Virgin's 50Mb broadband arriving December 15? - Page 16

Big-Gaz · 15-12-2008, 11:22

It just logged in to self help again and click upgrade broadband speed (or what every it says) and it there, this time I register my interest

gc7 · 15-12-2008, 11:32

Postcode check results

Sorry, your home is not eligible for 50Mb broadband.

General Maximus · 15-12-2008, 11:32

same here, and I have registered my interest. I am not confident though because I remember doing it with 20mbit and I never heard a peep out of them

Welshchris · 15-12-2008, 11:33

according to this i can upgrade mine now and not just register my interest.

Big-Gaz · 15-12-2008, 11:37

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Originally Posted by Welshchris

according to this i can upgrade mine now and not just register my interest.

I got that, I had to dot it and click go then it took me to a page with a link saying something like: order or register your interest, I clicked it then got told it was not available for me

Impz2002 · 15-12-2008, 11:40

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Originally Posted by gc7

Postcode check results

Sorry, your home is not eligible for 50Mb broadband.

is there a link to a postcode search for 50meg ?

gc7 · 15-12-2008, 11:49

Not that I'm aware of.

That was the message I got when I tried to upgrade through the Selfcare Home page. I had the option to:

Pick your new package
Your existing package is Virgin Media broadband Size XL . This is a Â£37 per month subscription.
Upgrade to Virgin Media broadband: Size XXL Â£52 per month subscription

When I clicked on the the Upgrade option I then got:

Want our Size XXL 50Mb service?

Going XXL is easy, just click on the link below and order the new service.

Not in your area yet? Then you can register and we'll let you know when the service comes to your area.
Order or Register for Size XXL Broadband

Then clicked on Order or Register then got:

Postcode check results

Sorry, your home is not eligible for 50Mb broadband.

Impz2002 · 15-12-2008, 11:52

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/websales/50Mb/index.do

We're busy rolling out up to 50Mb broadband across our fibre optic network, so it won't be available everywhere straight away. This month though, we'll be able to sign up around 1.3 million homes in parts of Scotland, the Midlands and South London

BenMcr · 15-12-2008, 11:55

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/websales/50Mb/index.do

Jinx

---------- Post added at 10:55 ---------- Previous post was at 10:52 ----------

From the FAQ:

Where is 50Mb broadband available?

We're busy rolling out up to 50Mb broadband across our fibre optic network, so it won't be available everywhere straight away. This month though, we'll be able to sign up around 1.3 million homes in parts of Scotland, the Midlands and South London. The rest of the 12.6 million UK homes covered by our fibre optic network will be ready for 50Mb by next summer. To find out if your street is ready now, just fill in the postcode checker and we'll tell you!

Impz2002 · 15-12-2008, 11:55

lol , beat the vm man himself

popper · 15-12-2008, 12:01

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Originally Posted by broadbandking

It will be 5Mb when channel bonding on the upstream has been introduced

were are you getting this Meme from ?,
1:theres not been ANY official talk about any such upload rate any time soon

2: the current DS2.0b/DS3.0 CMs are only certified as "bronze" ,and to Bond the upstream you need official "silver" certification at the very least, there are NO Silver or gold/full certified DS2.0b/DS3.0 CPE CM kit as yet, never mind in mass production ready to be deployed anywere in the world.

3: IF and when this gold/full CPE certification does happen, your looking at a full hardware swap out of any currently installed "bronze" certified CPE CM kit in your home sat on your desk etc to take advantage of any offered greater than single channel DS2.0B/DS3.0 speeds.

the simple fact is, current DS2.0b/DS3.0 bronze certified chipsets cant be firmware updated as they didnt use FPGAs to be re-programed later with the erata fixed firmware and the current DSP fixed chips would need to do this in pure software, the CPUs inside the CM DS2.0b/DS3.0 SOCs (System On a Chip)being produced now are not good enough to run gold/full cert in software only mode.

4: so IF we do see anywere near this 5Mbit upload rate your assuming we will get ,it will be purely running off the current single channel DS2.0B protocol.

from a protocol and chipset POV, it can run already well above that 5Mbit upload rate speed fine (as can the current old DS2.0a NTL255/VM250 DS2.0a chipsets and even the DS1.0 chipsets can manage upto 10Bit/s on the upload speed OC)but VM will need to find far more freqs to put these new DS2.0B upstreams on, and the related ISP kit is even today restrictive of finding more upstream freq space.... see the other 50 Mbit threads for more info....

Daleus · 15-12-2008, 12:03

Apparntly my post code is not eligable, has anyone got a postcode that IS?

Rone · 15-12-2008, 12:08

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Originally Posted by Daleus

Apparntly my post code is not eligable, has anyone got a postcode that IS?

That is the question.............

No, mine is'nt either, but i only looked out of interest.

Where is 50Mb broadband available?
We're busy rolling out up to 50Mb broadband across our fibre optic network, so it won't be available everywhere straight away. This month though, we'll be able to sign up around 1.3 million homes in parts of Scotland, the Midlands and South London. The rest of the 12.6 million UK homes covered by our fibre optic network will be ready for 50Mb by next summer. To find out if your street is ready now, just fill in the postcode checker and we'll tell you!

"parts of Scotland, the Midlands and South London"

So i wasted my time even looking.

Grimpy · 15-12-2008, 12:20

Can someone point me to the postcode checker please.

Daleus · 15-12-2008, 12:24

Why does scotland always get the upgrade first?

Really irks me, Yorkshire is always last as well.