Guess what this is.
 

Well go on then.

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PS4

Re: Guess what this is.
 

Something to do with Virgin. has to be a modem?

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Your wallet? :D

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No, this is the Playstation 4

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2008/10/49.jpghttp://bp3.blogger.com/_dFswYXusJac/RaZDdatOqpI/AAAAAAAABYs/7TLDUAsujZ4/s1600-h/4g80uo6.jpg

:p:

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Just found that while googling :P

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Me too :p:

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Do we get a prize..if not how about a bigger piccy or a clue? ;)

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Router/modem/hardrive/laptop/your wallet?

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New V+ box? heard that VM are stopping the old ones made by SA?

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looks like a Linksys WRT160N 300Mbps Wireless Cable Router tbh

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/pimg/NW-082-LS_400.jpg

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The new Breville sandwich toaster?

:dunce:

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It's the 50meg tier modem.

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It's the new Wii time travel add on. Only £500, although if you borrow your mates you can travel forward a couple of years and get one half price.;)

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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2008/10/49.jpg

Redone for VM, AKA the VMNG DOCSIS 3 modem.

Customised version of http://www.ambitbroadband.com/na/ind...csis-30-modem/

Do I win a cookie?

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Nothing like it. it's not even made out of glass for a start! :D

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Now let me see where have i seen that before ;)

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on this website by any chance lol

http://www.ambitbroadband.com/na/ind...csis-30-modem/

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its the new ambit modem for 50meg users on VM ;)

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No lot nearer than that :LOL:

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http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...666t-guess.gif

If they are the same thing how come they do not look alike, apart from being black, the original one in the small picture appears to have a white band around it and no shapes on the top.

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Any one who said VM 50mb router wins.

Coming very soon (if you're in the Midlands)

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It's the new George Foreman grill :D

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No they don't as it's not a router ;)

But it is very pretty

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200 people in Dudley supposedly picked for this trial via a email and the click of a link on the internet, which gets them a nice shiny modem as above.

Allegedly this is the email below.

Hello XXXXXX

If you haven’t heard already, XXL broadband is on its way… it’s ultra fast, has download speeds of up to 50Mb, and we’d like you to be among the first to try it out for us, at no extra cost!

Why have we picked Dudley?
When we started looking into where in the UK we could test out our brand new up to 50Mb broadband service we noticed that lots of customers in the Dudley area already had our L or XL broadband, so thought you’d be the perfect people to talk to about our new, even faster service. We’re really excited about the launch of XXL broadband, and before we offer it to all of our customers we’d love to know what you think of it.


How to get involved
We’re offering you a sneak preview of our XXL broadband, which starts in a few weeks, and we’re looking for 200 homes to try it out. Plus, experiencing the fastest broadband in the business won’t cost you a penny extra – we’ll charge you no more for our ultra fast XXL broadband than we currently do for your existing broadband service.

Interested? We’ve already got your details, so just click below to sign up. We’ll also send you a shiny new modem that’s built to handle our new super-speedy XXL service absolutely free. And, once it’s over, you can keep the modem for free and use it with your new XXL service, or your existing one.

Hurry - sign up closes on 21st October 2008

What happens next
If you’d like to join in, and think that you’ll be able to take some time to tell us what you think of the service then we’d like to hear from you. Being part of this sneak preview is your chance to influence the services we provide and really have your say, so for the first few weeks, we’ll be asking you to answer some short online questionnaires for us.

The Virgin Media team

Re: Guess what this is.
 

Still trialling? I thought it was supposed to be rolling out before the end of this year?

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Its all getting rather strange to say the least.:(

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soft-launch would be a better description. Dudley is the first area to be enabled with the final hardware

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That makes a bloody change, its normally the last :D

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ever wondered why?? :D

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Well it is the 50mb trial modem but it will not be the one that will be finally released to everyone.

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Er yes it will. The funky one IS the final modem for the 50Mb launch.

As I said before the Dudley trial is with the final hardware. This includes the customer equipment

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Want to bet on it:D

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The one they are using in the trials is like a brick, ugly thing :D

Neither of you are right ;)

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They are using Ambit at the moment but that is going to change because it works like a brick as well:D

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Well what did they expect using the cheapest tackiest ambit? ;):D

The motorola ones play very nice though ;)

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Why would Virgin spend time and money getting Ambit to customise a modem if they weren't going to use it?

As for it being a brick, it is a different physical modem to the ones used for the trials in Kent and as far as I know hasn't been deployed outside Virgin itself

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As far as I am aware the Ambit is the final release

:monkey:

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No ;)

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So are people seriously saying that Virgin are going to issue a modem, and then replace it near enough straight away??!

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Not exactly, but i cant give out any info without VM bods throwing a hissy fit :D

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Still the wrong make though;)

As he says but its not going to be a Motorola.;)

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Re: Guess what this is.
 

are we assuming the alternative modem can support upstream channel bonding either out of the box or in the future ?

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Maybe, but new motorolas are being used in new trials (select areas)

Prefer them over the ambit regardless.

I know...it's not as nice as the ambit one...but at least it supports upstream bonding ;)

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Bonded Downstream and Upstream as standard and futureproof IPv6 compatible as well.

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Yep, wonder how they'll look after the redesign though...all that money wasted though...told them from the start not to use ambit :rolleyes:

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Better and easier to use of the shelf modems as before rather than mess around with custom jobs.

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Normally i would agree, but they knew from the beginning how crap the ambits were and that they wouldnt play well...

Just a big waste of money imo.