Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

I am, it is -£6.50 which means they have to pay you :)

Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

200mb wasn't even announced 18 months ago...

Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

I think it was June/July last year and they said they was going to start in November and have 90% of the country done before xmas. :blah:

Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

So nearly 12 months then, but the first estimate I had for my area was September October, in December my area had 200 mbs but every time I checked it stated a later month, they are still trying to get me to pay for something the publicly said I would get for free, I wonder why if on isn't involved.

Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

they didn't even start doing it till November


Ofcom :shrug:


I am going to look in to my crystal ball and guess that you aren't on 152mbits which is why you aren't eligible for the free upgrade to 200bmits and are instead on the next tier down (100 or 120mbits) and they are trying to entice you with the increased difference (100 to 200 vs 100 to 152) so the extra £6.50/month looks like a bargain. If you sign into my VM it will tell you what your current tier is, when your uplift is going to be and when it is due.

Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

Well you are wrong, i am on 152mbs, i wouldn't have been offered the free upgrade to 200mbs if i was on the lower tier, whilst i appreciate your replies don't tell me how to log in and see when my upgrade is, if you would have read i have done this many times, and each time i decide to have a look it has been pushed back my months and then months again, you say they didn't start till november, maybe they didn't but i first had an email like you said probably last summer and the first time i checked i'm sure it said september - october, the fact is it has been available in my area a long time and they keep pushing it out trying to get me to pay for the upgrade in the meantime when they promised it for free.
The way things are going they could still be promising it to me and pushing it out in 2020.
As another thread on this forum will testify, nothing comes soon to Virgin Media.

Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

you are the first person I have heard of that has had to pay for the upgrade so VM have either made a mistake or you are in error. Either way, if you reckon the increased speed has been available in your area for a long time them ring retentions and ask them why you are having to wait and why they want you to pay for upgrade which you was told was free. I am sure they'll be more than happy to send it down once you point out their numerous mistakes.

Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

I remember posters getting upset over losing that third channel even though it wasn't actually accompanied by an uplift.

They can't just flick a switch. It requires preparatory work, CMTS firmware fixes and capacity planning. In some areas even network upgrades.

The deployment of an additional bonded channel via the WiFi sharing configuration was premature and the work you seem to think was done last year wasn't.

Hence these trials.

Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

Of course it's simple work they can easily just turn it on everywhere and everyone can instantly get all the speed they want :rolleyes:

Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

to make matters worse it wasn't just the loss of a third channel, it was a qam64 channel :Yikes:

Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

Serious question why dose qam64 matter so much on upload?

Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

50% increase in throughout vs qam16. As an example, if the maximum throughput was something like 24mbits per channel on qam16, then it would be 36mbits on qam64. When you tie that in with a bonded 3 channel group then you are looking at 72mbits vs 108. This is why all downstream channels are qam256 (more juice).

Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

Oh huh neat didn't know that.

Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

The higher the modulation the higher the capacity. The higher the modulation the more prone to errors it is. Wait until QAM4096 on the downstream, all these home installations with face plates etc are going to fail miserably

Re: Virgin Media UK Confirms Trial of Faster Broadband Upload Speeds
 

That's a good question how would that work.