Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed

Or comparing a line on a pole to an area-wide network upgrade.....

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by Pierre

Tenuous link, to say the least.

Quite what a BT issue has to do with VM, I don't know.

Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

If it was anything like some of the contractors that BT use, then it may well have been bodged.

Could someone please tell me whether these values are correct for my SH? I'm on 30 MB currently but should be upgraded to 50 or 60 soon. I don't know anything about this so please be gentle, thank you




Connection

------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Startup Procedure*
*Procedure* *Status* *Comment*
Acquire Downstream Channel 299000000 Hz Locked
Connectivity State OK Operational
Boot State OK Operational
Configuration File OK
Security Enabled BPI+

------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Downstream Channels*
*Lock Status* *Modulation* *Channel ID*** *Max Raw Bit Rate***
*Frequency* *Power* *SNR* *Docsis/EuroDocsis locked*
Locked QAM256 26 55616000 Kbits/sec 299000000 Hz 8.5 dBmV 43.7 dB Hybrid
Locked QAM256 25 55616000 Kbits/sec 291000000 Hz 9.0 dBmV 44.0 dB Hybrid
Locked QAM256 29 55616000 Kbits/sec 307000000 Hz 8.7 dBmV 43.8 dB Hybrid
Locked QAM256 30 55616000 Kbits/sec 315000000 Hz 8.3 dBmV 44.3 dB Hybrid
Unlocked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB Unknown
Unlocked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB Unknown
Unlocked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB Unknown
Unlocked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB Unknown

------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Upstream Channels*
*Lock Status* *Modulation* *Channel ID*** *Max Raw Bit Rate***
*Frequency* *Power*
Locked ATDMA 6 10240 Kbits/sec 27400000 Hz 44.5 dBmV
Unlocked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV
Unlocked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV
Unlocked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV

------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Primary Downstream Service Flow*
Downstream(0)
SFID 982
Max Traffic Rate 33330000 bps
Max Traffic Burst 3044 bytes
Mix Traffic Rate 0 bps

------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Primary Upstream Service Flow*
Upstream(0)
SFID 981
Max Traffic Rate 3333000 bps
Max Traffic Burst 8160 bytes
Mix Traffic Rate 0 bps
Max Concatenated Burst 8160 bytes
Scheduling Type Best Effort

------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Current System Time:*Wed Mar 28 22:08:09 2012

[thenry]

downstream power levels are a little high. id get a tech in to lower them.

Thank you for that thenry. I'll ring VM tomorrow

[ccarmock]

Also an area that looks like it's not fully prepapred with upstream uplifts? The raw capacity of the upstream channel is 1024 Kbits/sec not 2048 Kbits/sec

Sorry ccarmock, that means nothing to me. Do I need to call VM tech urgently?

[thenry]

no. its network upgrade related. do you mind me asking where you are, I'm in Crawley.

Thanks. I've just read the forum that your link points to. It's now starting to make sense to me. I'm in Crawley too

[thenry]

no the modem firmware is something different. its got to do with the second link in my sig.. latency/connection delay.

My upstreams 2048 in Crawley Crawleys up has been upgraded for a while now.

I didn't see the second link in your post. It's late! I'll read the think broadband tomorrow. Any ideas as to why our upstreams differ when we're in the same locale? I'm OK with PC hardware but a total novice with broadband.

[thenry]

make a post on the VM community forum

[Pbryanw]

Has this been posted yet, or is it old news: Virgin raises broadband baseline to 30Mbits/sec?
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/broadban...to-30mbits-sec

Virgin Media customers will now receive a minimum download speed of 30Mbits/sec after a revamp of the cable provider's tariffs...

...Existing customers on 10 or 20Mbits/sec connections will be upgraded free of charge

So it will be 30MB -> 60MB -> 120MB once the upgrades have finished I assume?

[carlwaring]

Interesting. I knew that 10 was going to 20 with an optional boost to 30 for a "small fee". If we're now simply going straight to 30 then that's even better.

[BenJSmyth]

Originally Posted by thenry

no. its network upgrade related. do you mind me asking where you are, I'm in Crawley.

I'm Crawley too! Seems to be quite a good number of us on here.

A 30mb entry point I think makes sense. It means the lowest tariff Virgin will offer will be faster than almost all the connections (bar Infinity) that any other provider in the country. 30, 60, 120 seems to be a good spread I think. Affordable, superfast internet can only be a good thing and will likely prompt investment from other providers in their infrastructure to keep up.