Virgin's 50Mb broadband arriving December 15? - Page 41

sprattgraham · 30-12-2008, 11:39

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Originally Posted by Broadbandings

Rik,

If Luton has been Hemel Hempstead, where you are, has not.

You are on lutn-hem1-ubr-2.network.virginmedia.net - which is not a 10k.

Mine is still the old NTL name: cpc1-bsfd1-0-0-custxxx.cmbg.cable.ntl.com

Rik · 30-12-2008, 12:18

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Originally Posted by sprattgraham

Mine is still the old NTL name: cpc1-bsfd1-0-0-custxxx.cmbg.cable.ntl.com

cpc1-hem12-0-0-cust***.lutn.cable.ntl.com here

Ignitionnet · 30-12-2008, 18:07

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Originally Posted by Impz2002

My hostname is on a leeds UBR. its something like harg1.leed.virginmedia.com

No, you're on a Harrogate uBR, which hangs off Leeds headend and uses Leeds DHCP.

At a quick guesstimate and according to DNS there are only 3 uBRs in Harrogate - unlikely to be a high priority due to being so relatively small.

The 50Mbit may be overlaid and run from Leeds, but Harrogate itself will not be a high priority to receive equipment of its' own.

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Originally Posted by sprattgraham

Mine is still the old NTL name: cpc1-bsfd1-0-0-custxxx.cmbg.cable.ntl.com

Most people's hostnames have not been changed - more relevant is that you are on bsfd1 - Basford 1, first uBR in Basford so not going to be the newest one!

30-12-2008, 20:06

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Originally Posted by Broadbandings

No, you're on a Harrogate uBR, which hangs off Leeds headend and uses Leeds DHCP.

At a quick guesstimate and according to DNS there are only 3 uBRs in Harrogate - unlikely to be a high priority due to being so relatively small.

The 50Mbit may be overlaid and run from Leeds, but Harrogate itself will not be a high priority to receive equipment of its' own.

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Most people's hostnames have not been changed - more relevant is that you are on bsfd1 - Basford 1, first uBR in Basford so not going to be the newest one!

how can you tell which headend you ubr comes i have asked virgin which one mine comes off , and i have being given different answers mine .cable.ubr01.brom.blueyonder.co.uk . brom= Bromsgrove in midlands i think it could be Wolverhampton, how do you find this out please ,Broadbandings many thanks in advance

sprattgraham · 30-12-2008, 21:10

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Originally Posted by Broadbandings

Most people's hostnames have not been changed - more relevant is that you are on bsfd1 - Basford 1, first uBR in Basford so not going to be the newest one!

Bishop's Stortford not Basford, is the one after cpc1 or bsfd1 the ubr number.

Whats so good about it not being the newest one?

General Maximus · 30-12-2008, 22:40

the older it is the more dated the equipment is going to be. Hopefully it is a good sign though as it means it will hopefully to be the first to be upgraded.

spiderplant · 30-12-2008, 22:40

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Originally Posted by ufitm

how can you tell which headend you ubr comes i have asked virgin which one mine comes off , and i have being given different answers mine .cable.ubr01.brom.blueyonder.co.uk . brom= Bromsgrove in midlands i think it could be Wolverhampton

Yes, you're on a Bromsgrove UBR, which is connected to Wolverhampton. But Bromsgrove doesn't have 50-meg available yet even though Wolverhampton does.

30-12-2008, 23:18

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

Yes, you're on a Bromsgrove UBR, which is connected to Wolverhampton. But Bromsgrove doesn't have 50-meg available yet even though Wolverhampton does.

thanks for the info spiderplant , when i asked someone at support they
said i could be but they where not sure .

bigsinky · 31-12-2008, 08:35

belfast anyone? phoned yesterday an was told "sorry dunno". anyone point me in the right direction fo some sort of rollout schedule.VM seem to be playing their cards close to their chest atm. i dunno why i am in such a hurry anyway, traffic shaping down to 5Mbit between 5pm and midnight anyways.

31-12-2008, 08:38

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Originally Posted by bigsinky

belfast anyone? phoned yesterday an was told "sorry dunno". anyone point me in the right direction fo some sort of rollout schedule.VM seem to be playing their cards close to their chest atm. i dunno why i am in such a hurry anyway, traffic shaping down to 5Mbit between 5pm and midnight anyways.

Try this postcode checker for availibilty click HERE

BenMcr · 31-12-2008, 10:35

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Originally Posted by bigsinky

belfast anyone? phoned yesterday an was told "sorry dunno". anyone point me in the right direction fo some sort of rollout schedule.VM seem to be playing their cards close to their chest atm. i dunno why i am in such a hurry anyway, traffic shaping down to 5Mbit between 5pm and midnight anyways.

Virgin said at the launch the next dates would not be announced till January.

As for Traffic Shaping, there is not going to be any on the XXL broadband at launch, and even when it is, the times/trigger levels/length have not been decided.

bigsinky · 31-12-2008, 10:59

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Originally Posted by whydoIneedatech

Try this postcode checker for availibilty click HERE

I have tried this and all i get is this screen below. something wrong with the page i think. both my work machine and my pc at home display this page. can anyone confirm that the post code checker works?

here is the offending screen

cheers

sinky

broadbandking · 31-12-2008, 11:01

Its going to have appilication throttling not STM well done VM you've done it again, released a great speed and your going to screw people who use it.

bigsinky · 31-12-2008, 11:10

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

Virgin said at the launch the next dates would not be announced till January.

As for Traffic Shaping, there is not going to be any on the XXL broadband at launch, and even when it is, the times/trigger levels/length have not been decided.

no shaping on XXL, i find that hard to believe, maybe for for the first 3 months until VM guages interest in their top tier BB package, then they will bend you over and pull your pants down. i will admit i am a very heavy user, but to be honest, traffic shaping has never bothered me. having said that Â£52/month is a lot of money and i would like to think i would be getting value for money with a 50Mbit package.

Am i just stupid or niave to think that VM's 50Mbit package will be as good as my 20Mbit package has been.

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Originally Posted by broadbandking

Its going to have appilication throttling not STM well done VM you've done it again, released a great speed and your going to screw people who use it.

application throttling like bittorrent and giganews? does that mean that the app will be nobbled or that they will do a check on the ports that it uses.

31-12-2008, 11:13

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Originally Posted by bigsinky

I have tried this and all i get is this screen below. something wrong with the page i think. both my work machine and my pc at home display this page. can anyone confirm that the post code checker works?

here is the offending screen

cheers

sinky

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/websales/50Mb/index.do
try this url , i have just looked at info on 50mg and the was url i got when on page , just copied and pasted it
ufitm