UBR

[General Angel]

Is it possible to find out what UBR you will be on based on Location such as street address?
Because i want to see if i will be on an overloaded UBR, sorry i don't know much about this.

[moaningmags]

Click on connection at the top of the page, this will tell you your ubr.
Mine is cable.ubr01.uddi.blueyonder.co.uk

[spiderplant]

I take it General Angel isn't a customer yet.

GA: Send me your postcode by PM and I'll check.

[xspeedyx]

Mine is overloaded in peak times
cable.ubr05.dudl.blueyonder.co.uk

[Impz2002]

sometimes i think i have my UBR all to myself :) im one of the lucky ones ! lol

Impz

[moaningmags]

I take it General Angel isn't a customer yet.

GA: Send me your postcode by PM and I'll check.

Duh @ me, never gave that a thought.

[Noggo]

Mine is overloaded in peak times
cable.ubr05.dudl.blueyonder.co.uk

I take it you're next weeks capacity upgrades then? :woot:`subject to change'

http://status-cable.virginmedia.com/vmstatus/maintenance.do

[whydoIneedatech]

Duh @ me, never gave that a thought.
It was 0440 in the morning I would have been surprised if you were thinking straight.:p::p:

[g0mit]

Whydoineedatech are they still upgrading UBRs in liverpool

[whydoIneedatech]

Whydoineedatech are they still upgrading UBRs in liverpool
They were upgrading over 3/4 days last week but I am not aware of any work being done this week.

[General Angel]

Thanks to Spiderplant i have found that i will be on a fairly heavily loaded UBR and that i should expect a bit of a slow down in the evenings.
The UBR isnt on the list for needing an upgrade so it shouldnt be that bad.
I also live in the area where they were trialling the 50mbps service.

[AlbionDaz]

How can you tell if your UBR is overloaded,after you click on connection ?

[chickendippers]

You need to ask a friendly member of VM staff here, or on the virginmedia.support.broadband.cable newsgroup.

[AlbionDaz]

Ahh thanks for the info.

Could I please send someone mine ?

[Help!!!]

Mine is overloaded in peak times
cable.ubr05.dudl.blueyonder.co.uk

Im in Dudley also, ubr06...small world!!

[AlbionDaz]

ubr05.wals.blueyonder.co.uk

Actually would be easier to post it here.

Thanks in advance.

[g0mit]

ubr21.live.blueyonder.co.uk
any info on above guys

[spiderplant]

ubr05.wals.blueyonder.co.uk

Really I need to know which UBR card you are on. For example, your UBR has 8 cards which vary from moderate to pretty busy. But regardless of the card, it's scheduled for an upgrade on 5th November.

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ubr21.live.blueyonder.co.ukThat one has 11 active cards, which vary from very light to pretty busy. No upgrades currently scheduled.

But you don't really need to ask me. If it's fast in the daytime, and slow in the evening (without you being STM'd), it's a fair bet your UBR card is busy.

[g0mit]

Hi thanks spiderplant your correct its fast daytime I was on ubr 2 liv and they moved me to ubr21

[AlbionDaz]

Thx Spiderplant :)

What does an upgrade involve exactly,is it the new upgraded speed will be available,or are they making improvements for the cable users in the area ?

[spiderplant]

There are various kinds of upgrades, but the end result should always be better performance for all the users.

[frogstamper]

It must be different for ex-NTL customers because mine doesn't mention a particular UBR, mine says:

cpc1-brig4-*-*-****.brig.cable.ntl.com

can you still tell the UBR from this?

[spiderplant]

You're on Brighton UBR 4. That has 7 cards, all are lightly loaded.

[Axegrinder]

I may aswell join in :D.

cpc2-clif6-0-0-custxxx.nott.cable.ntl.com

Whats the info on that.

[vmuser027]

cable.ubr03.dudl.blueyonder.co.uk

[CM20 User]

cpc2-bsfd2-0-0-custXXX.cmbg.cable.ntl.com

I also recieve poor speeds in the evening, are the UBRs in my area oversubscribed?

Sorry to jump on the bandwagon asking for help but it would be appreciated.


Also, may I ask which UBR in my area has the least load on it and how would I go about connecting to it as opposed to being connected to say one of the worst?

[joglynne]

@ spiderplant. As a point of interest how often would you expect some ones UBR to change?

I have had to my knowledge 4 changes in the last 6 months starting with my chronic connection on cpc1-stre3, then on to cpc4-stre3 followed by cpc2-stre4 and now my current stable (said in a whisper so as not to temp fate) connection cpc3-stre4.

[spiderplant]

Oh dear, I've started something here. No more please!

cpc2-clif6-0-0-custxxx.nott.cable.ntl.comHas 6 cards. 3 are lightly loaded, 3 are middling. No upgrades planned required at the moment.

cable.ubr03.dudl.blueyonder.co.uk
Very mixed. Upgrades to some cards planned for November 10th and 21st.

cpc2-bsfd2-0-0-custXXX.cmbg.cable.ntl.com
Very low to middling. No upgrades planned or required. I'd say if you've got performance problems it's not due to UBR load.

Also, may I ask which UBR in my area has the least load on it and how would I go about connecting to it as opposed to being connected to say one of the worst?You'd need to move house to get on a different UBR. But as I said, yours isn't bad at all.

From your "Beyond a Joke" (http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12/33635688-beyond-a-joke.html) thread it looks like you had a signal level problem. Is it still not resolved?

@ spiderplant. As a point of interest how often would you expect some ones UBR to change?
Just when upgrade work occurs. The number of changes you've had is unusual.

[CM20 User]

Very low to middling. No upgrades planned or required. I'd say if you've got performance problems it's not due to UBR load.

You'd need to move house to get on a different UBR. But as I said, yours isn't bad at all.

From your "Beyond a Joke" (http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12/33635688-beyond-a-joke.html) thread it looks like you had a signal level problem. Is it still not resolved?



Thanks for the reply Spiderplant, when I said a different UBR what I meant to say was a different card on the UBR, if such things are even possible.

Signal levels are fine as far as I can tell, slow speeds between 15:00-23:00 still remain but to be honest I'm not that worried as long as the connection works well for online gaming.

Thanks again :)

Downstream Lock : Locked
Downstream Channel Id : 4
Downstream Frequency : 402750000 Hz
Downstream Modulation : QAM256
Downstream Symbol Rate : 5360.537 Ksym/sec
Downstream Interleave Depth : taps32Increment4
Downstream Receive Power Level : -2.5 dBmV
Downstream SNR : 37.8 dB

Upstream Lock : Locked
Upstream Channel ID : 2
Upstream Frequency : 22200000 Hz
Upstream Modulation : QPSK
Upstream Symbol Rate : 2560 Ksym/sec
Upstream transmit Power Level : 51.5 dBmV
Upstream Mini-Slot Size : 2

[Axegrinder]

Those levels are fine ;)