Virgin's 50Mb broadband arriving December 15?

[Planetgarb]

Have they posted a list of when each area will be enabled?

[ynwa]

Originally Posted by Nero182

Oh very nice . Can someone check my postcode "BT8 6LZ" doesn't seem to be working for me Though maybe cause I am in college.

Not accepting my BT postcode either. Just returning a blank page.

[Gopher]

Originally Posted by Planetgarb

Have they posted a list of when each area will be enabled?

No signe of a roll out calendar, and they dont know on the phone either

Originally Posted by ynwa

Not accepting my BT postcode either. Just returning a blank page.

just tried for you just got a page with a bit of text not relating to this
a unreadable , sorry could noy be more help

I am an existing customer....will I have to pay any installation charges? And am I still going to recieve the discount which I recieve now....

so say I recieve 10mb for 25 + 18 for telephone - 20 discount...If I upgrade to 50mb, will it then be 50mb 51 + 18 for telephone and no discount?

[Big-Gaz]

Anyone noticed the: The legal stuff on the bottom of: http://allyours.virginmedia.com/websales/50Mb/index.do

Installation charges apply (starting from £30 for standard installation). An additional £50 activation fee is payable for 50Mb broadband.

So does that mean current customers have to pay £50 activation fee ?
Do current customers also have to pay the £30 installation fee ?

thats what I asked above lol

do existing customers pay installation fees and will I still get the discounts i recieve now?

[Big-Gaz]

Originally Posted by i-Set

thats what I asked above lol

do existing customers pay installation fees and will I still get the discounts i recieve now?

Sorry about that didn't read before I posted that D'oh

[General Maximus]

I can understand having to pay £30 for an engineer to come out and do stuff but I don't understand what costs £50.

[Impz2002]

Originally Posted by Daleus

Why does scotland always get the upgrade first?

Really irks me, Yorkshire is always last as well.

not strictly true as far as i remember leeds was the first franchise to get broadband at all, i remember the days when i first got my 512kb service, what a rush that was going from the days of 56k ! lol

Impz

[Zhadnost]

I think I'll wait until it becomes a self install. (and is in my area of course).

Mind you, there's no way I'm paying a £50 activation charge.

[Fatec]

http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/p...740&highlight=

For people who wish to read about the upstream trials and the new STM trials to be run for 50Mbit.

[broadbandking]

where is it?

[General Maximus]

I think we are all going to have to be patient. I can remember years ago when Sky digital first came out you had to pay £200 for the box, installation fees and a monthly subsciption. These days you can get the box for free, installation for free (special offers) and just pay your monthly subscription. The same sort of thing applied to the 512k broadband from ntl and then that went to free modem and a £25 installation fee.

As it is a new thingi think we all need to wait a while for when they dish out the modems for free (assuming that is what the £50 is for) and then I won't mind paying £30 for the engineer to come out and maybe the £52 a month will be more like £37 (current price of top tier package)

[Fatec]

Originally Posted by broadbandking

where is it?

6 Package: The 50Mb service includes a new EuroDOCSIS3-compatible modem, an unlimited service with no traffic management at launch (acceptable use policy still applies), and a complete wireless kit to make the most of 50Mb speeds (including 802.11n router and 802.11n USB dongle), PCguard Total anti-virus and anti-spyware protection. Virgin Media uses traffic management on its network to ensure the vast majority of customers receive the high quality of service they expect. Virgin Media will be trialling a variety of different approaches to traffic management and upstream speeds, to improve the unique performance of this service.