Cable Forum - Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February

Well, that would be good news. Newton Abbot is normally near the end as it serves up such a large amount of people and the links to Plymouth use the old Eurobell system, from what I can remember. Well, lets see :P

Yes - old Eurobell area.

Fingers crossed eh!!!!!

Still it is "subject to change" so time will tell!

MK1	12-08-2008 16:27

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

Page has updated
http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html.../schedule.html

39 areas complete 10 to go.

ShaneC

12-08-2008 17:08

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by MK1 (Post 34619933)

Page has updated
http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html.../schedule.html

39 areas complete 10 to go.

hmm, they've changed the date at the top but everything is still TBC, no dates, about as much use as a chocolate fire guard really.

Craig W

12-08-2008 17:19

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by MK1 (Post 34619933)

Page has updated
http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html.../schedule.html

39 areas complete 10 to go.

Baguley areaBirkenhead, Macclesfield, Runcorn, Stoke, Warrington, Brombrough, Stretford, Wilmslow, WithingtonComplete
Stoke complete?
who are they kidding?
not here it ain't

MK1	12-08-2008 17:20

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShaneC (Post 34619970)

hmm, they've changed the date at the top but everything is still TBC, no dates, about as much use as a chocolate fire guard really.

1 area has been done since the last update - Baguley

TBXX	12-08-2008 17:38

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig W (Post 34619975)

Baguley areaBirkenhead, Macclesfield, Runcorn, Stoke, Warrington, Brombrough, Stretford, Wilmslow, WithingtonComplete
Stoke complete?
who are they kidding?
not here it ain't

Hmmm, same area myself, Baguley area, was on the 4mb, which has APPARENTLY just been upgraded to 10. Just unplugged and rebooted the modem and my router to be sure. Got a speed increase, but I could only achieve 6.5mbits p/s despite using ethernet. This was just before 18:00, now the whole thing has ground to a halt (internet access has been semi-intermittent for the past few days) The modem config page reports it has the speed increase.

I downloaded a few hundred megs on rapidshare to test the speeds - averaged just under 7mb/s,but now its going slow again (I thought VM removed the lower download speed nonsense after you've downloaded a certain amount,which I don't think I've hit yet but it hasn't affected me for a while.)

Current speeds (after 18:00) are around 4600kb/s according to speedtest.net, but its fluctuating quite a bit. Gonna give it a few days to settle down, and if things don't improve I'll give VM a call.

as of 19:00 things are looking a little better in the Macc area, still fluctuating a bit, but I'm hopeful for tomorrow morning.
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joglynne

12-08-2008 17:46

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

I'm on Baguley/Stretford but unfortunately a check of my modem configuration after rebooting shows that I am still on 4Mb. That teaches me to get my hopes up.

Ah well, tomorrows another day. :)

grubbymitts

12-08-2008 19:02

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

No change in Stoke at the mo. Still 4mb. I'll try again tomorrow.

Ken W

12-08-2008 19:15

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

I have been upgraded to 10 Mb in Winnersh and get 9.73 Mb which is good.

slitheen

12-08-2008 19:46

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

eth01 - Please can you try and find out what is going on, Baguley is now listed as 'complete' and yet it is evidently *not*. I am in Withington/Fallowfield border (M20/M14), which is covered by the Baguley UBR's (Client Host Name: cpc3-with2-0-0-custxxx.bagu.cable.ntl.com) and yet I have rebooted several times (modem powered off for up to five minutes at a time) and I am still clearly on 4MB. I do not use a router, I connect via Ethernet directly to my NTL Home 200 Ambit Eth/USB combi cable modem.

Here's my config:
Network Access : Allowed
Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 4096000
Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 400000
Maximum Upstream Channel Burst : 1600
Modem Capability : Concatenation Enabled, Fragmentation Disabled, PHS Disabled
Maximum Number of CPEs : 1

This is now getting a little silly, I understand it is a free upgrade and for that I am truly grateful....but this doesn't negate the fact that the Virgin update page has now taken to lying to me. :td: ;)

So I would greatly appreciate any information or assistance you may offer me as regards why I haven't yet got 10MB, and/or when I can *truly* expect it. Thank you.

mentalis

12-08-2008 20:11

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

Checked my modem config before and I am still on 4Mb also - cpc5-warr4-0-0-custXXX.bagu.cable.ntl.com.

Did anyone at VM check to see if Baguley was done before announcing it? Unless I come under another area such as Knowsley...

whydoIneedatech

12-08-2008 20:13

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by mentalis (Post 34620109)

Definitely Baguley not Knowsley.

mentalis

12-08-2008 20:43

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

So who's got my other 6Mb?

andymck

12-08-2008 21:58