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qwakuk

03-02-2021 12:51

Bump in speed

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Internet went off about 2 hours ago, seemed to have been bumped in speed

roughbeast

03-02-2021 13:19

Re: Bump in speed

That looks like a 650Mb/40Mb connection, allowing for overheads.

What do you get on speed tests when connected by Ethernet?

Synthetic

03-02-2021 14:00

Re: Bump in speed

Are you on the Oomph package, or standalone 500Mbps?

qwakuk

03-02-2021 14:17

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I am on Ultimate Oomph, actually checked the contracts and bill and is says M500.

Actually have a SamKnows modem and screenshot shows, one before and 2 after manual speedtests BUT that is with me logged into work, niece logged into school and streaming podcasts.

roughbeast

03-02-2021 14:24

Re: Bump in speed

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Originally Posted by qwakuk (Post 36069273)

Yep definitely 650Mb.

ash45

03-02-2021 19:23

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customers of Ultimate Oomph got a upgrade to M600 as and when it rolls out in your area when M500 became standalone it still reports as M500 for a lot of people who's been upgraded will probs change eventually

qwakuk

03-02-2021 19:28

Re: Bump in speed

Account page at VM now shows M600

Synthetic

03-02-2021 19:34

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Spoke to Virgin's SMS chat thingy earlier, they confirmed everyone on 500M will be getting a free upgrade to 600M regardless of if they're on Oomph or not.

If that's correct or not is a completely different matter of course....

Paul	03-02-2021 19:42

Re: Bump in speed

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Originally Posted by qwakuk (Post 36069322)

Account page at VM now shows M600

Good to know. I have added 600M as a prefix.

roughbeast

04-02-2021 05:14

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Originally Posted by qwakuk (Post 36069322)

Account page at VM now shows M600

I wonder why VM have allowed so generously for overheads. Config is at 690Mb, downstream max.
The user will regularly get <650Mb. It would have been sufficient to have it set at 620Mb, for example.

david_w2k

04-02-2021 13:06

Re: Bump in speed

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Originally Posted by Synthetic (Post 36069323)

Interesting yeah I thought M600 was exclusive for Oomph once 500 went mainstream.

Just had my upgrade to 600 last night (I’m on Oomph) getting 662 on Speedtest :-)

david_w2k

04-02-2021 19:38

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interestingly it appears my upload is consistently lower since the upgrade today - around 23 (has hit 40 highest)

olisun

05-02-2021 08:12

Re: Bump in speed

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Originally Posted by david_w2k (Post 36069441)

interestingly it appears my upload is consistently lower since the upgrade today - around 23 (has hit 40 highest)

I have been having the same problems since I took the 1gig package.

But in my case the upload speed reduces between 5:00 and 8:00pm, every single day.

alanbjames

05-02-2021 09:36

Re: Bump in speed

We are on the standalone M500 here in Swansea and no speed increase yet.

qwakuk

11-02-2021 16:41

Re: Bump in speed

Just had an email, with the following as part of the content

Your new package now includes:
Broadband: M600 Fibre Broadband - Intelligent WiFi Plus service - Intelligent WiFi Pod 1
We've removed:
Broadband: M500 Fibre Broadband

I have been invited on a trial for the "pods", but may be I should be getting a set anyway ?

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