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Mr K 08-01-2020 07:22
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Angua (Post 36022288)
In other words the 50mbit customers will get 100mbit at no extra cost, where 100mbit customers get nothing.
It's non news. The free upgrade to 100mb has been there for over a year for anyone that asked. It's getting like politics presenting the same good news as 'new' several times....

BenMcr 08-01-2020 10:55
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36022290)
It's non news. The free upgrade to 100mb has been there for over a year for anyone that asked. It's getting like politics presenting the same good news as 'new' several times....
The last time any specific download speed upgrade programme was in place was around 4 years ago.

https://www.virginmedia.com/corporat...r-uk-broadband

Quote:
Virgin Media is rewarding its existing broadband customers by offering them the chance to upgrade from existing speeds of (up to) 50Mbps, 100Mbps and 152Mbps to more powerful speeds of 70Mbps, Vivid 150Mbps and Vivid 200Mbps.
In the last year it has probably been the situation that the triple bundle including 100Mb is around the same cost as a triple bundle including 50Mb was before those stopped so there has been an easy upgrade path between the two, but that's not the same thing.

heero_yuy 08-01-2020 11:07
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
We had the 70mbs upgrade and it's been rock solid. 100mbs is as fast as my network router and switches currently support. Since at most there's only two users this is adequately fast. Still a freebee (for now) is always welcome. :)

I think this is also about bragging rights when comparing VM to the other ISP's with little cost to VM as those on 50 and 70 don't exploit their BB to the limit or they would have moved to a faster option anyway.

Brunel 08-01-2020 11:49
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
50 Mpbs No longer shown: https://www.virginmedia.com/shop/broadband/compare?

Unless... you do not require a 'phone line: https://www.virginmedia.com/shop/bro...broadband-only

Mr K 08-01-2020 13:40
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 36022305)
The last time any specific download speed upgrade programme was in place was around 4 years ago.

https://www.virginmedia.com/corporat...r-uk-broadband

In the last year it has probably been the situation that the triple bundle including 100Mb is around the same cost as a triple bundle including 50Mb was before those stopped so there has been an easy upgrade path between the two, but that's not the same thing.
As far as I remember there was a 'free 50 to 100mb upgrade' button to press in 'My Virgin Media'.

Skie 09-01-2020 17:33
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
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Originally Posted by Kushan (Post 36022276)
In this instance, I don't think it's the press release that's the issue, the website linked in OP does a terrible job of explaining the uplift. Virgin's actual press release is clear it's 50mbit -> 100mbit.
T3 is an unmitigated pile of trash. They have a lot of what are probably chatbot generated bumf just there to get some google search results and ad impressions.

Paul 10-01-2020 00:21
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Angua (Post 36022288)
In other words the 50mbit customers will get 100mbit at no extra cost, where 100mbit customers get nothing.
350 Customers get nothing as well. ;)

Grimpy 10-01-2020 09:58
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
Whats the price difference between the two prior to the increase?

Will those who were on the 50mb package now be paying less than those on the 100mb whilst on the same speed?

Itshim 10-01-2020 16:31
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimpy (Post 36022480)
Whats the price difference between the two prior to the increase?

Will those who were on the 50mb package now be paying less than those on the 100mb whilst on the same speed?
Good question

Mr K 10-01-2020 20:44
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36022510)
Good question
The answer will be no. Those that are uninformed are ripe to be fleeced ( unless they threaten to cancel ;) )

psul 01-02-2020 09:44
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
So just noticed a banner on my account page saying my speed has had a boost and my package is now shown as M100 instead of M50. Checked the hub and the configuration has indeed changed. I haven't ordered this so presumably it's a "free" upgrade.
How come Virgin are still selling M50 on their site?

SnoopZ 01-02-2020 18:58
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by psul (Post 36024081)
So just noticed a banner on my account page saying my speed has had a boost and my package is now shown as M100 instead of M50. Checked the hub and the configuration has indeed changed. I haven't ordered this so presumably it's a "free" upgrade.
How come Virgin are still selling M50 on their site?
Broadband only is still M50 i think.

Brunel 01-02-2020 19:06
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
@psul: See post #19

psul 01-02-2020 20:16
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
I have broadband only with no other services. Been upgraded to M100 but M50 is still being sold.

Mr K 01-02-2020 21:57
Re: Virgin Media to give FREE broadband speed upgrade to over 1 million homes
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by psul (Post 36024107)
I have broadband only with no other services. Been upgraded to M100 but M50 is still being sold.
Well if you were ok with M50, ask for a downgrade and a discount. Worth a try ;)


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