Virgin's 50Mb broadband arriving December 15? - Page 11

Fatec · 11-12-2008, 15:08

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

Sorry, I did mean considered as in considered what rules of STM to apply.

I know but i just couldnt help myself

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

that is tolerable enough

If you enjoyed being ripped off lol.

11-12-2008, 15:14

yeah but I have access in the day and @50meg you can download what 20 gig an hour is it? one hour of downloading a day at that speed is plenty for me anyway. I am not going to get it anyway there is no way I am paying 50 quid for my net

Big-Gaz · 11-12-2008, 15:29

When ever they launch the 50mb, I would like to know how it going to work.
As if they upgrade you straight away, wouldn't you be without internet till the new modem comes by post or engineer.

Unless they don't upgrade you till you phone up to have the MAC addy changed or the engineer phone up to have it done

BenMcr · 11-12-2008, 15:30

The upgrade won't happen until you get the new modem.

11-12-2008, 15:36

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

I'm special

Seriously, I know what I'm on about

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No-one has said it is going to be a full national launch. I would expect it to be confirmation of the price, bundles and initial avaliable areas

ben
why are you special ben are you friends with mr b

**Stephen** · 11-12-2008, 16:33

It is launching on the 15th December as there have now been a couple of VM staff on this thread confirming the date

telfordcable · 11-12-2008, 17:10

VM manager had told me that XXL price will be Â£30 for the first 6 months then Â£47 there after if I upgrade next year in June 2009. See here: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12...l#post34694626 on the post #7

General Maximus · 11-12-2008, 17:39

that is a genious idea because it gives all the skeptics a chance to try it out for what it is and then if they like it they can pay full whack for it. It is good thinking on their part otherwise they would be inundated with complaints if they tied people to 12 month contracts only to find out that they couldnt receive the full 50mbit.

joglynne · 11-12-2008, 17:48

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Originally Posted by Stephen

It is launching on the 15th December as there have now been a couple of VM staff on this thread confirming the date

........and reported on 10th December (yesterday)

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Although it hasn't exactly been a well-guarded secret, Virgin Media (Nasdaq: VMED - message board) CEO Neil Berkett confirmed this morning that the U.K.'s largest cable operator will launch its Docsis 3.0-based, 50 Mbit/s wideband service next week.

Berkett, speaking at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York, said Virgin Media will introduce the 50 Mbit/s (downstream) tier to about half its homes by next week and will offer it across the board by June.

http://www.lightreading.com/document...69148&site=cdn

I do wonder about the statement that "Virgin Media will introduce the 50 Mbit/s (downstream) tier to about half its homes by next week" though.

General Maximus · 11-12-2008, 18:37

well i hope it is true. Although many people report speed/connection issues I have never had a problem getting my max speed in Lincoln and when I whinge about Lincoln never being a trial area the dudes in the know say that it is because there are never problems in my area and they need to make sure new stuff like 50mbit works in the over subscribed areas etc etc, so bearing that in mind I am hoping that my area is going to be one of the areas it is going to be available in next given that they shouldn't be anticipating any problems. I would think that it is only going to be the high usage areas they might need to hold back on till next year so they have time to do whatever upgrades they need to.

Fatec · 11-12-2008, 19:16

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

well i hope it is true. Although many people report speed/connection issues I have never had a problem getting my max speed in Lincoln and when I whinge about Lincoln never being a trial area the dudes in the know say that it is because there are never problems in my area and they need to make sure new stuff like 50mbit works in the over subscribed areas etc etc, so bearing that in mind I am hoping that my area is going to be one of the areas it is going to be available in next given that they shouldn't be anticipating any problems. I would think that it is only going to be the high usage areas they might need to hold back on till next year so they have time to do whatever upgrades they need to.

No problems in lincoln? thanks for making me laugh!

Speeds are atrocious in lincoln, it's worse than dial up in some of the areas.

**Stephen** · 11-12-2008, 19:24

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Originally Posted by joglynne

http://www.lightreading.com/document...69148&site=cdn

I do wonder about the statement that "Virgin Media will introduce the 50 Mbit/s (downstream) tier to about half its homes by next week" though.

What is there to wonder, the product is launching to 50% of the homes that are on net and by June 2009 it will be fully rolled out. They did the same with the 10MB when it changed from 1MB if I remember correctly.

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

well i hope it is true. Although many people report speed/connection issues I have never had a problem getting my max speed in Lincoln and when I whinge about Lincoln never being a trial area the dudes in the know say that it is because there are never problems in my area and they need to make sure new stuff like 50mbit works in the over subscribed areas etc etc, so bearing that in mind I am hoping that my area is going to be one of the areas it is going to be available in next given that they shouldn't be anticipating any problems. I would think that it is only going to be the high usage areas they might need to hold back on till next year so they have time to do whatever upgrades they need to.

the 50MB works off DOCSIS 3 and should not be affected by the problems experienced on the lower tiers which are on DOCSIS 2.0 and also why it will be rolled out to roughly half the network next week and the whole network by June 2009. They have also been trialing the service for a long time to make sure it all works properly.

General Maximus · 11-12-2008, 19:39

Fatec do you like in Lincoln? I honestly never have any problems and can pull over 2mb/sec pretty much any time during the day or week. The time i notice slow down is Friday evening when it drops to 13mbit and I can live with it for a couple of hours.

Stephen I know it is going to be on docsis and they have been trialling it for a while to iron out the problems. The reason I said what I did is because Lincoln has always been one of the last areas to be upgraded when they went from 3 to 10 and 10 to 20 and we have never been a trial area and when I asked why i was told it is because our area is a very good area and they need to play around with the poorer areas to make sure they fix all the problems.

I just hope that when they roll it out on Monday that they have enough staff to manage the demand and I can sign up straight away and get my modem by Wednesday or Thursday. I hate waiting for stuff when I know I have ordered it.

Fatec · 11-12-2008, 20:00

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

Fatec do you like in Lincoln? I honestly never have any problems and can pull over 2mb/sec pretty much any time during the day or week. The time i notice slow down is Friday evening when it drops to 13mbit and I can live with it for a couple of hours.

Stephen I know it is going to be on docsis and they have been trialling it for a while to iron out the problems. The reason I said what I did is because Lincoln has always been one of the last areas to be upgraded when they went from 3 to 10 and 10 to 20 and we have never been a trial area and when I asked why i was told it is because our area is a very good area and they need to play around with the poorer areas to make sure they fix all the problems.

I just hope that when they roll it out on Monday that they have enough staff to manage the demand and I can sign up straight away and get my modem by Wednesday or Thursday. I hate waiting for stuff when I know I have ordered it.

Used to live just as your coming into lincoln, right next to south park, was a few years ago but from everyone i know the service has not improved, the state of the network in lincoln is pretty poor.

If you search google or select sites you'll see most of lincoln is very poor and in serious need of upgrades.

Lincoln wont have 50Mbit for a while yet.

on in an hour! · 11-12-2008, 20:02

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Originally Posted by Stephen

It is launching on the 15th December as there have now been a couple of VM staff on this thread confirming the date

it is coming on the 15th your right stephen,i do know where but am not at liberty to say (sorry). but as to the national roll-out it will be a structured roll-out almost franchise to franchise as oppose to headend by headend.e.g. Bolton has its date yet 2 other franchises off the same headend are still at the t.b.a. stage.
its not just a question of 'tweeking' a ubr or installing new gear at source and away you go!.there are many areas where if 50meg was launched now it simply wouldnt work due to the noise on those areas,as a consequence the network guys are working on the local cabinets in areas with a launch date to remove the noise,and this would have to then be made a rolling maintenance job to ensure the noise levels are kept at an acceptable level.