Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...nd-speeds.html

Wonder if we'll finally see 100Meg up on 1Gig :) (slight sarcasm)

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Slightly increasing speeds (making diddly squat practical difference to most), to be followed by massively increasing price no doubt ! I know VM and their ways ;)

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Ah yes there'll be a price increase as well I bet :)

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

For the extra 25Mbps/50Mbps increase I would say it's pretty pointless.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

5 meg upload extra on the 200 would definitely benefit me

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I'd be very surprised / happy if we went 10:1 on 1Gig, although i can't see it.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if only 100/200 get the boost, adding 5Meg to 1gig is a bit disappointing!

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Just reset my Hub and the speed increase has been implemented.
M100 now provisioned at 143.7mb downstream and 22mb upstream - so upload speed has been doubled.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

That was quick!

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Apparently all those under 100 meg are being upgraded too. Wonder if this includes the social tariff

dunno if this is posted elsewhere

https://www.virginmedia.com/virgin-t...nd-speed-boost

---------- Post added at 20:27 ---------- Previous post was at 20:26 ----------

especially seeing as the link in the OP says from November

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I know this may sound like an odd question seeing that I've done 1000s of broadband installs over the years but age is starting to affect me now...

When turning off your separate modem and routers what order should they be turned off in? Modem, or router first for example and then when turning back on the same question.

Thanks all.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Turning off I do not think matters. I have always turned the modem on first so it assigns its IP then the router after.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

The order of turning them off makes no difference, however turning them on is:

1: Modem and let it fully initiate and then
2. router.

Regards

John

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Yep, its irrelevant what order you turn them off, but ideally you would turn on your modem first, let it connect, then boot up your router.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Reboot your modem guys, after a reboot I have the speed increase.

Config showing:
Downstream
287500061 bps

Upstream
27500061 bps

Speedtest Results for 200mbit tier.
Downstream 283Mbps
Upstream 27Mbps

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Yeah got my upgrade too

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

No change on upload on 1Gig, wasn't really expecting it though to be honest!

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I remember the old days when a free speed increase was like a doubling of up and down, I guess it's got to the point where it is often fast enough now apart from people who want more upload.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Does it require a hub reboot to take effect ?

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It did for me on M200 now to be called M250.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

:tu: Due some electrical work next week so I'll hold fire til then.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

1gig connection never got 10:1 and really should be getting 96 to 100 meg instead of 47 to 50 meg, I hope they boost the upload since hub 4 is only capable of 960 to 980 meg so they can't boost download speeds, ideall give us the 10:1 ratio it should be plus extra but I doubt it

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Just rebooted our Hub3 - now 276Mb/s down, 26Mb/s up.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Just done this on my parents 100M package, 137 down nd 21 up, that's a very nice boost!

Going over the 10:1 ratio now though

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Top Tier customers will no doubt get a kick to the balls again, remember the normal double even triple upgrades (for 20Mb/ tier to 60Mb/s) and we got 100>120 then 120>152 then 152 to 200 etc.

They should make the upload 100Mb/s to get back on 10/1 from long ago.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Seems like we should get some sort of upload boost on 1Gig but I'm not holding my breath...

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Download a file and try and get full speed and see just how much of your 50Mb/s Upload Bandwidth it takes to download at that speed, VM were cutting it fine.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

on the Business 1 Gb/s service - got the extra upstreams today and noticed an upstream speed bost - have managed to get 95 Mb/s though often settles back to 60-70 Mb/s

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Hopefully residential follows soon!

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It would be helpful if you provided your upstream max traffic rate profile.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I'd like to, but unfortunately, on the hub used for business services, there is no way to see the configured max traffic rates.

This is the case on the new Hitron Chita as well as the Hitron CGNV4

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

behave yerself there fella

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Glad I left VM then. I was on their top tier, but 50Mb upstream is not sufficient for running my free Plex server. Four clients take up >50Mb. I moved to Vodafone/CityFibre and currently enjoy a nice symmetrical 900Mb+, for less than I paid VM for the broadband element. Lower ping too, 5-7ms.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

As soon as CF or another Altnet rollout here, i'll be jumping too :)

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Is there a more detailed site we can go to other than the Openreach site that displays this message when i put in my postcode, i want it to define my area with a map of current times etc?

https://www.openreach.com/fibre-broadband

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I believe that's the best you can get on official terms from OR, you can keep an eye on something like https://bidb.uk/ for OR / other altnets doing work in your area though!

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I'm on 1GB broadband and instead of boosting downstream i much rather they increased upstream to 100mb.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Haven't seen any boost to my 'Volt' 500meg package, but a few neighbours and friends have been seeing boosts to their lower 100/200 packages - I can only assume the higher tiers are left out, at least for the timebeing(?)

I imagine that there'd be some stress on the network if they start bumping upstreams too exessively, perhaps the reason for the above...

Tom

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Have a feeling they'll want most if not all of the network on 5x 3.0 1x 3.1 upstream before they boost the higher tiers upstream, unless they're able to release it to gig1 customers only in upgraded areas, don't think they can / will do that though.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Where do I look to see if my UL is 3.1? I can see Docsis Mode 3.1 under general configuration but nothing specifically for the upstream channel.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

You will see that on the Upstream Tab it'll be separated, so you may have 5 3.0 Bonded upstreams and 1 3.1 Bonded.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Didnt VM have massive issues when working from home started due to congested upstreams? Might be best to use the new docsis 3.1 channel purely for congestion relief?

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Hmm, I don’t see any separation in my Upstream tab, unless I’m looking in the wrong place. Are you running the Hub in modem mode? I’m in router mode, wonder if that makes a difference?

Attachment 30269

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That's because you don't have any 3.1 bonded channels, mine looks the same as I only have 5 3.0 bonded.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Ah, that explains it then. Cheers.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Look in the right place:

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

That does not exist on my Hub 5, so not a case of looking in the right place.

The only place where upstream channels are mentioned is on the upstream tab, like everyone else.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I don't have that option on the Hub5 Status tab so the upstream Tab is the correct place for me.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

i don't have that option on the Hub5 Status tab either

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Whilst the ratio is low I dont see it like that.

I had a choice between paying £34 for M350, £38 for M500 or £41 for Gig1, so on those prices M350 and M500 are much worse value than Gig1. When I quoted known retention prices to the call operator it was a baffled "those prices dont exist". :) But I got a nice surprise when I asked how much Gig1 was, was expecting her to say £64.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

My M200 is now called M250 on my account and still getting around 275 down and 26-27 up.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Mine has changed to M250 as well and via wifi cloudfare is showing 250 down and 26 up using my chromebook which is good considering how many people around me work from home using a VM connection.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Upgrade has taken place tonight after a hub reboot

https://scontent-lcy1-2.xx.fbcdn.net...aQ&oe=638A4831

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I'm not seeing any improvement after a hub reboot (M200)

Google Internet Speed Test : 187.6 Dn, 20.6 up

Ookla: 211.67 Dn, 20.81 up

Fast: 210 Dn, 19 up

Guess it didn't take? (I am in modem mode)

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Have they sent you an email telling you to reboot it?

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Those results were post reboot. (hub4)

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2022/11/6.png

Happy with this (especially since I downgraded to the 100Mb package, which then got doubled with Volt Boost).

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Around 135 down and 23 up on m100 (125). Quite pleased (until the inevitable and presumably imminent price rise follows in typical VM fashion).

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

check your config.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Ok how? (in modem mode)

edit: actually it seems I'm no longer in modem mode...

now where is that password

edit2: I'm in, what do I need to look at, and what should it be?

Status
Downstream
Upstream
Configuration
Networklog

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I thought you a Tech guy, post the numbers for downstream and up stream in the config.

M250
Max Traffic Rate 287500061 bps
Max Traffic Rate 27500061 bps

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Well there are very many different sorts of tech...

downstream: Max Traffic Rate
287500061

Primary Upstream Service Flow: Max Traffic Rate
27500061

Which is the same as you have posted, yet I'm getting the same or perhaps slightly more than 206 Mb on the speedtest sites.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

What device are you running Speedtest on?

I get 276 on my PC (wired), 243 on my Android phone (OnePlus 7 Pro), and 205 on my iPad Pro.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

PC ethernet wired from primary mesh unit about 5cm from the hub & mobile phone

I have rebooted all devices again, hub, mesh, pc, phone and re-optimised wi-fi on the mesh.

Ookla is giving me approx. 6 Mb more than before the uplift on d/load, upload is unchanged.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Talking to a VM sales rep today in my city centre it appears that VM is definitely planning a 2.5GB service. I asked if it would have an upspeed to go with it, e.g. 10:1. He wasn't able to say.

He was trying to sell me VM's current products, but when I told him I was on a nice symmetrical 900Mb with Vodafone/CityFibre, he suggested I watch out for the new product.

I guess VM will be selling it only to those who need high bandwidth on multiple devices simultaneously, given that most people's device network cards and switches max at 1Gb.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

My PC is wired directly into our Hub3 - is it possible for you to connect directly to the Hub?

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

It is, but then the other 55 or so devices won't have internet access.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I meant just for the speed test…

My PC and the Google Mesh primary unit are the only things connected to my Hub - everything else is either wired to the Mesh units or connected through mesh wifi.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

OK so I unplugged the ethernet for the mesh primary, plugged in the ethernet for PC - and instant offline.

Plugged the mesh back in, and online again, same LAN port on the hub, so that's weird.

Edit

I'm in modem mode/wi-fi off, yet I can connect to the hub using http://192.168.0.1, pretty sure in modem mode it's meant to be 192.168.100.1

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

The thought occurred to me that perhaps the mesh had reached it's capability limit but it seems the TP-Link M5 can handle a fair bit more.

Each Deco unit is powered by a quad-core processor and contains four high-power internal antennas. The router is an AC1300 device capable of speeds of up to 400Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 867Mbps on the 5GHz band.

Still a bit baffled that the hub4 ethernet port that works with the mesh isn't letting the PC connect directly to it, or the fact it's in modem mode but doesn't require a web browser to use 192.168.100.1 to connect to the settings.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Looks like the 100Meg upload boost is starting to hit residential customers

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5...d/td-p/5244256

https://www.reddit.com/r/VirginMedia...peed_increase/

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Is this a trial, or an official upgrade ?

Is there a VM announcement of speed inceases ?

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Looks like they've finished rolling it out for business and now moving onto residential, no official announcement i'm aware of but we know what Virgin are like for things like that :)

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I am seeing a fair few reports on reddit, so they expanding the trial it seems, or maybe even the start of a phased rollout.

I expect I will get it late as I only just recently got the extra upstream channels.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Have it in the Teesside area.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

If the upload goes up to 100M then it may make me reconsider leaving them when my contract expires.

Atm, the upload on FTTP is far better, and more than compensates for the slightly lower download.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Seems to be random, nothing here on the Gateshead headend yet, we've had the extra upstreams for ages

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I have 5x QAM64. Are those the extra upstreams you mean?

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Yes before was just 4x QAM64, also you likely have a 3.1 DOCISIS upstream as well (not visible on hub5, and wont be used on hub 3 or older).

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

So there is no way of finding out if I have a 3.1 upstream on my Hub5 or does something show up in the network log?

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Its in the network log, will be along the lines of US profile assignment change.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Guessing this means I have the 3.1 upstream.

US profile assignment change. US Chan ID: 6

CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I've got this too.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Looks good.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Yawn!!!!

My 5G beat that! 1125Meg down and 152Meg up! £12 a month for no contract with smarty social tariff total unlimited! :p::dunce:

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

[img]Download Failed (1)[/img]

Your speed tests are obviously derived from the square root of a negative number…

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

So, maybe a pinch of salt needed, but I really hope not!!
Today I dealt with retentions and after accepting a new 18 month contract at £40 for the gig connected got started talking "off the record" about the upload speeds and I was told that within the next 2-3 months the gig customers will be getting the same 100mbps upload boost that the business customers now get as a standard.

Here's to hoping!!

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Do you have any other services with Virgin?

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Yes as per this thread, this has been rolling out for a few weeks at least now

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I had 1gb and telephone but dropped the telephone as it was £1 cheaper without it and I've never had it plugged in anyway.
I was leaving though and had already decided on a new supplier so they had to work hard to keep me.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I am many others (VM Forum and Reddit) got the increase today and some were getting it here and there the past months (dependant on area).

Apparently RFoG customers will not be able to get it.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Just rebooted, still 55mbit.

Someone on reddit claims the official date is 1st June which would in theory mean everyone has it by then, will see.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

just had my upload speed increased in mansfield area

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Just checked my upload speed as well seeing as now have a SuperHub5 sent out after the 4 keep rebooting itself and amazed to see the upload in the config settings.

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2023/05/4.png

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Just rebooted my hub 4 and have 100 meg upstream.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Upload speed has been increased to 100MB in Keighley area BD213

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

mine updated 2 days ago and had been slower with a 110 config than it was with the 55 :S

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Apparently some areas wont get it for "capacity reasons", be interesting if such areas have the same listing price for gig1 as the 110mbit areas.

I am not going to check daily, but will check again end of month and report back here if it still hasnt upgraded.

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I have just rebooted and the new upload is there. My connection is flying as normal.


https://www.speedtest.net/result/14761492344.png

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2023/05/5.png

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

Same here in Oxford

Re: Virgin Boosting Speeds
 

I just rebooted the hub 5, and have the increased upload speed too. (Salford/Manchester)