Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Well I just tried a variety of speed tests and the best it came up with was 3984 kbs ,exactly the same as I got on 4 mb service ,I'm not being STM 'd or anythinf and my new upload speed is correct , lucky you live somewhere else .

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

I'd have to agree with you there!
I've been with VM/NTL for years had excellent service, and until recently was happy to recommend them to anybody. But for several months now the service seems to be deteriorating in this area. Until a few months ago the connection would max out and I got rock-solid download of 480KB/s from newsgroups or other good sources on my 4Mb/s, and 18 mths ago when I was on 10Mb/s it was very unusual not to get rock-solid download of 1.2MB/s from newsgroups or other good sources.

Not anymore! I haven't seen a download max out the connection properly for at least 4-5mths. On 4Mb/s on a good day it hovered around 300-450KB/s, now with the "upgrade" to 10Mb/s I am mostly seeing a very variable 250-800KB/s with occasional peaks to 1MB/s. Even on a multi-thread download I've just completed at 1:30am it didn't go above 800KB/s.

Seems to me I'm seeing evidence that the infrastructure in this area is crumbling under the strain!!!

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

I've been "UPgraided"?? This time last year I was on 4meg's and had a viewable tv/film download and had a reasonable chance of down loading a whole up-grad from Microsoft in one hit but now it takes 3 or 4 attempts and I cant down load a radio show from the BBC or look at "Utube" http://www.speedtest.net/ gives me a down speed of 9,265Kbs and up of 423Kbs but it feels as slow as Smoke signals But this site
http://mvsord.visualware.com/myspeed/db/report?id=873592 Shows much more to the story and to day is a good day, look at http://mvsord.visualware.com/myspeed/db/report?id=871423 for a bad day 7 out of 10 Try the site http://mvsord.visualware.com/myspeed/speedonly.html for your selves

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

???

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Just finished a 7GB newsgroup download (with 10 connections) at roughly 3.8Mb/s and that speed test informs me that my connection can do 1.71Mb/s.

:rolleyes:

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

[Originally Posted by wirecutter http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/.....s/viewpost.gif
Try the site http://mvsord.visualware.com/myspeed/speedonly.html for your selves]

Got to be the worst speedtest site ever:p:

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

woot! cosham being done in july!! huzzah!:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

So, they have completed 25 areas in 6 months, thats 4.16 per month, therefore with 24 areas left it will take them another 5.8 months to complete (dec 08).

However, they indicate they will do 6 areas in July, if they kept that up it would take them 4 months which means they would be finished by end of October/early November.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

So its still dependent on if your area is over subscribed. Mines not
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4032/23837731ob5.gif

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Does anyone have a clue in which order they will upgrade the areas assigned to july ?

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Virgin are implementing FUP because their resources will not handle advertised speeds.. How the Hell are they going to deliver Faster Speeds.. I'm confused

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

There's a multitude of ways, there's talk of having 20Meg and the new 50Meg on the new EuroDocsis standard which would in effect separate the bandwidth used there away from the 2 and 10 meg users thus freeing up bandwidth there, and I believe changing from QAM64 to QAM256 frees things up too!

Oh and :welcome: to CF :)

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Awesome, Northampton area in July, hopefully that includes my town, can't wait, uber online gaming. :D

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Just phoned up customer services to negotiate some money off our bill (my mum was paying £51 pm for services which we got down to £33 pm) to be told that Croydon was on their schedule for July.

Is this true (its not on the website but thats not been updated for a while), or was it a ploy to keep us from going to BT?

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Still TBC

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html.../schedule.html

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Aye, but I wondered if they knew something we didn't since it hasn't been updated for 8 days.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Keep checking it may change or they possibly did not have a jar of glue;)

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Updated to the 8th July.

It says Northampton area complete but I've just rebooted my modem and I'm still on 4mb :( I live in Kettering which I assume comes under that area?

A tracert to VM starts me off here "nrth-t2cam1-b-v115.inet.ntl.com" which I assume is northants.

Can there be a delay from when the web page says updated to the real update ?

TIA,

Dave

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

8th July 08

Web site says Cwmbran S Wales has been upgraded aswell but just checked and still on 4mb?

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Same problem here, the website says that the Leicester area has been Completed as well, were still on 4mb though?

cpc1-leic8-0-0-cust814.lei3.cable.ntl.com

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

My modem still says I'm on 4Mb, but I've just restarted it and now I'm on 10Mb woo. :D

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Well looks like they're upgrading the areas in order hopefully Manchester is next. :)

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Which area are you in Nikesh ?

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Nikesh
CF Member

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/av...ine=1171457263

Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Leicester
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Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

LOL Thanks... Leicester LE3 :)

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

haha, im in LE3 too, apparently the 4mb NTL:Buisines service isn't seeing the same upgrade. But at least i don't get capped :P

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

I'm in Northamptonshire, but I don't see the new speed yet. The modem's (Ambit 120) status page says "Software Upgrade OperStatus : failed". Rebooted it a few times, but no change. :(

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

That is rather an old modem best to call Tech Support and sse about getting a New one.


For help with your TV or Phone and for Broadband Technical Support:

Call Product Support/Faults on 151 from your Virgin Media Phone. It's absolutely free.

Or call 0845 454 1111 from any other phone line.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

I'm in Cardiff, the upgrade page says the upgrade in this area is complete, but I'm still on 4mb after rebooting the modem. Is the page wrong?

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

In Cwmbran here and still on 4mb this morning?

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

I just had a look at my Modem logs - Im in Harrogate, due for upgrade with Leeds this month. Im on a couple of weeks old 256 modem.

Wed Jul 09 07:51:26 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:51:26 2008 Information (7) CableModem software upgrade failed Wed Jul 09 07:51:26 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:51:26 2008 Error (4) SW upgrade Failed after download - Incompatible SW file Wed Jul 09 07:51:26 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:51:26 2008 Information (7) SW dload: Invalid image signature! Wed Jul 09 07:51:24 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:51:24 2008 Notice (6) SW Download INIT - Via Config file cmreg-ntlhm250-mid.cm Wed Jul 09 07:51:24 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:51:24 2008 Information (7) CableModem software download started Wed Jul 09 07:51:24 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:51:24 2008 Information (7) Software upgrade has started. Wed Jul 09 07:51:23 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:51:23 2008 Information (7) A software upgrade filename was specified in the config file. Wed Jul 09 07:51:23 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:51:23 2008 Information (7) Authorized Wed Jul 09 07:51:22 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:51:22 2008 Information (7) Registration complete! Wed Jul 09 07:51:22 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:51:22 2008 Information (7) We registered with a DOCSIS 1.0 config file!

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Just had a reply in the broadband support newsgroup - apparently I should definitely now be getting 10mb. They are looking into why I'm not. Hopefuly it'll all be sorted soon - must say I'm pretty impressed with the speed of response in the newsgroups.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

how do I find these newsgroups please?

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

http://www.virginmedia.com/customers/newsgroups/

there's a link there on how to set them up

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

No upgrade in Cardiff CF14 either, but the error log is odd

Did someone at VM tick the wrong box on the update page perhaps?

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

leeds ls8 upgraded last night - 1200kb/s!!

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Thats exactly what im getting - glad to know its not just me then!

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

ls13 isn't, have rebooted.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Just rebooted my modem in cf24 and it has been upgraded to 10mb. Wow, finally! Strange they never posted a month when it would be done by, then just did it overnight.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Have now been upgraded in CF11!

Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 10240000
Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 512000


I have to say I am very satisfied with that - from problem to resolution in a couple of hours with only a couple of postings to a newsgroup. not bad.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Cwmbran S Wales now up and running 10mb great stuff!

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

I've also had the golden touch of newsgroup tech support - They are an asset to VM :nworthy:

10mb..... oh wait, I'm in a STM time zone. Guess I'll have to wait a while :doh:

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

CF14 done now... maybe usenet posts made them realsie something was amiss?

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Bugger im at work now, just my luck - cant check my connection in HG1

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

I'll be checking as well, later, in LS16.

Here's hoping.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Just restarted my modem again, and it worked :) Sweet, sweet 10Mb

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

That'd be DOCSIS 3, EuroDOCSIS is what the formerly Cable and Wireless areas fed from Bromley SHE use. Most broadband downstreams are already 256QAM apart from some of the Bromley areas which remain 64QAM but deliver equivalent bandwidth to the 256QAM non-Bromley areas.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

We've now been upgraged in Derby (DE22) :D:D:D

Wed, 9 Jul 2008 17:27:49 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 856 ms = 1196.3 KB/sec, approx 9858 Kbps, 9.63 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 852 ms = 1201.9 KB/sec, approx 9904 Kbps, 9.67 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 852 ms = 1201.9 KB/sec, approx 9904 Kbps, 9.67 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 1741 ms = 1176.3 KB/sec, approx 9693 Kbps, 9.47 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 9840 Kbps, 9.61 Mbps

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

What does your modem logs read like now?

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:17:35 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 855 ms = 1197.7 KB/sec, approx 9869 Kbps, 9.64 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 873 ms = 1173 KB/sec, approx 9666 Kbps, 9.44 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 904 ms = 1132.7 KB/sec, approx 9333 Kbps, 9.11 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 1809 ms = 1132.1 KB/sec, approx 9329 Kbps, 9.11 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 9549 Kbps, 9.32 Mbps
:D

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Still nothing in harrogate and im still getting repeated 'error' messages in my modem logs regarding software updates. It seems its trying to update every hour or so.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Woo hoo - LS3's been upgraded today too!

:)

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Enfield is still TBC! I can't believe it.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html.../schedule.html


Hi here's the exact upgrade schedule. TBC just means date not yet announced but guaranteed by end september. =]

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Looks like a race between us (Oxford) and the Brother in law (Wolverhampton) as to who gets done first :erm: both still TBC :dozey:

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

LE11 - still no upgrade :( Am currently at work so cannot check the logs but I had a quick squiz at the modem page before I left the house and it still said 4meg.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Anybody know when the upgrade is happening in CV21 (Rugby?) I got the mail promising it about 6 months ago!!!

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

If the 10mb>20mb upgrade last year is anything to go by then the Wolvo area will be the last to get this upgrade! lol

ironic seeing as one of the first cable offices was in Dudley!

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

That is the problem.. Because Dudley was built so long ago the build is such that the areas covered by each Broadband Pipe are massive. (4000 homes per node). So in order to split it down to something more sensible like 1000 or less they have to put new cabinets up and put fibre in the ground etc.. So it takes alot longer to upgrade Dudley than almost anywhere else.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

"dudley" (in a brummy accent) lol :D

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Long time browser,first post,oh hi all too,anyway,have been with NTL/Virgin for going on eight years,and very happy with my internet services.
Started off with dial-up,then proggressed to BB after a couple of years.
Been waiting patiently for the upgrade from 4,to 10 meg.
Have rebooted my modem a number of times over the last 24 hours or so,and no upgrade, all ideas to remedy this situation really appreciated.
I,m in Leicester,LE3 to be more precise,thanks.
BTW,i was using a router,for x-box live,and ps3 live too,but have taken the router out of the equation,and am wired via ethernet directly to the modem,thanks again.
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:03:34 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 2890 ms = 354.3 KB/sec, approx 2919 Kbps, 2.85 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 3000 ms = 341.3 KB/sec, approx 2812 Kbps, 2.75 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 3000 ms = 341.3 KB/sec, approx 2812 Kbps, 2.75 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 5157 ms = 397.1 KB/sec, approx 3272 Kbps, 3.2 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 2954 Kbps, 2.89 Mbps
Speed test results.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Does anyone know if the 4mb Ntl:Business users will be receiving the 10mb upgrade?

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Why would they as there is already a 10Mb tier!

And no, 10Mb users CANNOT get a free upgrade to 20Mb!! :)

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Except they aren't brummies in Dudley.. They are yam yams.. Birmingham, Black Country.. Two different places.. Different accents..;)

---------- Post added at 10:32 ---------- Previous post was at 10:31 ----------

No.. Business already upped their Tiers a little while back where they moved everyone that was on lower than 2Mb/s up to 4Mb/s and everyone that was on above 2Mb/s to 10Mb/s.. They have since brought in a 20Mb/s Tier so them's your choices!

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Exactly so! ;)

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

I think you meant to say "Aaahr, aar kid!" :D

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Well it seems to tell it like it is on my bit of Cable as I get :mad:

switch from Google to virgin home page = 56 sec!
switch from virgin home page to virgin mail = 43 sec
switch from virgin mail to Cable forum = 106 sec
Download 1Meg file from bbc engineering = 53 sec
download 10Meg file from bbc engineering =718 sec with errors
download latest Microsoft package 6 attempts errors :banghead:

and test my net says "Ouch, are you on dial-up or something? Your connection scored 0.5/5 stars..:grind:
Your connection is: 103 Kbps or 0.1 Mbps
You downloaded at: 13 kB/s
You are running: 2 times faster than 56K and can download 1 megabyte in 78.77 second(s)
Member Ident:Username:wirecutter CompID:75308557191
Test Time:: 2008/07/12 - 5:02am
Test Browser and OS info: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.15) Gecko/20080623 Firefox/2.0.0.15
Test ID: C3WN9TUI7 (if this is a screenshot go to testmy.net to see if this is fake)
Diagnosis ^info^: May need help : running at only 3.44 % of your hosts average (ntl.com)
This was tested from a 97 kB file and took 7.734 seconds to complete

and this is from a ALL SINGING UPGRADE 10 MEG
my blackberry is faster it just costs a lot on virgin mobile!:bigcry:

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

If I use the standard Virgin speedtest below I get on average 2.6Mbps and you times that by 8 giving over 20Mb your test site gives me under 10Mb even http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/ gives better speeds and Gamefiles is from a dedicated Virgin server.

Have you tried going to this link to check your speeds http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/

click on blueyondergames>demos>then click on at least 2 large files and run them wait a couple of minutes then write down the transfer rates on the files that are running> times them by 8 and you will get a truer download speed.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Some days (6 in 85) the net is running at 21meg on that checker but most of the time its slug mail I have tried using the Y-B-Y and the larger files "Timed Out" the same goes for the two game files down load. Its not only the slowness of the net its the high error rate using the engineering site to down load a 10meg zoneplate image the number of errors make it unusable, the same is true if I thy to have net radio or video, this time last year all this was possible.
Just tested on www.speedtest.bbmax and got the following:
Download Speed 339 kbps (42.4 KB/sec)
Upload Speed 350 kbps (43.8 KB/sec)
Link to result: http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/res...3868&v=4644289
this is not 10meg any more or even the 1meg of five years ago

10mb upgrade in liverpool?
 

has any one got any info on when this upgrade will be?
im on 20mb but as soon as 4mb goes up to 10mb im going to go for that instead :)

Re: 10mb upgrade in liverpool?
 

I've merged your post with the main thread talking about this.

The schedule is here.

Liverpool is still TBC...

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

The difference between our speeds must be regional as I very rarely get exceptionally slow speeds on my connection.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

LE11 all sorted now. Running like a bird!

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Would that be a Roadrunner or a Dodo?.....Sorry couldn't resist. :D

I'm starting to feel left out in the uprating discussions. :(

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

At long last been upgraded in South Manchester (Stockport)

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

According to the "Where's my upgrade?" page the Reading area is still "TBC". Has any one heard any thing about the RG12 area and when it will be upgrded?

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Nice one, East manchester (Tameside) should be next couple of days then :)

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

What area of Stockport are you in? Because our modem (we're SK5) just rebooted itself and it's still on 4mb... not that I'm upset about it, it's beginning to feel like we'll be the last part of town to be upgraded anyway (was last time....)

*drums fingers on desk waiting....*

:)

Ah well... time for bed soon anyway.. will leave everything switched off until morning :D

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

hey hey, im in the baguley area (wallasey) and my net got the upgrade yesterday, even tho the site still says tbc, anyway, i did a speed test on thinkbroadband.com and i got 9.8 down and 0.5 up which isnt bad, i did a test download at microsoft.com and after connecting at around 3Mbps it settled down and i was getting a steady 1.2Mbps

so finally it looks like the baguley people are getting what they want!!!

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Well, nothing here.. except an outage in the SK2 area.... oh well.... :D
I live in hope........!

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

I'm on Baguley. No upgrade here yet.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

im in the CH45 area, maybe yours is on its way man.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Hi,

Completely new...first post.

I live near the city centre in glasgow, I got the free 4mb to 10mb upgrade a few weeks ago.

My main reason for having a broadband connection is online gaming and since the speed upgrade my latency/ping has been garbage making it very difficult to actually play, connection seems to be up/down constantly when playing online games.

It can happily download anything between 500-950kbps and doesnt seem to flux when downloading, just when I'm playing games online.

Seen as I dont have vasts amounts of cash to have a monster gaming pc my altnernative is xbox360; LIVE....Before the upgrade my connection supported good enough gameplay but now its...well like i said garbage.

Any idea's or suggestions ? All appreciated...
:)

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

if your not getting any issues on ur pc and only on the 360, it could be xbox live itself, but i dont own a 360 so i have no idea about the various settings it has for networking.

anybody?

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Thanks for replying...

I know what you mean, LIVE itself does suffer from issues but my brother lives in the next street, he's on Tiscali and has no issues whatsoever....When I use his xbox at his place the connection is so fast its scary, and when he comes over to mine, he moans all night that my connection is crap.

As said downloading seems ok...I'm thinking its got something to do with the speed upgrade its like the connection has gained speed but somehow lost quality ???

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

my ps3 is awesome with my broadband...never lags and it downloads demos in minutes...quality i tell you and its free unlike other services i know cough***xbox live***cough...haha only joking

johnny killer are you wired or wireless, wired is always better but if your wireless try to change your routers broadcast channel...lemme know hw it goes

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

I am SK8 area of stocport

Sorry took so long had problems with password

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Am in Baguley area and can definitely see a change in speed but not what I was expecting. Using multiple NNTP streams my 4Meg connection always maxxed out as 480k/s but now with supposedly a 10Meg connection it's maxxing out at 700K/s and speedtests report between 5.5 and 6 Meg downstream speed. So, not sure what that's all about. Last time when I went from 2Meg to 4Meg I noticed very little difference in downstream speed originally but it turned out that was due to Zone Alarm (since removed) throttling the speed for some reason.

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Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Hey,

I'm on 10mb since yesterday, location = "CH66".

Steady stream 10mbit :-)

Nas

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Baguley is TBC so I think any speed improvements you have seen are just wishful thinking see link.

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html.../schedule.html

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

No, I download using NNTP virtually every day and its always 480k/s. Yesterday and today it's 700K/s and my modem config shows 10Meg.

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Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Cable Modem Operation Configuration Network Access : AllowedMaximum Downstream Data Rate : 10240000Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 512000Maximum Upstream Channel Burst : 1600Maximum Number of CPEs : 1Modem Capability : Concatenation Enabled, Fragametation Enabled, PHS Disabled


Also virgin's last update is 08/07, :-)

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

All I am pointing out is what the link says.

Post the modem information from your config pages of your modem the same as nadeem

Open a browser and in the address bar put> 192.168.100.1 password and username are both root if required.

DO NOT POST YOUR MAC ADDRESS OR SERIAL NUMBER

---------- Post added at 23:17 ---------- Previous post was at 23:16 ----------

You are on 10Mb it say so above.;)

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

I checked the modem information the second I saw the increased downstream rate. It's set for 10 Meg, I don't need to post it.

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Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Nice one

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

I access the internet through the set top box, At the moment i get a flawless 4mb with a good ping to my online game server, I only really play on one. What i want to know is how will i be able to tell when i have been upgraded. I can't do the 192.168.1.1 thing to find anything about my modem as it is a stb. I believe the Samsung box is capable of around 6mb which in all honesty is fast enough as i don't bother downloading stuff just use the net and games. We have stopped using the STB for TV and was wondering could i cancel the box as it costs extra tenner or something but still be connected to internet or shall i just take a chance and say i want modem and please take the box away.??

I only ask this now because my area is not yet upgraded CH42 wirral and am concerned in case they disconnect me from the stb and the modem is not as good.

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

You would be better calling up Customer Services and asking for an upgrade to a Stand Alone Cable Modem as with your present Samsung box you can only receive 6Mb but with a SACM you can upgrade if you wanted to 20Mb, plus you would get a better connection.

The should be quite happy to upgrade you as the company would prefer all customers to swap to SACM.

Call Customer Care not Faults because they would have to transfer you as they cannot change your account.


Customer Care - 150 (Options 1 then 3)

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

Hi

Its a wired network at my place...i'm still thinking its the connection rathern than my set up, it worked more or less ok when i used the 4mb but now with the 10mb its sh*t...

However, downloading and streaming is far better...

Is anyone else experiencing similar issues with online gaming ? LIVE ?

Re: Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer
 

It appears that the Wirral has finally, although still listed as TBC, been upgraded to 10mb. Well done Virgin. My comp seems to be sailing along quite merrily at 9.2mb download speed (for now).