Remaining 20 Meg Upgrade Areas

[Almazred]

Anyone in the Wolves/Northampton/SW England areas getting 20 Meg yet? I know August is 31 days long (!) but it's interesting to know if VM have started yet. Nothing in Gloucester/Cheltenham yet.

[xspeedyx]

no dates just the month been set hopefully will be sooner than later in the month

[EYEZ]

Nothing here in Plymouth as yet !! :erm:

Only 3 Weeks left,so must be some movement soon !!

:cool: :cool:

[xspeedyx]

Cnt wait man 20mb soooo many linux iso's

[janipewter]

Nothing here in Plymouth as yet !! :erm:

Only 3 Weeks left,so must be some movement soon !!

:cool: :cool:

Yep, probably in the 3rd week ;)

[xspeedyx]

Well only 21 days to wait

[greenlantern64]

Personally I am in no rush. My 10meg sped is near top capacity and stable. Not been shaped as yet. I see that once 20meg hits just problems.

Personally would prefer to remain as is. Speeds are fine for most news group down loads. What another 10 min when you’re on a stable link

[EYEZ]

Personally im not looking forward to it anyway,wiv wats going on wiv 20mb Nationally.

:erm::erm:

My Connection is Pants at the best of times ....been like that for 16 Months.
( luckily enuff i get full rebate for 10MB ).:clap:

;);)

[rizzla]

nothing in nn4
my 10 meg service is pants :

Average Speeds: 395 Kbps 1751 Kbps

10th August 2007 14:44:37 390 Kbps 979 Kbps
9th August 2007 14:42:51 345 Kbps 91 Kbps
9th August 2007 14:41:38 351 Kbps 191 Kbps
9th August 2007 05:20:45 402 Kbps 1610 Kbps
8th August 2007 15:08:22 460 Kbps 1138 Kbps
8th August 2007 15:07:49 452 Kbps 1125 Kbps
7th August 2007 14:25:55 456 Kbps 2601 Kbps
7th August 2007 05:25:39 373 Kbps 4496 Kbps
6th August 2007 15:09:59 365 Kbps 3232 Kbps
6th August 2007 09:36:11 334 Kbps 205 Kbps
5th August 2007 20:28:22 380 Kbps 6426 Kbps
5th August 2007 09:55:50 418 Kbps 568 Kbps
4th August 2007 09:40:41 416 Kbps 2325 Kbps
3rd August 2007 18:41:26 381 Kbps 4325 Kbps
3rd August 2007 14:44:12 482 Kbps 1969 Kbps
3rd August 2007 05:19:52 388 Kbps 1908 Kbps
2nd August 2007 21:38:15 376 Kbps 3257 Kbps
2nd August 2007 14:41:16 488 Kbps 7061 Kbps
2nd August 2007 05:21:12 369 Kbps 2778 Kbps
1st August 2007 14:58:34 374 Kbps 305 Kbps
31st July 2007 20:56:11 474 Kbps 1179 Kbps
31st July 2007 05:20:26 365 Kbps 5967 Kbps
30th July 2007 15:11:47 296 Kbps 101 Kbps
30th July 2007 05:25:26 370 Kbps 764 Kbps
29th July 2007 10:09:01 439 Kbps 332 Kbps
28th July 2007 16:14:13 346 Kbps 53 Kbps
28th July 2007 11:13:12 416 Kbps 128 Kbps
27th July 2007 20:08:08 410 Kbps 1221 Kbps
26th July 2007 14:49:41 223 Kbps 376 Kbps
25th July 2007 14:38:43 406 Kbps 649 Kbps
25th July 2007 05:18:43 413 Kbps 2033 Kbps
24th July 2007 14:44:59 427 Kbps 2145 Kbps
23rd July 2007 14:46:05 402 Kbps 238 Kbps
22nd July 2007 11:24:37 432 Kbps 874 Kbps
21st July 2007 10:51:24 357 Kbps 139 Kbps
21st July 2007 10:27:57 294 Kbps 179 Kbps
20th July 2007 14:58:40 478 Kbps 1051 Kbps
19th July 2007 14:53:17 376 Kbps 3363 Kbps
18th July 2007 15:02:48 476 Kbps 924 Kbps

[videodj]

Still on 10 meg in Northampton (NN3).

Not looking forward to 20 meg, as got a good stable connection and good speeds at the moment, from what I've read about 20 meg, I'd rather stick with what I've got.

[vmuser027]

Nothing here yet in Wolves. Excellent stable 10meg connection though. It was awful a few days ago but seems to have improved greatly today which makes me think they are working on things.

The speed stays at just above 10meg day and night. Great!

When the 20meg comes i hope it stays this consistent. The only thing im dreading is the traffic management!

[vmtech]

not everywere is having problems with 20mb guys mines been working fine since day 1

[mark1979]

no change here,im in paignton,just a few miles from newton abbot

ive always had steady high speeds on my connection (10mb) si i hope that the upgrade doesnt mess things up

i also heard,not sure what truth there is too it,but in the sw area they used different cableing which is far too advanced for that time(telewest days),i bet if this is true it will cause further delays :(

my vm contract ran out a few weeks back,so im waiting to see what happens before i commit to longer

[Almazred]

Still nothing in Gloucester/Cheltenham area.:eek::eek:

[mark1979]

nothing yet here

must admit though that my connection has been non-steady!!!

ive had perfect connection always,and in last 2 days its been very un-stable,maybe work is underway?

we can only hope :o:

[RizzyKing]

Nothing so far in LE16 and like a few others i am apprehensive about 20meg arriving as it seems to come with a whole lot of problems time will tell i guess.

[JackSon]

You've not gotten your upgrade in Leicester? We (DE74, fed off of leicester UBR 3) got done weeks ago, how odd!

[pc_plod12000]

Still no upgrade here in Walsall (wolvo)
A bit gutted, last time the upgrade(10 meg) was out wolvo was 1 of the first to get upgraded.

Come on virgin pull ya finger out and get us upgraded

[RizzyKing]

LE16 is on the border of leicestershire and northamptonshire so i am assuming when northampton gets done then i will have the 20meg.

[janipewter]

Still no upgrade here in Walsall (wolvo)
A bit gutted, last time the upgrade(10 meg) was out wolvo was 1 of the first to get upgraded.

Come on virgin pull ya finger out and get us upgraded

Lol last time they did upgrades, Plymouth was last. Once again, Plymouth is last (still nothing yet).

[xspeedyx]

halesowen here but feed off wolvo's ubr wish it was on a birmingham ubr then would of had my upgrade

[shane_uk]

It is slow tonight in my street in Plymouth barely getting 1.7mbps on usenetserver and I’m on a 10 Meg connection. Hopefully 20 Meg is here tonight

Doubt it

[xspeedyx]

Might just be maintance on the ubr's which would mean its close to 20mb for you o yeah welcome shane_uk to cf

[mark1979]

Come on Vm,get the remaining area's upgraded to 20mb

im DL'ing at 1196kbps at the mo(from microsoft game demo),so no change here(newton abbot area)

is any of the remaining area's completed yet? as i noticed quite a few in previous months were completed with the 1st week!!!

[xspeedyx]

still the same nothing here

[vmuser027]

From newsgroups:

Telford is on Wolverhampton UBR.



> Can you confirm if 20mb has been rolled out in Telford today?
>
> As my connection speed appears to have halved presumably from the speed
> cap in place?
>

Hi Antony

We can say that STM has been applied, and would assume that the 20Mbs
service is now available in your area.

Nothing here yet though in Wolves

[CraigT]

Nothing here either in wolves :-(

config still says 10mb and I have rebooted a few times today

[susan]

At least waiting last,the next upgrade's from 20Mb will be more quicker,i guess they have thought about 50Mb in the future and laid the proper cable's(just my theory) come on plymouth,get switched on.

[masefield]

I live in Telford - heres today's Speedtest speed test - does this mean I've been upgraded.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/43.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[NatTelford]

I am also in Telford and i can confirm that i have not received the upgrade yet. It wont be far off though i dont think!

[xspeedyx]

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:44:11 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 860 ms = 1190.7 KB/sec, approx 9811 Kbps, 9.58 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 859 ms = 1192.1 KB/sec, approx 9823 Kbps, 9.59 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 844 ms = 1213.3 KB/sec, approx 9998 Kbps, 9.76 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 1719 ms = 1191.4 KB/sec, approx 9817 Kbps, 9.59 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 9862 Kbps, 9.63 Mbps

no upgrade in halesowen

[xero01uk]

still no upgrade in Wolvo
when i spoke to VM last week the tech said that i would have to power cycle the router to get the upgrade, is this correct info?

thankx

[DocDutch]

xero you would have to powercycle the modem not the router ;)

but havent seen anything happening in my area either just yet and hey we are nearly at the end of the month :(

[xero01uk]

thats what i ment LOL still half asleep

[xero02uk]

thats what i ment LOL still half asleep


Hello, let the games begin!

[xero01uk]

who are you? let me guess you are one of my stakers from xbox live i wil lbe contacting the mods about this

[Almazred]

I live in Telford - heres today's Speedtest speed test - does this mean I've been upgraded.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/43.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Err......No. Once it gets into 5 figures download speed you'll be cooking. ;);)

[mark1979]

nothing here today (newton abbot area)

maybe if the 3 VM vans i seen in mcdonalds drive through today were working,we may be abit closer to it :p:

half way through the month now,so at least you would expect 1 of the remaining areas to be completed

C'mon Vm

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:52:53 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 951 ms = 1076.8 KB/sec, approx 8873 Kbps, 8.67 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 889 ms = 1151.9 KB/sec, approx 9492 Kbps, 9.27 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 905 ms = 1131.5 KB/sec, approx 9324 Kbps, 9.11 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 2527 ms = 810.4 KB/sec, approx 6678 Kbps, 6.52 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 8592 Kbps, 8.39 Mbps

[christopherw]

Easier way to see if your area has 20Mb: power cycle your cable modem, then log onto its 192.168.100.1 status page. Look on the config page (they're different for each modem, but you'll find it somewhere) and if you see a profile string beginning with the magical "cm-20480" or something similar to that, you're on 20mb. My profile on my modem (in Brum) before I left for holiday said something like cm-10240, and I'm on XL (waiting for the 20Mb upgrade).

If your modem has taken the new 20Mb profile, THAT is the definite proof that your area is now 20mb enabled - and if you can't get 20mb speeds, that's the time when you should be ringing VM and hollering at them. ;)

[xero02uk]

who are you? let me guess you are one of my stakers from xbox live i wil lbe contacting the mods about this


One of the stalkers from xboxlive?

How many stalkers have you got?

I also contacted the mods regarding you, they're watching you regarding your charity scams :o:

[janipewter]

Easier way to see if your area has 20Mb: power cycle your cable modem, then log onto its 192.168.100.1 status page. Look on the config page (they're different for each modem, but you'll find it somewhere) and if you see a profile string beginning with the magical "cm-20480" or something similar to that, you're on 20mb. My profile on my modem (in Brum) before I left for holiday said something like cm-10240, and I'm on XL (waiting for the 20Mb upgrade).

If your modem has taken the new 20Mb profile, THAT is the definite proof that your area is now 20mb enabled - and if you can't get 20mb speeds, that's the time when you should be ringing VM and hollering at them. ;)

That's exactly what I've been doing.

070816123655 6-Notice E102.0 SW Download INIT - Via Config file cm-10240-384

[xspeedyx]

15 days to go come on vm

[vmuser027]

I dont see how it can be much longer now! STM is already in place!

[xspeedyx]

really have seem to be affected yet

[Mrcon]

still no upgrade in Wolvo
when i spoke to VM last week the tech said that i would have to power cycle the router to get the upgrade, is this correct info?

thankx

Would you say Dudley in the wolvo area, thats where I am and am planning on getting it, they are ment to upgrade this month so ive read.

[mark1979]

:o: still waiting in newton abbot area VM :o:

[masefield]

I have just noted the following entries on the maintenence page on VM - could this be the upgrade date we have waited for??

Wolverhampton
maintenance

Change Request Number 64686
Start Time 21/08/2007 00:01
End Time 21/08/2007 05:00
Description of Change Network Maintenance in Wolverhampton
Customers Affected Broadband
Posted By Hush Kaur
Posted On 16/08/2007 14:37
Detailed Description
Our engineers will be undertaking maintenance work in the Wolverhampton area.
Customer Impact
The work will result in a loss of services for our broadband customers between the hours of 12am and 5am. This work will also affect any Video on Demand purchases during these times.For those customers who are aware of which one of our uBRs (routers) they connect to, this will affect customers on UBR03 in Wolverhampton. Virgin Media apologises for any inconvenience caused.


updates

No updates available

Sandwell I

maintenance

Change Request Number 66138
Start Time 22/08/2007 00:01
End Time 22/08/2007 05:00
Description of Change Network Maintenance in Sandwell
Customers Affected Broadband
Posted By Hush Kaur
Posted On 16/08/2007 14:43
Detailed Description
Our engineers will be undertaking maintenance work in the Sandwell area.
Customer Impact
The work will result in a loss of services for our broadband customers between the hours of 12am and 5am. This work will also affect any Video on Demand purchases during these times.For those customers who are aware of which one of our uBRs (routers) they connect to, this will affect customers on UBR04 in Sandwell. Virgin Media apologises for any inconvenience caused.


updates

No updates available

Sandwell II

maintenance

Change Request Number 67844
Start Time 23/08/2007 00:01
End Time 23/08/2007 05:00
Description of Change Network Maintenance in Sandwell
Customers Affected Broadband
Posted By Hush Kaur
Posted On 16/08/2007 14:45
Detailed Description
Our engineers will be undertaking maintenance work in the Sandwell area.
Customer Impact
The work will result in a loss of services for our broadband customers between the hours of 12am and 5am. This work will also affect any Video on Demand purchases during these times.For those customers who are aware of which one of our uBRs (routers) they connect to, this will affect customers on UBR03 & UBR05 in Sandwell. Virgin Media apologises for any inconvenience caused.


updates

No updates available

Suppose we will have to wait and see. I am sure that I am on UBRO3 Wolverhampton.

[Mrcon]

Im getting in next month, so hopefuly dudley is covered in the wolvo/sandwell area.

[Carter87]

Ubr2 in wolves here.And i have had trouble from day 1.I am hoping unlike some that my problems are sorted by the upgrade.Never had a stable 10mb took them 18 months to admit
the problem with my green box being over loaded.After trying to sort the problem they made another forgot the name of the new problem.Because i took my tv and phone away they wont even give me the discount they where giving me when i had them (£20 rant over)And no upgrade as of yet.


Peak times are just a nightmare for me.Right up until 12.00am/1.00am later sometimes i am lucky to get 1mb less most nights. 183kbs up :(

[pc_plod12000]

maintenance on wolvo..................:)
lets hope that by time i finish work @ 1pm, a swift power cycle of me modem and ill see 20meg config

[DocDutch]

grrr and still nothing in the Northamptonshire area :(

[xspeedyx]

how do u powercycle a modem?

[DocDutch]

you take the power off the modem for at least 1 minute Darth ;)

[xspeedyx]

ok cool thats easy cheers mate

[xero01uk]

oh brilliant!!! thankx for the info masefield!!!

[janipewter]

At least 1 minute? I take the power cable out, and as soon as the LED's go off I plug it back in. As long as the modem actually restarts, that's a power cycle.

Or if you're really lazy, click the "Restart cable modem" button on the config page :)

[Uke]

At least 1 minute? I take the power cable out, and as soon as the LED's go off I plug it back in. As long as the modem actually restarts, that's a power cycle.

Or if you're really lazy, click the "Restart cable modem" button on the config page :)
Which "Restart Cable Modem" button :rolleyes:

This must only be on certain modems/firmware, I don't get it on my Grandparents' 200 or my 250.

[janipewter]

Here.

[mark1979]

this is so annoying having to wait

c'mon vm you bunch of turnips,me wants me 20 meggys

[Uke]

Here.
Oh, that's a Motorola modem - the standard issued by Virgin nowadays (and NTL in the past) were Ambit modems, and none of them have that option.

[pc_plod12000]

Oh well looks like another weekend of 10 meg speeds :erm:

Lets hope its sorted by next weekend......... fingers crossed

[janipewter]

Oh, that's a Motorola modem - the standard issued by Virgin nowadays (and NTL in the past) were Ambit modems, and none of them have that option.

I know that, but not everyone on VM is ex-NTL, are they?

[xspeedyx]

13 days to go

[mark1979]

i realy dont think they will complete us remaining area's in august.i bet it over-laps into september!!!

[greenlantern64]

well i for one am in no rush.... Have stable 10meg connection at the moment. Fear that when we are upgraded that stability will end, and all the crap that everyone else has had for the past few months will come my way.... complaints here i come lol

[xspeedyx]

I think alot of areas are ok with 20mb and on cf you only here the made stories but vm have over 3 million bb users so it might be as good as your 10mb like mine always stable

[mark1979]

ive always had a stabe 10mb eer since i had the BB.but i realy cant understand why not 1 of the remaining areas has been completed yet :confused:

[Almazred]

I think something must be going on. I am in the Gloucester/Cheltenham area. This afternoon I had problems getting above 3.5 meg for an hour or so. I logged on a few minutes ago and am back up to my usual and very stable 9.8 or 9.9 meg. Is this a test of the STM I wonder? If so, then 20 meg cannot be far off.:) But if it means STM, then :shocked: We will see I suppose.

[janipewter]

i realy dont think they will complete us remaining area's in august.i bet it over-laps into september!!!

I bet it overlaps into May 2008 :D

[slowcoach]

I bet it overlaps into May 2008 :D
You should be so lucky. :p:

---------- Post added at 23:52 ---------- Previous post was at 23:48 ----------

ive always had a stabe 10mb eer since i had the BB.but i realy cant understand why not 1 of the remaining areas has been completed yet :confused:
Because it takes time to **** it up. ;)

[mark1979]

You should be so lucky. :p:

---------- Post added at 23:52 ---------- Previous post was at 23:48 ----------


Because it takes time to **** it up. ;)

if and when i do get it and it's ***ked up,i will be off to some other isp

ive waited aaaages for this, as has every other remaining area,and it better be worth it :mad:

[slowcoach]

2 Meg yesterday, 1.5 Meg today.
Crappy ADSL is looking a better bet every day.

[Te Bheag]

Hi,

I saw a lot of cable-laying hi-vis jackets out and about in West Wolverhampton today, one van down our street, but they'd finished what they were doing before I could ask whether they were putting in new cable for 20meg. But their presence in the area along with the maintenance notice on-line bodes well I think. :idea:

[xspeedyx]

I will check my bb connection later

[mark1979]

this sucks

no 20meg in sw area yet(newton abbot)

im getting ******ed off now!!!

[EYEZ]

no 20meg in sw area yet(newton abbot)

Aint good news here in Plymouth either !!

More than likely it will be the last Second of the 31st :(:(

[mark1979]

Aint good news here in Plymouth either !!

More than likely it will be the last Second of the 31st :(:(


i realy dont think they will upgrade us in august to be honest,everything down this way always gets put back or delayed!!

does plymouth run off newton abbot?

[xspeedyx]

11 days left dammit I need my linux distros quicker

[EYEZ]

does plymouth run off newton abbot ?

Sure Does ............... Unfortunately :D:D

[telfordcable]

Telford area is now 20Megabits :)

Results for speedtest #1187642847
Date of Speed Test: 2007-08-20 21:38:49
Download Speed: 19275 kbps (2409.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 732 kbps (91.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Telford area: TF7 5PF

Just connecting to virgin cable broadband xl this morning by engineering (signed up £29.00 a month)

[EYEZ]

Which UBR does Telford come under ?

[vmuser027]

Wolverhampton, nothing here in Wolverhampton though!

[telfordcable]

I did ask the engineering which area is Telford network from eg: Wolvehampton or Birmingham ? He told me that TF75PB, TF7 5PF from Birmingham, the rest from Wolverhampton is to be completed by end of the month.

[NatTelford]

Can confirm that TF2 area is NOT upgraded yet.

[janipewter]

Nothing here (Plymouth), neither at my house (PL2) or at a friends (PL9).

[Almazred]

STILL nothing in Gloucester/Cheltenham. Come on VM, get your finger out. :mad::mad:

[Te Bheag]

The hi-viz chaps are out and about again today in Wolves in full Virgin Media livery as well as sub-con vans, so the work is progressing. Just have to wait for the 'phat pipe' to be switched.:dozey:

[Knuckles]

10 days to go and yet still no 20Mbit broadband :(
Come on VM!!!

[oleum]

Northampton NN3 at least is getting 20Mb as of about 30 mins ago when I restarted my modem cos I lost connection.

In actual fact I'm getting about 17.5M and 720k but I'm happy its better than 10 :) .. at last.

I just hope the other problems are related to upgrade and get sorted soon.- Intermittent problems? Slow page transitions? DNS perhaps?

----

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:33:33 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 453 ms = 2260.5 KB/sec, approx 18627 Kbps, 18.19 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 437 ms = 2343.2 KB/sec, approx 19308 Kbps, 18.86 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 438 ms = 2337.9 KB/sec, approx 19264 Kbps, 18.81 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 953 ms = 2149 KB/sec, approx 17708 Kbps, 17.29 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 18727 Kbps, 18.29 Mbps

[vmuser027]

Upgraded in Wolverhampton. Modem just restarted!!

[janipewter]

Oh yes!! Just been upgraded in Plymouth PL2!!!!

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/37.png

[mistert5091]

Just checked and bristol Has been done Yeah!

[Daveoc64]

Got the upgrade here in what Telewest/Virgin Media insist on calling "Chapelton" (which is actually hundreds of miles away).

[Te Bheag]

Wolves - Woo-hoo! I'll check it out when I get home. Which bit of Wolves you in vmuser027? I'm WV3 9...

Also, do upload speeds increase?

[Unholymoondog]

Newton Abbot Done :) I just rebooted my modem and it was there :)

[vmuser027]

Wolves - Woo-hoo! I'll check it out when I get home. Which bit of Wolves you in vmuser027? I'm WV3 9...

Also, do upload speeds increase?

Yes currently uploading at about 85kB/s.

In the DY area here but come under Wolverhampton. Just found out though that my wireless can only handle 15mb :(

[ufitm]

[quote=janipewter;34380012]Oh yes!! Just been upgraded in Plymouth PL2!!!!

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/37.png[/quote
can you please tell me from my speeds if my area is done
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/38.png

[rizzla]

im northampton nn4, my downloads still pants but for the first time in a speed test upload has gone up.

Download Speed: 445 kbps (55.6 KB/sec ) Upload Speed: 638 kbps (79.8 KB/sec )

[xspeedyx]

woooo hoooo haledsowen done

[EYEZ]

Plymouth PL1 Area is a Done Deal :cool:

Now for 3Gig of Play ... . :dunce:

[janipewter]

Oh yes!! Just been upgraded in Plymouth PL2!!!!

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/37.png
can you please tell me from my speeds if my area is done
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/38.png

It is indeed :)

[Almazred]

Looks like Gloucester/Cheltenham is done: :D

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/35.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Now for the STM.....:mad::mad:

[Te Bheag]

Wolverhampton WV3 9 is now 20meg. May need to tweak a little to get the full (ish) rate. :)

[Mrcon]

Yes currently uploading at about 85kB/s.

In the DY area here but come under Wolverhampton. Just found out though that my wireless can only handle 15mb :(

Woo Im in the DY2 area, so that mean there 20MB round here?

[CraigT]

Wolverhampton here, Just rebooted

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:18:55 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 422 ms = 2426.5 KB/sec, approx 19994 Kbps, 19.53 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 422 ms = 2426.5 KB/sec, approx 19994 Kbps, 19.53 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 437 ms = 2343.2 KB/sec, approx 19308 Kbps, 18.86 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 844 ms = 2426.5 KB/sec, approx 19994 Kbps, 19.53 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 19823 Kbps, 19.36 Mbps


To repeat this test from the source server click here

;-)

[chamoan]

Sick to death of being one of the last all the time to get the upgrades, took about 5/6 months last time to go from 4 to 10mb, not even a sniff of a hint as to when my area will be upgraded to 20mb, the roll out update page is about as useful as a chocolate fireguard. Pull ya finger out VM and hurry up!

[CraigT]

where about in the midlands are you? try rebooting ya modem had to do mine to get the upgrade

[chamoan]

I've booted it, punched it, threw it..well ok i felt like doing that but havent, i tried rebooting the modem several times the past few months in hope it might of been done, last time i rebooted it was yesterday, didnt make any difference, i come under bromsgrove area last time the updates was announced for 10mb, altho im not in bromsgrove.

[vmuser027]

Well its been done today so reboot now!

[ufitm]

I've booted it, punched it, threw it..well ok i felt like doing that but havent, i tried rebooting the modem several times the past few months in hope it might of been done, last time i rebooted it was yesterday, didnt make any difference, i come under bromsgrove area last time the updates was announced for 10mb, altho im not in bromsgrove.
I come under Bromsgrove as well but i am also not in there just down the road a bit in Kidderminster mine was done at dinner time, i reboot modem about the and it was done , so try another reboot and you may fine you are
on 20 mb

[DocDutch]

wooohooo got a lovely 20megger now :D

[NatTelford]

Telford Done except for .... 25800000 Hz upload???

[myriauk]

I'm in Telford

TF7 5HQ

Madeley area.

Still no upgrade here, tried rebooting. nothing.

[janipewter]

Telford Done except for .... 25800000 Hz upload???

That's frequency mate, not speed ;)

[NatTelford]

768000 bits/sec upload, sorry my bad, i check in haste after a few beers for those in Telford that are not upgraded im TF2 oakengates so it wont be far off

[mark1979]

well ive been on 20meg for a few hours now and i want my 10meg back

what a load of pants

im what i presume,being throttled down to 5meg,i had not throttling on 10meg ever!!!

do they throttle ur up speed as well as your down speeds?

[NatTelford]

well i have not hit my limit as i have only just returned home after having to opo out after reboot and im obtaining 1.70mb/s from gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk and i was getting 1.20mb/s before the upgrade. Im on VIP so technically am not paying any different but i would expect better speeds from 20mb

[chamoan]

I come under Bromsgrove as well but i am also not in there just down the road a bit in Kidderminster mine was done at dinner time, i reboot modem about the and it was done , so try another reboot and you may fine you are
on 20 mb

Ill give it a reboot and try, im in Redditch.

[oval73]

On 20Mb in Northants - NN15 as from 7pm. Power cycled modem after reading a post on virginmedia.support.broadband.cable and it came straight on. Downloading average 17.5 Mb - already STM'ed!!

[chamoan]

lmao theres me moaning, rebooted and ive been upgraded, 18.78mb im getting on newsgroups, thats good enough for me, thanks for info ufitm, i wouldnt of tried it for a while still had you not of said about it, wooohoo finally 20mb :D

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/32.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[mark1979]

lmao theres me moaning, rebooted and ive been upgraded, 18.78mb im getting on newsgroups, thats good enough for me, thanks for info ufitm, i wouldnt of tried it for a while still had you not of said about it, wooohoo finally 20mb :D

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/32.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

but what is the point of 20mb when you get throttled at peak for dl'ing over 3gb,that majorly sucks!!!

i was well chuffed this morning when i got 20mb but then i now am running at just under 5mb due to my useage.

i didnt once get throttled when i was on 10mb so to be honest i wished i stayed at that as now im gonna be throttled to 5mb all the time :mad:

[chamoan]

i dont download hardly during the daytime, i mainly leave mine on when i go to bed, so altho it is a disgrace they cap you, for me personally its not such a problem, but i'm sympathetic to those who dont like it, afterall u dont go to a 'all you can eat buffay' to be told u cant eat half of it after your first plate full.

[NatTelford]

you guys that are getting pritty much what you expected from news groups ow are you doing your tests? if i do a speedtest.net test im getting 10mbish if i do th cableforum test im geting about 12-13mb how do i conduct a news group test?

[chamoan]

I dont think you can do a true newsgroup test, just see what you getting when you downloading, and damn now im on 20mb i forgot about the 3gb limit, just got capped! arghhhhhhhh! lol. 5mb now :( and only just been talking about the 3gb cap an forgot lol.

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i was impressed with my 20mb for about 20mins :(

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/31.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[mark1979]

I dont think you can do a true newsgroup test, just see what you getting when you downloading, and damn now im on 20mb i forgot about the 3gb limit, just got capped! arghhhhhhhh! lol. 5mb now :( and only just been talking about the 3gb cap an forgot lol.

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i was impressed with my 20mb for about 20mins :(

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/31.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

that 3gb is easily reached isnt it ;)

if they have to limit the useage,i would say about roughly 6-8gb would be better.

well saying that scrap the capping all together

[xspeedyx]

couldnt peerguidan help with STM or this if its done on a protcol level

[xero01uk]

still waiting on the wolvo upgrade

[vmuser027]

you shouldnt be! Have you restarted your modem?

[xero01uk]

yea just restarted the modem and my router and unplugged RJ45 cable to make triple sure and im in currently at 16-17mb

[xkennyx]

Mark1979....Which UBR are you connected to? If you are connected to the Newton Abbot UBR does that mean Plymouth has been upgraded? Im at work at the moment and am unable to check my modem.

Thanks
Kenny

[greatcapp]

i got my upgrade in Northampton area yesterday.
oooh, the excitement - i can use it for 20 minutes later, then slip back to a cool 5mb.
i can't wait.

[greenlantern64]

been upgraded in the cradley areas yesterday. Getting 17-18 which is fine as long as its stabel with me. Did a trial with capping last night. Download above the three about 7 ish . was capped at about 5 ish. Thhis morning all was bat to normal again so if it works out like that i have nor problems. Will set newgroups to down load in day and switch off when finished. I agree we shouyld not be capped at all but think that will have to wait until VM finaly upgrade the network.

[greatcapp]

been upgraded in the cradley areas yesterday. Getting 17-18 which is fine as long as its stabel with me. Did a trial with capping last night. Download above the three about 7 ish . was capped at about 5 ish. Thhis morning all was bat to normal again so if it works out like that i have nor problems. Will set newgroups to down load in day and switch off when finished. I agree we shouyld not be capped at all but think that will have to wait until VM finaly upgrade the network.

I tried doing that. I downloaded during the day yesterday, and stopped just before 3pm.
I was still capped at 5mb for all evening.

[mbriody]

Do you know if they've done the whole of Northampton?

I'm near Sixfields (NN5). They had to install everything from scratch here as its a new development. I can't check at the moment as I work away from home.

i got my upgrade in Northampton area yesterday.
oooh, the excitement - i can use it for 20 minutes later, then slip back to a cool 5mb.
i can't wait.

[greatcapp]

Do you know if they've done the whole of Northampton?

I'm near Sixfields (NN5). They had to install everything from scratch here as its a new development. I can't check at the moment as I work away from home.

I only got the higher speeds when i turned the modem off for a minute, the re-started. it.
I would guess all of Northampton has been done.

[xspeedyx]

aint been capped yet however I use torrents so might take me a while

[TheNorm]

...afterall u dont go to a 'all you can eat buffay' to be told u cant eat half of it after your first plate full.

That's a good analogy. If the cook can prepare food at a certain (limited) rate, and there are only a few people in the restaurant, everyone is happy. When the place fills with hungry customers, a limit has to be applied. And people start complaining.

[mark1979]

Mark1979....Which UBR are you connected to? If you are connected to the Newton Abbot UBR does that mean Plymouth has been upgraded? Im at work at the moment and am unable to check my modem.

Thanks
Kenny

yes mate,plymouth has been done

a couple of other users here from plymouth have reported its been upgraded

im on newton abbot ubr

[masefield]

Here is my latest Speedtest result - have been upgraded have re-powered both modem and router. Any other ideas - I know that this is perhaps a silly question is there any system which you can monitor the downloads and as to whether I have gone above the 3gb cap. Thanks.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/28.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[mark1979]

Here is my latest Speedtest result - have been upgraded have re-powered both modem and router. Any other ideas - I know that this is perhaps a silly question is there any system which you can monitor the downloads and as to whether I have gone above the 3gb cap. Thanks.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/28.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

fook me i thought i was be done over

thing is your up speed isnt far off but ur down speed majorly sucks!!!

have you try'd the 20mb optimizing page?

[EYEZ]

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/26.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

20 MB ............................ Kin Really !!

:td:

*Update* Techie Booked For Sat Morn 8-9 am .. :erm:

[mark1979]

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/26.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

20 MB ............................ Kin Really !!

:td:

*Update* Techie Booked For Sat Morn 8-9 am .. :erm:

do you run off newton abbot ubr mate?

ive just tweaked mine upto

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/27.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[EYEZ]

Yep .. Newton Abbot :confused:

If i could Sqeeze some more outta this Pants Connection wud be a Bargain :)

Tweaks - Info Appreciated !!

:D:D

[mark1979]

Yep .. Newton Abbot :confused:

If i could Sqeeze some more outta this Pants Connection wud be a Bargain :)

Tweaks - Info Appreciated !!

:D:D

i just followed these instructions,trial and error with them realy as it says

http://www.virginmedia.com/help/20mb-broadband-optimisation.php

but it did improve ever so slightly,not near the supposed 20mb though.ive only once managed over 16mb:mad:

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aint been capped yet however I use torrents so might take me a while

you dont use the torrent sites i use then;) hehehehehe

[janipewter]

20Mb, unshaped.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/24.png

lol

[xspeedyx]

YAY HIT THE LIMIT


https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/25.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[mark1979]

20Mb, unshaped.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/08/24.png

lol

that downspeed you got aint 20mb,its barely 2mb,thats sucks majorly!!!

[janipewter]

Yep. At least I get the full upspeed though :)

[xspeedyx]

dammit man vm need to sort out ppl's network issues janipewter that really bad sorry dude

[Blackbeard]

Northampton NN2 area now upgraded to 20 meg

[shaun2312]

W'borough afaik hasn't been done or I havn't noticed it. I'll reboot my modem after work today

[Inkybob]

Northampton (NN14) done.

[RizzyKing]

LE16 now 20meg and stm :(.

[Azi]

Wellingborough, (NN8), all done and dusted.