Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

Sutton, Surrey

Received in this morning's post a letter advising that our broadband speed has been doubled 10-> 20.

Checked Usain's page which says it's 10mb still.

Checked on speedtest.net: says it's 5.7mb (as ever)

Am I missing something or do I need to do something to activate?

Note: our modem is 7 year old Motorola

Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

If you have a Black motorola (SB5100) or an SB4100 (white/cream) then you should be able to hit 20mbit without an issue. Are you connected directly in or are you using a router with wireless (this will affect speeds)?

It does sound like you're still on 10Mbit however, you may need to ring them up to get the boost but you should see more than 5.7Mbit.

Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

If it's even older (SB3100) then they weren't capable of even 10Mbit.

Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

Log in to MyVirginMedia. There should be a self upgrade option where the double up top is stated. Get the SuperHub if theres the option.

Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

@kushan

Thanks. Connected directly

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@thenry

Thanks for the suggestion. Will try.

Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

VM upgrade my 50mbps to 100 around the 31st December, I've just tried Speedtest and have got the following results
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/01/29.png
Guess this means i'm now on 120mbps as when I tried it yesterday I got 124mbps

I'm in Leeds and was informed that it would be later in 2013 before I would be upgraded to 120mbps

Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

SuperHub? open and copy and paste > http://192.168.100.1/VmRouterStatus_configuration.asp

Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

Yes superhub

General Configuration Network Access Allowed
Maximum Number of CPEs 1
Baseline Privacy Enabled
DOCSIS Mode EU DOCSIS 3.0
Config File
Primary Downstream Service Flow SFID 16561
Max Traffic Rate 133000000 bps
Max Traffic Burst 10000 bytes
Min Traffic Rate 0 bps
Primary Upstream Service Flow SFID 16560
Max Traffic Rate 12000000 bps
Max Traffic Burst 16320 bytes
Min Traffic Rate 0 bps
Max Concatenated Burst 16320 bps
Scheduling Type BestEffort
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Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

your on 120meg down and 12meg up :D

Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

Thanks

Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

Why on earth have they set the upstream at exactly 12000000 bps? They haven't allowed for overheads. :shocked:

I know that the headline is probably "up to 12Mb", but with that setting nobody will achieve it, ever. Why can't VM deliever the 12Mb upstream they said they would? Doesn't this risk a clash with the regulator? Surely VM networks have enough capacity to allow just that little extra waffer thin room for overheads. :rolleyes:

Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the ASA only cares about advertised speeds, VM doesn't advertise the upload speeds, just the download speeds so they can get away with this.

Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

Fluffed up to 133 meg down.

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They have allowed for protocol agnostic overheads. That 12Mbps is 12Mbps of data, excluding what you call "overheads". Though what you and I call overheads are probably different.

But yes, VM don't advertise upstream speeds anymore, they can set it to whatever they want, as long as it averages more than ~2.5Mbps...

Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

12 Mbps upload is still rubbish. BT FTTC upload are the best 19 Meg! (that's 7 Meg more than VM) ;)

Re: Areas already upgraded (2012 double speed upgrades)
 

7Mb difference? It took me ages to work that out. Your maths is phenomenal. Did you go to grammar school?