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120Mb live areas - Please add to this thread as your area comes online
Please add your area details to this thread when the 120Mb service is live.
Posts for "Mine isn't yet,when's it coming", "I've been upgraded and only get XXX Mb", "VM are a bunch of crooks and should have done me first" or any post referring to the deficiences of the SH are off topic in this thread. Let's keep this as a clear record of the rollout, without comment. SO31 has already been mentioned. Today SG5 (Hitchin) went live - 6DS 2US |
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Flitwick UBR has just gone live at 7:40BST this morning
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Aylesbury HP21 is now upgraded to 120Mb.
Speedtest.net I get 126Mbps down, 11Mbps up. https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/10/4.png |
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I know this is off topic Kymmy so you can delete all the posts once we have discussed it:
All of your DS channels are around 7db and I am sure Seph has said cumulative power going into the modem needs to be below 35 otherwise the thing blows up. |
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As mentioned, SO31 is 120/12 now. I post here to add that I have now been sent a nice letter from VM to officially confirm such.
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http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...e/td-p/1530876
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everywhere has already been "upgraded" so why not just send the new configs down? They always said that 50mbit customers (now 100) were a small percentage of the customer base so giving us all an extra 20mbit won't bring down the network
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So much for a clean straightforward record for people to simply refer to... :doh: Fortunately, it seems that VM are publishing the list now so this thread is no longer needed. |
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Exactly, maybe you should have thought of that before you started your usual bitching
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Still haven't got 120Mb in Dover, very odd they would officially state it is available yet still not have customers in the area upgraded even half a month later.
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doublespeed says that upgrades will be complete by end of november here.. but basildon is not on their list to have done by the end of the year :(
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Double speed claims New Malden will be done by end December too, yet not on the list above, and due to a severe congestion fault I have I was told February at the earliest for relief work. So no way end December will be met.
Typical that VM can't work from one version of the truth! |
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it looks good on paper though. They can't announce speed upgrades without releasing some dates and making it look like you'll get it some time soon.
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Its not as easy as flicking a switch, they can plan a date but if the numbers off subs goes up in that area before the upgrade then VM would have to put it back to ensure upgrades are completed before doubling the speeds.
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date keeps going back for upgrade where I am. initially June this year, then October, then March 2013. checked yesterday and now it's May-August 2013... not that 50Mb is too slow (although Youtube still buffers everything all the time - I remember back in the day Real Media were always the but of buffering jokes), but hey - it will be nice to see it at 120Mbps
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If they planned for extra to start off with then they wouldn't have any of the problems they do now and in a worse case scenario, they would be future proofing the network by having the extra capacity available. Nobody likes failed deadlines. |
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Planning for future growth is one of those things that is incredibly difficult to get spot on. Of course, you have to be special to get it so incredibly wrong so consistently.
You can always over provision with an eye to the future. It seems VM would rather risk under provisioning and just react to those areas when they happen. Makes sense for a cash strapped company, really. |
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but if they took a leap of faith and invested in quality then they would get more customers flocking to them. Atm I think their whole ethos has sort of shot them in the foot as everyone is flocking to Infinity just to get a decent internet connection
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Once infinity get their rollout finished, then a proper marketing strategy (highlighting ping, jitter, upload speeds) they are going to blow VM out of the water, and im not sure whether VMs lack of investment is a recognisation of this. i.e. VM arent adding capacity as they are expecting a lot of people to move to FTTC
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they just need to pull their finger out and get it sorted. Even if they announce FTTC tomorrow they'll still fanny around for the next 2 years with a rollout schedule which they'll keep putting back and back and back. With VM it is all words and no substance.
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ok i add in this thread because i see some other conversation with upgrades infos...
Today new cabinet (VM) installed next of property 5 meters away and 3 van cabling guys add new fibre optic cable in it(under the road was pulling it) The one in am connected is about 30 meters away and last May(ok i know is long time) when engineer came for me and i looked the cabinet inside (cos he rearrange the power levels from cabinet the onei am on,30 m away)...half side was empty so now with in 30 meters are 2 cabinets Is this mean the 120mb coming soon or they splitting their network because other cabinet must be full? Can also ask to change me to the new one? any ideas?thanks |
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Dude are you english?
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Finally on 2 upstream channels in KY1. No doubt 120mb will probably still be months away but at least it's nice to have a solid 9.7mb up and ~10ms knocked off pings.
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The Boltometer has been updated with the 120mb estimates, not sure if it's working properly though seeing as it says between September 2013 and December 2013 for me, if that's correct then it's a bit of a joke being a year and a half after the doubling to 100mb was done in my area.
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Yeah it's been updated and like the forum list it says I should be on 120Mb yet I'm still stuck on 100 - as is myvirginmedia with the green box that says "When we've upgraded your area". very odd!
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It seems to be a bit messed up, folks are getting wacky estimates like this http://i.imgur.com/bRbBE.png
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sweet, it says my area is due by the end of this month. I am feeling optomisitc because they have always been bang on target in my area. |
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"May 2013 and August 2013"
Good job I got myself Infinity in February 2012. |
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My area is currently being "upgraded" to support 100meg, but will take another year to enhance the network to allow for 120meg.
VM are masters at planning aren't they? |
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skie i no what mean i am lucky to get 86mb off them but virgins speedtest is 93mb don't no how some ppl on here get over 104mb infinty cannot come soon enough for me aswell. it makes a change as liverpool was one of the last to be done last time
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i thought all areas were 100mbit enabled by last xmas?
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can't wait to move to bt infinity
120mb Estimates: September 2013 and December 2013. |
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for the sake of 20mbit it is pathetic. They always said that the high end tiers account for a fraction of the customer base so how extra bandwidth are we actually talking about vs the number of customers they have banged up to 30mbit and 60mbit?
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Pssst -
if you're one of our up to 100Mb customers, we're going to upgrade you to up to 120Mb. It may take a little while, but it's coming. Hang tight - we estimate your area will be ready between June 2013 and November 2013. Not sure what package you're on? Then log in to My Virgin Media or check your bill. Ipswich area. |
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Mine says between Sept and Dec 2013, but the update on the community forums says that my hubsite (Gateshead) should be done be the end of this year....
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We got 100/5 for new customers, never had the full 100/10. |
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Same. Was another PR thing rather than them actually improving their network.
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The bolt-o-metre has been updated now, and it has the 120Mb details on :)
My area OL9 is predicted for September 2013 - December 2013! |
We've finished upgrading the fibre optic network in your area.
Pssst - if you're one of our up to 100Mb customers, we're going to upgrade you to up to 120Mb. It may take a while, but it's coming. Hang tight - we estimate your area will be ready between September 2013 and December 2013. I don't understand that... If the double speed upgrades are finished, as it says they are, why is it stating it will take another 9-12 months for 120mbit? Surely that means well actually the double speed upgrades aren't complete? Because I thought once they are complete there's no reason for not enabling 120mbit |
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Pssst - :redcard: FTTP, fibre all the way to Home may coming by that time and starts around same time with On Demand Note i am not getting it, too expensive to install it unless will be a special offer at time But is 20mb on top down and ONLY 2Mb Up ... My 2850n firewall can not go over 100mb any way (at the moment unless draytek get special firmware which it does from time to time) ...so ... is not bother me much really the upgrade to 2mb more upload/20 down |
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The other upgrades mostly just need more capacity - the 120Mbit needs other work to complete, so has it's own schedule |
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" Pssst - if you're one of our up to 100Mb customers, we're going to upgrade you to up to 120Mb. It may take a little while, but it's coming. Hang tight - we estimate your area will be ready between May 2013 and October 2013. Not sure what package you're on? Then log in to My Virgin Media or check your bill. " thats really wierd but maybe thats why i haven't been able to get much faster upload ( i was getting 9.5mb upload before nov 1st ) so i got a little faster upload speed http://www.speedtest.net/result/2352951764.png |
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You haven't been able to get much faster upload because there isn't any "much faster upload" on offer. Additionally, Speedtest.net is crap at measuring fast uploads.
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I don't know the full technical details, but I do know it's different work required than it is for the other upgrades - which is where there is a different schedule |
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Use this speed test site to check your speed, it was give to me by an engineer, more accurate than the ordinary speed test
http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/ Don't forget that your kit must be able to handle it, I had to upgrade my wi-fi card in my laptop. |
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I think what he's saying is it's two separate things in the business plan. They're going at it like the rollout of a completely new tier, e.g. when 100Mb came out over 50Mb, or 50 from 20.
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If they were two separate plans then we can legitimately say they ballsed up twice when it comes to scheudles/estimates :)
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They ballsed up the last 3 in a row, that's news how? :p:
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"Exciting news - we're upgrading you to up to 120Mb, the UK's fastest ever widely available broadband! Our engineers are currently upgrading our fibre optic network area by area to make up to 120Mb broadband available, and we'll let you know as soon as your area's ready.
As you're upgrading to some seriously fast broadband, you're going to need a new modem that's built to handle speeds of up to 120Mb. But don't worry - just click on the link and we'll send you your free Virgin Media Super Hub." Bit confused here. I'm on VIP50, don't have a Super Hub and when I check the 120 Mb upgrade it says it won't be ready for another year. So why do I need a Super Hub now ? Bristol BS15 area. |
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Thank you Zee.
Perhaps Virgin could add that one line to their message, would stop any confusion to noobs like me. Thanks again. |
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If your upgrade isn't going live for another year I would suggest you stick with the old modem for now, I would expect the new superhub 2 to be out before you see 120Mb so you may as well hold out and then get one of those when the time comes.
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The message on My Virgin Media site asks me to "upgrade" to a Super Hub...... does upgrading to a Super Hub tie me in to a 1 year contract ? |
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Whatever you do don't think "oh well if i have to pay for another router I had might as well let VM give me a shub for free". There is a reason why they are free and they arent worth the hassel. |
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you have got onto my favourite subject now :) I am Linksys (Cisco) all the way. I have had 4 models over the last 10 years and never had a problom with any of they. They deliver rock solid performance and are 100% reliable. As an entry level model I would be looking at this one which is £60 on amazon but you might be able to get it cheaper else where:
http://home.cisco.com/en-eu/products/routers/E2500 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linksys-E250...4817740&sr=8-1 The next series up which is what I have got lets you directly connect external hdds and setup NAS and ftp servers etc and has a higher throughput: http://home.cisco.com/en-eu/products/routers/E3200 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linksys-Perf...4818205&sr=1-1 Other users will recommend different routers and you can get cheaper routers with similar features but what you have got to ask yourself is this; if you have always had an Audi and love it why drop down to a Skoda? |
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Just ordered the E3200 from Amazon.. |
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well done dude, you deserve a gold medal. I wish everyone else was as sensible as you.
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Thanks for the help.. appreciate it. |
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Had my upgrade few weeks ago. |
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As for Linksys, agree 100%, except I defected at my last router change and ended up with an ASUS. However I mught go back to Linksys when they upgrade me to 120 in January. The only thing I dislike is the "spying" Cisco Cloud ..... ;) |
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I just had to get my mum to phone them as we were supposed to have 120 weeks ago, the lady on the other end did it straight away, very happy now!
(Dover) https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/12/47.png |
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nice one dude; the full 120/12. I am looking forward to it now :)
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LIVE Update Report LOLOL
as reported to the other thread here http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35509794-post45.html they are out right now fixing for second night again(5 vans out now - 3 from cabling division & 2 VM) I am right now (12:30am)disconnected and the engineers told me will take few hours with out connection http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/s...13-12-2012.png Hopefully later i will have 2 upstream channels The new cabinet seems has 3 amplifiers or so in it ...i can see 3 big metals boxes in the cabinet...they are not letting me take any pics I am typing from my adsl connection ---------- Post added at 02:10 ---------- Previous post was at 00:32 ---------- They left at the moment the SH is locked to the only one appearing downstream(No other channels yet) and one new upstream(27400000Hz) https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/12/39.png EDIT Seems back to normal. Are 6 downstream (instead of 5) but not 2 upstreams yet...just one new. Downstream power levels was +2 and now at the moment -5 To me (it looks has more congestion this update but i am sure VM still working on it so will check back in the morning |
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after 2 pm had a manual go by changing the channels...i change to an other upstream and jitter 0 at 3pm first time this time of the day
Seems the new upstream (locked originally by default)everybody got it http://www.pingtest.net/result/73839444.png Promising ;) :) |
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Same thing happened when they added a new upstream in my area babis3g. Dropped 10ms+ off pings and went from having a fair bit of jitter to zero.
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Lincoln is now on 120/12. From the log it looks like it happened Monday morning around 11:15 and I have only just noticed :)
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VMNG300 can only support a speed of approximately 92Mb huh?
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Hah so you're only getting approximately 92Mb ;)
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Have you got any 3rd part router?if yes maybe its firewall or if that 3rd part router or the VGM 300 is not 10/100/1000 based can restrict the speed My draytek is not going more than 90mb really, due to the firewall. At my post here ...after they connect back the service ...it locked only to one channel (for short time) and got 35mb (later bonded an other 5 and service was back to normal) http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35510917-post78.html Thanks |
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I have got a Linksys router and the firewall is on. I won't know what sort of speed I can achieve downstream until I do a test on Monday but I am not too fussed. The upstream is more important to me.
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Make sure your QoS (if any) is changed to take into account of your faster speeds too. I forgot about that once after a round of speed doubling and spent ages wondering why until it twigged :)
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Mine says "We estimate your area will be ready by the end of: December 2012"
then under that in black it says this - Pssst - if you're one of our up to 100Mb customers, we're going to upgrade you to up to 120Mb. It may take a little while, but it's coming. Hang tight - we estimate your area will be ready between May 2013 and October 2013. Just wondering which one is it Dec or the one below? |
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In the UK it transports ~55Mbps. EuroDOCSIS uses wider channels than the US. |
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All 100mbit customers (current and newly doubled) will then be upgraded to 120/12 between May and June next year. |
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