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Mick Fisher 27-02-2014 20:42

Re: Super Hub 1 no longer being distributed by Virgin Media?
 
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Originally Posted by jb66 (Post 35675925)
Personally I don't think the sh1 is fit for purpose. I get 120 meg wireless on my sh2 but only got 40 on my super hub 1s

Absolutely!

daggman 02-03-2014 09:03

Re: Super Hub 1 no longer being distributed by Virgin Media?
 
Thank you guys

We were always on the XL size broadband until May last year when went upto XXL braodband, i mentioned at the time i was only getting the same as XL thru wireless, told it was my equipment (pc etc) as i was getting full 120mb when connected thru wired connection but even now on are brand new Sony Vaio Ultrabook , that only still gives about 56mb, i complained again today and technical suppport said they had changed the frequency and it should get faster, they still tried it on about "you dont get your full download speed thru wireless", yes but you should not loose half surely!!! anyway its still crap.

think i will ring retention and tell them i have had enough , whats the point of upgrading us to 150mb and still only getting 56mb.

jb66 02-03-2014 09:15

Re: Super Hub 1 no longer being distributed by Virgin Media?
 
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Originally Posted by daggman (Post 35676986)
Thank you guys

We were always on the XL size broadband until May last year when went upto XXL braodband, i mentioned at the time i was only getting the same as XL thru wireless, told it was my equipment (pc etc) as i was getting full 120mb when connected thru wired connection but even now on are brand new Sony Vaio Ultrabook , that only still gives about 56mb, i complained again today and technical suppport said they had changed the frequency and it should get faster, they still tried it on about "you dont get your full download speed thru wireless", yes but you should not loose half surely!!! anyway its still crap.

think i will ring retention and tell them i have had enough , whats the point of upgrading us to 150mb and still only getting 56mb.

You need to have the correct equipment. A superhub 2 on 5ghz with a 3 antenna wifi card can get over 100 easily.

General Maximus 02-03-2014 17:45

Re: Super Hub 1 no longer being distributed by Virgin Media?
 
yeah, unfortunately VM are providing you with 152mbits and you can also receive/achieve that speed. The fact that you are chosing to use equipment and transfer methods which prevent you from achieving a high speed isn't VM's problem. It is like buying an Audi R8 and moaning that you can drive 150mph round your housing estate.

hansi 02-03-2014 18:10

Re: Super Hub 1 no longer being distributed by Virgin Media?
 
I stiill have the old Ambit black modem and am buying a new laptop to use wirelessly. With the new BB speed increase, I don't think the modem will be powerful enough. Will VM supply mw with a new Superhub if I ask?

General Maximus 02-03-2014 18:26

Re: Super Hub 1 no longer being distributed by Virgin Media?
 
they'll insist. I rang up for the upgrade yesterday and was told I would need a shub2 and they are sending one out free of charge which is coming on Tuesday

daggman 02-03-2014 18:46

Re: Super Hub 1 no longer being distributed by Virgin Media?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by General Maximus (Post 35677182)
yeah, unfortunately VM are providing you with 152mbits and you can also receive/achieve that speed. The fact that you are chosing to use equipment and transfer methods which prevent you from achieving a high speed isn't VM's problem. It is like buying an Audi R8 and moaning that you can drive 150mph round your housing estate.


eh i dont understand i am using the euipment VM supply Superhub 1, i am saying this is not up to the job, and it is a VM problem, people on here have confirmed that with SH 1 they could not get there full speeds then when upgraded to SH2 they got full speed. thru wireless.

jb66 02-03-2014 19:22

Re: Super Hub 1 no longer being distributed by Virgin Media?
 
Does your wireless card support 5ghz?

hansi 02-03-2014 20:31

Re: Super Hub 1 no longer being distributed by Virgin Media?
 
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Originally Posted by General Maximus (Post 35677210)
they'll insist. I rang up for the upgrade yesterday and was told I would need a shub2 and they are sending one out free of charge which is coming on Tuesday

I just rang two different people re the hub, and I was told that the speed had already increased in my area but I would need a superhub. the first person quoted me £20 and the second person quoted £5.99 for self installation. Confused, you bet I am. I didn't even know my speed had been increased:shocked:

Kushan 02-03-2014 20:33

Re: Super Hub 1 no longer being distributed by Virgin Media?
 
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Originally Posted by hansi (Post 35677257)
I just rang two different people re the hub, and I was told that the speed had already increased in my area but I would need a superhub. the first person quoted me £20 and the second person quoted £5.99 for self installation. Confused, you bet I am. I didn't even know my speed had been increased:shocked:

You could always unplug your modem, ring up faults and claim it has died and won't power on. They can do nothing except send you out a new modem and I very much doubt Virgin will send anything other than a superhub.

hansi 02-03-2014 20:42

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Oooohh, that's a bit naughty isn't it?:shocked:

Kushan 02-03-2014 20:59

Re: Super Hub 1 no longer being distributed by Virgin Media?
 
It's about as naughty as charging a customer £5.99 for up to date equipment.

BenMcr 02-03-2014 21:06

Re: Super Hub 1 no longer being distributed by Virgin Media?
 
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Originally Posted by Kushan (Post 35677261)
You could always unplug your modem, ring up faults and claim it has died and won't power on. They can do nothing except send you out a new modem and I very much doubt Virgin will send anything other than a superhub.

Replacements for faulty modems are a SuperHub 1

If you need a new SuperHub as part of the speed upgrade programme, it's a SuperHub 2

jb66 02-03-2014 21:11

Re: Super Hub 1 no longer being distributed by Virgin Media?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Kushan (Post 35677261)
You could always unplug your modem, ring up faults and claim it has died and won't power on. They can do nothing except send you out a new modem and I very much doubt Virgin will send anything other than a superhub.

They will send a tech

Kushan 02-03-2014 21:14

Re: Super Hub 1 no longer being distributed by Virgin Media?
 
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Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35677272)
Replacements for faulty modems are a SuperHub 1

If you need a new SuperHub as part of the speed upgrade programme, it's a SuperHub 2

Fair enough. A SHUB 1 should still get the higher speeds though, at least when they push the config file down.

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Originally Posted by jb66 (Post 35677274)
They will send a tech

And presumably the tech will replace the out of date equipment with a superhub, right? Aren't they supposed to replace equipment that's more than 3 years old even if there's no fault? Or has that been changed?


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