Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed - Page 42

Sirius · 13-01-2012, 05:47

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Originally Posted by thenry

you've not said that before.. unless I've somehow missed it

You have missed it just like you seem to have missed ALL the other posts on this subject.

So for you i will say it AGAIN and i apologise for those not hard of hearing

Cloning is no longer the issue it was before.
Cloning is NOT the reason for the issues you have.
The security systems that are in place will prevent clone's in the areas where the uplifts in upload have accord.

Has your area had the upload uplift yet ????

Finally has you have a perceived hearing problem because you have not listened to a word you have been told may i suggest this company for your hearing issue https://www.betterhearing.org/ and this for your ability to see posts you say you have not seen on this forum http://www.specsavers.co.uk/

denphone · 13-01-2012, 05:54

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Originally Posted by Chad

Overall I think it's great news from Virgin. Can't wait for my upgrade.

Yes l totally agree but there will always be the moan moan brigade who will moan about even the slightest thing.

Peter_ · 13-01-2012, 06:01

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Originally Posted by Sirius

You have missed it just like you seem to have missed ALL the other posts on this subject.

So for you i will say it AGAIN and i apologise for those not hard of hearing

Cloning is no longer the issue it was before.
Cloning is NOT the reason for the issues you have.
The security systems that are in place will prevent clone's in the areas where the uplifts in upload have accord.

Has your area had the upload uplift yet ????

Finally has you have a perceived hearing problem because you have not listened to a word you have been told may i suggest this company for your hearing issue https://www.betterhearing.org/ and this for your ability to see posts you say you have not seen on this forum http://www.specsavers.co.uk/

This may be of use for in front of the computer.

**Kymmy** · 13-01-2012, 08:18

We already have a thread on cloning, please use that one for any cloning discussion (modem and not genetics)

Kushan · 13-01-2012, 08:27

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Originally Posted by davidthornton

I found it here. Seems like most areas are complete and the rest should be within six months.

"not" because "cannot" or "not" because "don't want"?

One FTTC ISP has reported two successful trials of 20Mbit upload today. If 20Mbit upload becomes generally available to FTTC users within three months, for example, Virgin Media are going to look a little slow (offering a maximum of 50% of that, until 120:12Mbit is rolled out and then still 8Mbit slower). I will be interested to see if BT point this out when advertising their Infinity service later this year. VM might then feel compelled to do something, particularly as I suspect the forthcoming 120Mbit tariff is partially designed so VM can say "we offer the fastest download speeds in the UK".

To be fair, Virgin has never really been known for having faster upload speeds. Before the 10:1 rollout (which isn't even complete in some areas), upload speeds were pretty limited. The 10meg had a measly 512kbps upload and the 20meg did 768kbps. Even the 50meg only had 1.5Mbit upload.

Meanwhile, just about anyone on ADSL2 could get about 1meg up, with the odd ISP offering 2Meg. Sure, there's the usual issues of distance and stuff, but the point is it was never really something Virgin tried to grab headlines with.

BenMcr · 13-01-2012, 08:56

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis

Ben do you honestly think VMs network is capable of 10:1 for all areas that have it activated?

Obviously people have there own opinion of the state of VM's network, so I really don't want to get into a back and forth on it again, but overall yes I do

davidthornton · 13-01-2012, 09:01

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Originally Posted by Kushan

To be fair, Virgin has never really been known for having faster upload speeds. Before the 10:1 rollout (which isn't even complete in some areas), upload speeds were pretty limited. The 10meg had a measly 512kbps upload and the 20meg did 768kbps. Even the 50meg only had 1.5Mbit upload.

Meanwhile, just about anyone on ADSL2 could get about 1meg up, with the odd ISP offering 2Meg. Sure, there's the usual issues of distance and stuff, but the point is it was never really something Virgin tried to grab headlines with.

It is only relatively recently that VM decided that they needed to improve their upload speeds to 10:1 having offered 1.5Mbit upload or less for many years. ADSL2+ users with a short line length have been able to achieve around 1Mbit upload and some, on Be Pro for example, have been able to achieve better. FTTC roll out is starting to change that and BT Wholesale ISPs are imminently going to be pulling away from VM with near 20Mbit upload speeds. The next few months, once 80/20 is released, will possibly be the first time that VM's upload speeds will have been significantly less than products available from multiple competitors.

Bullstein · 13-01-2012, 09:11

Show me a low jitter network without ping spikes and I'll be impressed

Never mind top upload/download speeds

H0ND0 · 13-01-2012, 10:10

This is one hell of a long thread & I might well have missed something of significance...

From various sources I've been hearing about VM doubling speeds for a # of weeks. To confirm I've phoned VM CC today, the lady I spoke with said they've only received official confirmation today, the X2 of speeds is generic & not a selected few.

Opps quick edit.

The roll out apparently take a few months

BenMcr · 13-01-2012, 10:10

The proper info site is now up at www.virginmedia.com/doublespeed

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Quote:

Originally Posted by H0ND0

This is one hell of a long thread & I might well have missed something of significance...

From various sources I've been hearing about VM doubling speeds for a # of weeks. To confirm I've phoned VM CC today, the lady I spoke with said they've only received official confirmation today, the X2 of speeds is generic & not a selected few.

Yes, you missed the press release yesterday

http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/S...eeds-2322.aspx

Chrysalis · 13-01-2012, 10:11

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

Obviously people have there own opinion of the state of VM's network, so I really don't want to get into a back and forth on it again, but overall yes I do

in that case whats your explanation for areas like mine that have poor performance?

Slow speed ticket closed (surprise surprise), I prompt and its re opened again as "utilisation creeping back up".

Do you shut your eyes to it or what?

virginruinedntl · 13-01-2012, 10:11

July onwards for Blackburn, very nice

Kushan · 13-01-2012, 10:12

On the previous site (the tickle one), it said my Area was July-December 2012. On the new site, it says "July onwards" so in my case, it was somewhat on the ball.
Still, be nice to have a more specific time frame.

BenMcr · 13-01-2012, 10:15

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis

in that case whats your explanation for areas like mine that have poor performance?

Do you shut your eyes to it or what?

Technical capability to do the speeds and capacity to do the speeds are not the same thing.

However I'm not going to discuss it further as it's not really relevent to this thread and the upload increases have their own thread where I'm pretty sure you've already made your point several times http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12...anagement.html

pk1 · 13-01-2012, 10:27

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

The proper info site is now up at www.virginmedia.com/doublespeed

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Yes, you missed the press release yesterday

http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/S...eeds-2322.aspx

October onwards

Love the site showing you when your update will happen.