that.
Haa I know Jay I was shinning my cock that I've never seen 1Gbps :tongue:
Anyways I wanted to ask if ethernet cables over 5 meters is worth upgrading to CAT6? I've got CAT5 about 5 Meters in length would it affect the 30MB?
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I got that email....then got this one-
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Hello there,
Oops! That last email, 100Mb Broadband Announcement, was sent in error.
Please ignore this, and rest assured current Virgin Media Cable Broadband customers will be receiving some good news about their broadband in the next 2 weeks. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
The Virgin Media team
"
:sad:
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I got that email....then got this one-
"
Hello there,
Oops! That last email, 100Mb Broadband Announcement, was sent in error.
Please ignore this, and rest assured current Virgin Media Cable Broadband customers will be receiving some good news about their broadband in the next 2 weeks. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
The Virgin Media team
"
:sad:
Yea i had that as well
:rolleyes:
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That 1Gbps is the connection between your PC and the router, not your internet speed :wink: Just means you can transfer files on the local network quick than before, if you ever do do that.
Haa I know Jay I was shinning my cock that I've never seen 1Gbps :tongue:
Anyways I wanted to ask if ethernet cables over 5 meters is worth upgrading to CAT6? I've got CAT5 about 5 Meters in length would it affect the 30MB?
Not going to make a difference tbh
is it CAT5e you have?
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That 1Gbps is the connection between your PC and the router, not your internet speed :wink: Just means you can transfer files on the local network quick than before, if you ever do do that.
Haa I know Jay I was shinning my cock that I've never seen 1Gbps :tongue:
Anyways I wanted to ask if ethernet cables over 5 meters is worth upgrading to CAT6? I've got CAT5 about 5 Meters in length would it affect the 30MB?
Not going to make a difference tbh
is it CAT5e you have?
Yeah standard Virgin cable CAT5, its aright just didn't think forking out on expensive cable would make any difference?
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Wish Virgin would stop being pussies and extend their catchment areas!
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Got cable 2 meters from the driveway, its been there about 14 years.
Can we get cable, no. Apparently it would give Virgin a monopoly :angry:
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Got cable 2 meters from the driveway, its been there about 14 years.
Can we get cable, no. Apparently it would give Virgin a monopoly :angry:
Snap, though ours is just at the end of the cul'de'sac, newly built 3 years ago... so they could have laid the fiber then... :angry:
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I can't get fibre optic from BT or Virgin. Seriously not fair :sad: I live in the third biggest city in the UK for gods sake!
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I got that email....then got this one-
"
Hello there,
Oops! That last email, 100Mb Broadband Announcement, was sent in error.
Please ignore this, and rest assured current Virgin Media Cable Broadband customers will be receiving some good news about their broadband in the next 2 weeks. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
The Virgin Media team
"
:sad:
Still reckon they will double your speed...
So 10MB->20MB
20MB->40MB
etc..
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Wish Virgin would stop being pussies and extend their catchment areas!
Likewise, I recently moved into a new build estate about a mile or so from the main town centre where I used to get a solid 30gb from Virgin and now I've got a fvcking measly 0.4 gb tthrough BT/ Sky. Hurry up you useless cvnts! :sad: :cry: :angry:
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Wish Virgin would stop being pussies and extend their catchment areas!
Likewise, I recently moved into a new build estate about a mile or so from the main town centre where I used to get a solid 30gb from Virgin and now I've got a fvcking measly 0.4 gb tthrough BT/ Sky. Hurry up you useless cvnts! :sad: :cry: :angry:
That's very bad, give them a call to get it sorted. Ask for a SNR reset and KBD test on the line (also do a little research on those two so you also know what you're talking about when you speak to them and they know you know what they are :wink: ) it may not be their fault and could be a problem with the router, your cabling or micro filter.
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I can't get fibre optic from BT or Virgin. Seriously not fair :sad: I live in the third biggest city in the UK for gods sake!
I was BT then Be and only ever got 6mb of 24mb so when asking BT if theirs would be quicker than virgin they still said no...and overall that seems the case though some people are lucky with BT.
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I can't get fibre optic from BT or Virgin. Seriously not fair :sad: I live in the third biggest city in the UK for gods sake!
You live in Leeds?? :laugh:
I got a nice 50MB :evil: any increase is always welcome though :grin:
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Still only sync'ing at 8Mb :rolleyes: and my ADSL2+ capable router is reporting it's using annex A which is ADSL, not annex M which is ADSL2+ :angry: Lets see what PN have to say! :evil:
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I was meant to get my ADSL2+ activated yesterday, was still waiting this morning before I went to work... Most likely because it was a Sunday it didn't go live. No VM in my street and no Infinity till at least 01/06/2012 - which was originally 01/12/2011 but got pushed back again :rolleyes:
oh well got new interwebz arriving at work tomorrow (if BT don't f#ck up again and push it back AGAIN), should be able to live with downloading at work with 100Mb up and 100Mb down, burstable to 1Gb :cool: :laugh:
Mmmm.. 100mb synchronous.. get some speedtest.net tests done please! BT 100mb leased lines aren't exactly cheap..
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Nope, they're not cheap, but we've got big plans to cover most of the costs and already more than halved our bill :smiley:
If it does go live tomorrow I'll get a speedtest done, though I never got above 56Mb, if I remember, from our London datacentre using speedtest.net which is on a 1Gb link :grin:
Just got off the phone with PN and the order didn't go through automatically with the BT system so that's been placed for me and should take 5-7 working days... should have guessed, the might BT system letting us down again. I know it's BT because at work our migrations sometimes fail "unexpectedly" or not at all in BT's systems.
He did try fobbing me off at first saying my exchange wasn't ADSL2+ enabled, until I told him about my digging I had done to find it was ADSL2+ enabled :grin:
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50meg here, don't we'll get doubled :sad:
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How wrong was I.....
Subsequently, Virgin Media representatives have been back in touch to clarify matters, saying:
"Following our announcement last week that we are doubling the broadband speeds our cable customers receive, we’ve started to write to let them know how it will work and what to expect. Our first email, intended for our 100Mb customers, was accidentally sent to some customers on other tiers which may have led to some confusion.
We’re sorry for any misunderstanding and will be writing to customers again soon to clarify how the upgrade will affect them. In the meantime, as part of our double speed programme we are delighted to confirm that 50Mb customers will actually be upgraded to 120Mb, meaning even more Virgin Media customers will be able to take advantage of the fastest broadband speeds in the UK."
Some 50Mb/s customers will see an initial rise to 100Mb/s before moving up to the full whack 120Mb/s, the telco spokespersons added.
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How wrong was I.....
Subsequently, Virgin Media representatives have been back in touch to clarify matters, saying:
"Following our announcement last week that we are doubling the broadband speeds our cable customers receive, we’ve started to write to let them know how it will work and what to expect. Our first email, intended for our 100Mb customers, was accidentally sent to some customers on other tiers which may have led to some confusion.
We’re sorry for any misunderstanding and will be writing to customers again soon to clarify how the upgrade will affect them. In the meantime, as part of our double speed programme we are delighted to confirm that 50Mb customers will actually be upgraded to 120Mb, meaning even more Virgin Media customers will be able to take advantage of the fastest broadband speeds in the UK."
Some 50Mb/s customers will see an initial rise to 100Mb/s before moving up to the full whack 120Mb/s, the telco spokespersons added.
:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
Just wondering why I never got the email :undecided:
Anyway... I have seen speed easily go over the 50MB mark... so pretty sure this isnt fixed anyway. :smiley:
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I was meant to get my ADSL2+ activated yesterday, was still waiting this morning before I went to work... Most likely because it was a Sunday it didn't go live. No VM in my street and no Infinity till at least 01/06/2012 - which was originally 01/12/2011 but got pushed back again :rolleyes:
oh well got new interwebz arriving at work tomorrow (if BT don't f#ck up again and push it back AGAIN), should be able to live with downloading at work with 100Mb up and 100Mb down, burstable to 1Gb :cool: :laugh:
Mmmm.. 100mb synchronous.. get some speedtest.net tests done please! BT 100mb leased lines aren't exactly cheap..
We've had the equipment installed downstairs, waiting for it to be sorted at the other end... but looks like it should be done by the end of the day, not sure if I'll get a speedtest done today though, will as soon as I can though :smiley:
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Mmmm.. 100mb synchronous.. get some speedtest.net tests done please! BT 100mb leased lines aren't exactly cheap..
Fast enough for ya? :laugh: It would be faster IF the test servers could keep up.
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/1713568400.png)
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/1713571445.png)
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/1713575820.png)
Just copied a 2Gb file to our London servers at 100Mbps :cool: :grin: we can get 20 x the porn now :grin:
Using my work PC remotely and it's almost like using it on the same network locally, and I'm only on 8Mb down and 0.4Mb up for the next week when I get ADSL2+ 17Mb estimated.
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Holy moly I'm seriously jealous. :cry:
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Unfortunately that's only at work and a lot of bandwidth will be allocated for other uses in the coming weeks/months, but we'll still get a decent enough speed most of the time :smiley: Will ask my bosses if I'm allowed to whore it for my uses, I'm sure they're also wanting to make use of the fast downloads :grin:
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Mmmm.. 100mb synchronous.. get some speedtest.net tests done please! BT 100mb leased lines aren't exactly cheap..
Fast enough for ya? :laugh: It would be faster IF the test servers could keep up.
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/1713568400.png)
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/1713571445.png)
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/1713575820.png)
Just copied a 2Gb file to our London servers at 100Mbps :cool: :grin: we can get 20 x the porn now :grin:
Using my work PC remotely and it's almost like using it on the same network locally, and I'm only on 8Mb down and 0.4Mb up for the next week when I get ADSL2+ 17Mb estimated.
That is awesome! We have 50/5 shaped per computer for the second line and NOC lot which is fun. Just had a 10G link to our new data centre installed too.. I'd love a go on it, but obviously all it takes is one 1gb or 100mb link across your route and the speeds are bottlenecked :(
Have you seen any of the stuff about the Bournemouth fibre band project? 1g to the door for a very reasonable price per month
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When people quote 100mb, 50mb broadband does anyone actually achieve this when downloading/uploading? I want Virgin :cry:
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If you download from the right sources then yes
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I Max out on Torrents @ 25Mb shy of my 30Mb But with some direct file downloads it max's out at 30Mb at that stage my router smokes and needs an optical cooler me tinks :smiley:
On another note my line dropped for an hour yesterday and so did customer services :shocked:
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I have a mate at Virgin, so i pay £37 a month for full HD package with recorder and 50mb :cool:
Roll on the upgrades!
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When people quote 100mb, 50mb broadband does anyone actually achieve this when downloading/uploading? I want Virgin :cry:
yes.. was hitting 100mb+ at the right times yesterday. Again good source needed
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When people quote 100mb, 50mb broadband does anyone actually achieve this when downloading/uploading? I want Virgin :cry:
yes.. was hitting 100mb+ at the right times yesterday. Again good source needed
Woah. so you could download a GB in 10 seconds? :shocked:
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When people quote 100mb, 50mb broadband does anyone actually achieve this when downloading/uploading? I want Virgin :cry:
yes.. was hitting 100mb+ at the right times yesterday. Again good source needed
Woah. so you could download a GB in 10 seconds? :shocked:
if I had a 1024MB connection.. then yes :smiley:
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i got told the 20mb connections wont be doubled as anything more than that needs there superhub, which i dont wanna upgrade to as everyone i know has had nothing but bother with them.