Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer

[broadbandbug]

Originally Posted by ShaneC

This must be their slowest roll out yet? I seem to remember the other upgrades took a couple of months?

But past upgrades were always followed by an extended period of cr@p service due to congestion..
This time they are trying to upgrade the areas before they uplift the speed so that people get the 10Mb/s speed.

[chrisjones]

Originally Posted by MaXiMiZe

Well it's nearly the end of july and they are nowhere near completing the areas that have been given that date.

Was just thinking that myself - No sign of the upgrade in Harrogate HG1.

[MaXiMiZe]

It's kind of surprising that they've not updated the schedule page since the 8th of july.

[tank121]

I'm in SK12 Poynton and still stuck on 3.9 mb/s

Come on bring it on Virgin!

[cj_abi]

Well, I'm now reading Stockport as August instead of July, and expanding that further, I would expect the upgrade stuff all done by September, but in reality, probably won't see it until October and it'll be November before I notice and with that said, it'll probably all happen on Christmas day... if not on New Years day and we'll be halfway through January and they'll really mean February and...

yeah... I've somehow stopped expecting the 4-10 meg upgrade happening overnight
(overnight - which would mean the 'next day' which would really mean the day after next, in which case you might aswell say 'weekend' - which they don't really work (do they?) and that'll mean the following Monday or sometime next week... )

[soup dragon]

still nothing new in Cosham area

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:26:20 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 2141 ms = 478.3 KB/sec, approx 3941 Kbps, 3.85 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 2133 ms = 480.1 KB/sec, approx 3956 Kbps, 3.86 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 2125 ms = 481.9 KB/sec, approx 3971 Kbps, 3.88 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 4274 ms = 479.2 KB/sec, approx 3949 Kbps, 3.86 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 3954 Kbps, 3.86 Mbps

[Angua]

Well I am getting some funny speeds for the Oxford area (particularly during traffic shaping hours)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:29:39 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 646 ms = 1585.1 KB/sec, approx 13061 Kbps, 12.75 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 1945 ms = 526.5 KB/sec, approx 4338 Kbps, 4.24 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 2156 ms = 475 KB/sec, approx 3914 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 4292 ms = 477.2 KB/sec, approx 3932 Kbps, 3.84 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 6311 Kbps, 6.16 Mbps

[whydoIneedatech]

Originally Posted by Angua

Well I am getting some funny speeds for the Oxford area (particularly during traffic shaping hours)

If you are a Virgin Media customer then the best speedtest is from the link below which is from a dedicated server within the Virgin Media network, hence the is no www. before the address.

Have you tried going to this link to check your speeds http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/

click on blueyondergames>demos>then click on at least 2 large files and save them to your desktop, and then wait a couple of minutes then write down the transfer rates on the files that are running> times them by 8 and you will get a truer download speed.

[MaXiMiZe]

Upgrade page has just been updated. Lots of new areas given date of july.

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html.../schedule.html

[CT2kX]

Originally Posted by whydoIneedatech

Baguley is TBC so I think any speed improvements you have seen are just wishful thinking see link.

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html.../schedule.html

steady 1.2Mbps from microsft.com is not wishful thinking man, we have had the upgrade.

[MaXiMiZe]

Some areas may have TBC written beside them, however the area may have recieved the upgrade. There have been a lot of instances were that's happened. It's all just about Virgin having to confirm it on their site.

[bliss]

Still no upgrade on my Baguley. And still TBC. It's going to be last i just know it.

[mentalis]

Originally Posted by bliss

Still no upgrade on my Baguley. And still TBC. It's going to be last i just know it.

I've almost given up hope that it is actually going to get done

[cj_abi]

I re-read my last post and feel that it's becoming the reality around here... 7 days to August (and our holiday to the fully upgraded NE (of all the ironies)) - we'd best be on 10meg by the time we get back!

[Spleeny]

Im in Bagluey - and I am now 10mb!! AT LAST - yippeeeeee!!!!!

"Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 10240000"

PS - jusr realised I didnt have to boot my modem either?