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Old 11-12-2011, 18:13   #151
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Re: Speed doubling?

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If VM have chosen to disable something it becomes not possible to activate for a customer.

However its not impossible for VM to enable that function by rolling out new config files, so to me the message given was misleading.
They have no reason or need to do so as they have the modems they want on the network and they only work on the CMTS that Virgin Media want them to work on so the is no issue or conflict and all information in that respect is 100% accurate.

Remember it is Virgin Media who is the ISP and it is up to them how they go about provisioning the network they own and run, why waste money on providing firmware on a something that is not required, do you put premium fuel in your standard saloon off course not as it is a waste of money.
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Old 11-12-2011, 22:26   #152
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Re: Speed doubling?

Hello all. I have just popped on to Cable Forum for the first time in a while. What exactly are the upgrades? And who is getting them? Has there been an official announcement or is this all rumour and speculation?
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Old 11-12-2011, 22:42   #153
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Re: Speed doubling?

Rumour and speculation, but from a very informed source, who has been reliable in the past.

Nothing has been officially confirmed by VM.
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Old 11-12-2011, 22:55   #154
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Re: Speed doubling?

I can see both side of the arguement guys. I got my new VMNG300 on Friday and had a look at the config before i rang up to get it activated and it did say docsis 1/2/3 etc compatible.

My question is though, if VM want to standardise CPE, why not take something like the shub and just give it to everyone if it will work on all hardware on all tiers instead of having the normal hub and the shub as well?
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Old 12-12-2011, 03:37   #155
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Re: Speed doubling?

I feel all this is unfair on people.

People on 50mb will get a whopping 50mb extra speed yet those on 10mb only get a pathetic 10mb extra.

It should be a universal extra for everone, either 10mb for everyone or 50mb for everyone not massive extras for some and hardly anything for others.

It is going to be very unfair for people getting an extra 50mb speed for nothing and paying a only £35 for 100mb yet those on 10mb getting a small upgrade to 20mb and paying nearly the same price.
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Re: Speed doubling?

It is a bit unfair, but, at the end of the day, VM are a business, not a charity.

If you want the better deals, then subscribe to a better package.
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Re: Speed doubling?

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I feel all this is unfair on people.

People on 50mb will get a whopping 50mb extra speed yet those on 10mb only get a pathetic 10mb extra.

It should be a universal extra for everone, either 10mb for everyone or 50mb for everyone not massive extras for some and hardly anything for others.

It is going to be very unfair for people getting an extra 50mb speed for nothing and paying a only £35 for 100mb yet those on 10mb getting a small upgrade to 20mb and paying nearly the same price.
If you want the bigger upgrade then pay for the bigger package, ring up you may be pleasantly surprised.
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Re: Speed doubling?

Just curious, this rumoured speed doubling, is it just the download rate that is doubled, or is the upload rate supposed to be doubled as well?
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Re: Speed doubling?

I imagine it wil be everything - up, down, ping, and jitter.
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Re: Speed doubling?

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I feel all this is unfair on people.

People on 50mb will get a whopping 50mb extra speed yet those on 10mb only get a pathetic 10mb extra.

It should be a universal extra for everone, either 10mb for everyone or 50mb for everyone not massive extras for some and hardly anything for others.

It is going to be very unfair for people getting an extra 50mb speed for nothing and paying a only £35 for 100mb yet those on 10mb getting a small upgrade to 20mb and paying nearly the same price.
and whats to say prices will remain the same, should this upgrade be real ..
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Re: Speed doubling?

My parents got the letter about free upgrade in the post yesterday. Hopefully for customers who have been loyal for years like we have!
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Re: Speed doubling?

I posted in my thread about this but I seem to have had my downstream speed doubled in the last few days.
I am regularly getting 50-100MB and sometimes more:



I have received no letter and no email.
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Old 12-12-2011, 10:34   #163
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Re: Speed doubling?

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I posted in my thread about this but I seem to have had my downstream speed doubled in the last few days.
I am regularly getting 50-100MB and sometimes more:



I have received no letter and no email.
Try clearing the cache as the speed is to high for 100Mb and if it was 100Mb it would have a 10Mb upload to go with it.
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Re: Speed doubling?

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Try clearing the cache as the speed is to high for 100Mb and if it was 100Mb it would have a 10Mb upload to go with it.
Do you mean the modem cache or my internet cache?
I've turned the modem off and on again (wiated 10 seconds) and ebooted my mac after clrearing internet cache and getting this:

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Re: Speed doubling?

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Try clearing the cache as the speed is to high for 100Mb and if it was 100Mb it would have a 10Mb upload to go with it.
Per another post of mine the config file for 100Mb is going up to 110Mb downstream, 109 is only a shade high.

Neither you nor I know what config files are floating around on the network, as you I'm sure know the config files are not the be-all and it's perfectly feasible that someone in a trials team shifted this guy to a 110Mb profile downstream as a test while his modem / Superhub is still policing per its config file at 5Mb/s upstream.

Could also be a rate limit fail, have seen a few of them on here recently.
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