Virgin confirm 500/35 tier
 

Incase people didn't see this in the other thread

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...ring-2019.html

Re: Virgin confirm 500/35 tier
 

If it turns out they give the current top tier a free upgrade to 500mbit then i hope they increase the other tiers too, as i have no interest in paying top wack to get the highest speeds possible but still want my current 200mbit tier boosted for free.

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Yeah that bit did confuse me, I can't see Virgin giving 350 customers an almost 200Mbps speed boost for free though

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from memory VM usually adjusts the lower tiers once the top tier has been given a speed lift so hopefully us on the 200Mb tier will get some kid of uplift at some point.

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They're currently doing a trial of a new speed tier of 500/35 so my concern was it would be a new more expensive tier rather than a free upgrade for the current top tier, will just have to wait and see.

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Hopefully it's a free upgrade - the novelty of 350 down has worn off a bit for me (still nice to see the speeds) but the upload is quite important as I run several servers behind the multiple static IP option I have on my service.

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Yup it's the upload that appeals to me as I work from home a lot so sending stuff about would be a lot quicker!

I suspect it'll only be available in areas that can support it, or do we think everywhere is up to 24 down / 4 up now?

Re: Virgin confirm 500/35 tier
 

Any 'free' upgrades from VM are quickly followed by another inflation busting rise. As sure as night follows day....

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Prices go up regardless of any speed increase.

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Well there's inflation, and VMs version of inflation....

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Commercial business price increases are rarely directly connected to inflation

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I'll have that 500/35 please. :D

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Going off the other thread it looks like we'll see nearer 550 as it's overprovisioned at 575ish :D

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Up to your usual grumps l see.;)

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So what can you do with 500, that you can't with 350? Genuinely curious.

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Endeavour to maintain a certain continuity Den ;)

Re: Virgin confirm 500/35 tier
 

Faster upload considering 35mb upload is not available on the lower tiers.

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I suppose, but I work from home a bit and the 12mb upload on 200mb seems just as good as in the office. And I do shift a bit large datasets about. You can't go faster than the office speed !

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It doesn't mean it's not applicable for others.

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Download a little faster.

However, its the 35 upload I want it for, id just as happily take 350/35, the 500 DL is just a bonus. :D

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If you only have 12Mb upload in the office, you have a crappy network...

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Plus there is the new ruling that ISP's must provide accurate speed forecasts at point of sale, and in some areas I understand they are dire, so VM might push everyone up a notch to make the actual speeds more attractive?

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You're right there ! Pay peanuts get IT monkeys...

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Not my zoo, not my monkeys...

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Actually thinking about it,we pay a lot to get IT monkeys... Seems to go with the territory.

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Worked for me... ;)

The hardest part was working out which side of the keyboard the problem was on - usually PEBKAC... :D

Re: Virgin confirm 500/35 tier
 

No, there is a voluntary code of practice agreed with OFCOM by some ISP's that if the speed promised cannot be supplied within a month then you can leave without penalty.

In truth its even more complicated than that if you go into it.

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...rts-today.html

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And here's Virgin's page on it
https://www.virginmedia.com/shop/broadband/speeds.html

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And existing customers who don't change?

Its a farce and totally meaningless just as "upto" then "average" speeds etc. It just makes OFCOM look as if it is doing something.

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https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-tele...es-of-practice

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Ben, I have no problem with VM or any other provider. What I do have a problem with is the farce the OFCOM is.

It has no teeth and just bows to the ISP's and complictes everything for the ISP customers or at least appears to do so.

This so called OFCOM change is nothing more than a farce.

Let's face it it's not that many years ago VM were renowned for congestion and it taking months to resolve (if noy years), you'd have been screwed then with this agreement.

Care to point a finger?

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I'd very gladly move down to 150/200meg for 20meg and above upload. I'd love to use my home server for more remote tasks.

I think offering over 2/300meg DL plans is a bit of a niche for those people who like to boast, or have very considerably data-hungry, large, families TBH.

Tom

Re: Virgin confirm 500/35 tier
 

Just noticed my area now has at least 30 downstream channels (going off the channel ID), wonder if this is in preparation for this 500 rollout.

Still on 4x 16 QAM upstreams, although going off the channel IDs again, the area has at least 5