Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
07-03-2012, 00:19
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
i am getting excited now. I can't wait to run some speed tests against peeps with shubs. 4 channels vs 8 channels, let the battle begin 
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07-03-2012, 00:56
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
Next month for Leicester!
Anyone due for upgrades this month?
Edit: Should have read before posting lol
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07-03-2012, 01:47
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by thenry
so areas will go to 8 down channels before getting the down double then up will be upgraded when up channels are bonded to 2 or more?
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That's how it appears to me, though I guess with VM anything can happen 
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07-03-2012, 07:58
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by General Maximus
i am getting excited now. I can't wait to run some speed tests against peeps with shubs. 4 channels vs 8 channels, let the battle begin |
Almost tempts me to keep my VM service for a few more years now, knowing well enough once I disconnect my VMNG300 it's going to be tough getting it reconnected ever again.
But they'd have to offer a really good retentials deal and just couldn't be bothered.
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07-03-2012, 10:09
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Almost tempts me to keep my VM service for a few more years now, knowing well enough once I disconnect my VMNG300 it's going to be tough getting it reconnected ever again.
But they'd have to offer a really good retentials deal and just couldn't be bothered.
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Try them, they have given me great deals to stay with them.
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07-03-2012, 10:43
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by General Maximus
i am getting excited now. I can't wait to run some speed tests against peeps with shubs. 4 channels vs 8 channels, let the battle begin |
Like I said in another thread, I'm now on 8 downstream channels, 1 up. Still on 30Mb, my area (Aylesbury) is due to be upgraded April-July. My power levels were high, but have dropped significantly since Tuesday morning, dropping from 8 dBmV to around 2.5. Not sure if its a coincidence, but a virgin engineer was working on the green cabinet 20 yards from my house.
Broadband quality graph...
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07-03-2012, 11:24
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by jimexbox
Like I said in another thread, I'm now on 8 downstream channels, 1 up. Still on 30Mb, my area (Aylesbury) is due to be upgraded April-July. My power levels were high, but have dropped significantly since Tuesday morning, dropping from 8 dBmV to around 2.5. Not sure if its a coincidence, but a virgin engineer was working on the green cabinet 20 yards from my house.
Broadband quality graph...
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Can you post your old pre 8 channel monitor graph next to the new 1 please for comparison?
Last edited by SnoopZ; 07-03-2012 at 11:29.
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07-03-2012, 11:25
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan
Try them, they have given me great deals to stay with them.
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As I said before, they already didn't.
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07-03-2012, 11:54
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
Can you post your old pre 8 channel monitor graph next to the new 1 please for comparison?
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Don't have one I'm afraid, just set up the quality test a few of days ago. The superhub definitely wasn't downloading on 8 channels when I set it up last year.
This graph was before the virgin engineer was working on the green cabinet yesterday and powered it off.
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07-03-2012, 11:59
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
As I said before, they already didn't.
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Well if you haven't cancelled yet, just call retentions, and tell them you want to leave. They should come up with a better deal then (especially if you say you are going to Sky or BT).
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07-03-2012, 12:21
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
I got a feeling the work in my area was done today and they have bodged it up.
12.30am was huge packetloss on udp and all tcp packets were been dropped, I went bed and turned modem off.
Today its down completely and awaiting fix.
When they did the speed uplift work I had several hours downtime during peak in the evening so it wouldnt surprise me if this is another bodge up job.
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07-03-2012, 12:46
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan
Well if you haven't cancelled yet, just call retentions, and tell them you want to leave. They should come up with a better deal then (especially if you say you are going to Sky or BT).
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As I said before, I've already cancelled. They did not bother coming up with a better deal.
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07-03-2012, 17:02
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
As I said before, I've already cancelled. They did not bother coming up with a better deal.
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Good.
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07-03-2012, 19:14
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by Pierre
Good.
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I know.
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07-03-2012, 19:27
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
So whens disconnection day qasdfdsaq?
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