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bigsinky 03-11-2019 00:23

Can i upgrade to 500Mbit
 
Sorry folks but is there anyway to upgrade to 500mbit without paying the extortionate £99 price tag with the ooomph bundle. i currently run 350mbit only broadband at £47 per month. oh I'm in Belfast btw. FTTC with about 50m of copper.

TIA

Paul 03-11-2019 03:36

Re: Can i upgrade to 500Mbit
 
AFAIK, its still not possible atm.

ash45 03-11-2019 15:41

Re: Can i upgrade to 500Mbit
 
the only way currently to get 500 without oomph is via the VM business website this is how i have it thought the price is £70pm so for the extra 29 quid you get a fair bit extra for your money via the residential side lol

bigsinky 04-11-2019 13:15

Re: Can i upgrade to 500Mbit
 
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Originally Posted by ash45 (Post 36015989)
the only way currently to get 500 without oomph is via the VM business website this is how i have it thought the price is £70pm so for the extra 29 quid you get a fair bit extra for your money via the residential side lol

actually only 62 quid. i am paying 50 quid now. will they allow me to switch from a residential customer to a business customer? whats the new hitron router like? i take it i stick with 1 dynamic ip address?

Grimpy 04-11-2019 13:30

Re: Can i upgrade to 500Mbit
 
Even if you get the oompth bundle you are not guaranteed 500.

ash45 04-11-2019 20:50

Re: Can i upgrade to 500Mbit
 
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Originally Posted by bigsinky (Post 36016082)
actually only 62 quid. i am paying 50 quid now. will they allow me to switch from a residential customer to a business customer? whats the new hitron router like? i take it i stick with 1 dynamic ip address?

Oh its gone down since i looked other day keep in mind VM business pricing is exclusive for VAT my bills £75 after all VAT and craps been added on lol,

Yes you can keep the dynamic ip option or add static ones if you please,

As long as ya not in contract you should have no problem switching over, VM contracts are not changeable mid contract between residential / business though oddly enough they do allow you to have both at the same time if thats something you want to spend the dosh on, also bare in mind if you have TV with them and have a V6 box you cant use business broadband it has to be residential

The Hitron isn't exactly brilliant but its not the worst ive had to use its basically identical to the SHUB3 internally other than having 4 phone ports on it VS 2 it does its job since i dumped the static ip i run mine in modem mode and use my own router so i dont really notice it much and i always get decent speeds so its not really hampering much

business does end up costing more in the end for not much difference i only really got it originally because at the time i wanted static ips which i no longer need but the fact they dont bundle the extra speed behind other bundles and the 12 hour SLA is kinda nice to still have, im just waiting for them to roll out the Gbit one for the extra upload speed lol

That Turned into a bit of a essay but hope it helps lol

Ash

bigsinky 08-11-2019 08:26

Re: Can i upgrade to 500Mbit
 
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Originally Posted by ash45 (Post 36016114)
Oh its gone down since i looked other day keep in mind VM business pricing is exclusive for VAT my bills £75 after all VAT and craps been added on lol,

my bad yes its plus VAT

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Originally Posted by ash45 (Post 36016114)

As long as ya not in contract you should have no problem switching over, VM contracts are not changeable mid contract between residential / business though oddly enough they do allow you to have both at the same time if thats something you want to spend the dosh on, also bare in mind if you have TV with them and have a V6 box you cant use business broadband it has to be residential

VM business were actually dead on about that. they take over residential account with no pemalties.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ash45 (Post 36016114)
The Hitron isn't exactly brilliant but its not the worst ive had to use its basically identical to the SHUB3 internally other than having 4 phone ports on it VS 2 it does its job since i dumped the static ip i run mine in modem mode and use my own router so i dont really notice it much and i always get decent speeds so its not really hampering much

I sort of thought that much. still the puma chipsets then?

Quote:

Originally Posted by ash45 (Post 36016114)
business does end up costing more in the end for not much difference i only really got it originally because at the time i wanted static ips which i no longer need but the fact they dont bundle the extra speed behind other bundles and the 12 hour SLA is kinda nice to still have, im just waiting for them to roll out the Gbit one for the extra upload speed lol

That Turned into a bit of a essay but hope it helps lol

Ash

The new modem SH4 is more a DOCSIS 3.1 upgrade as it only have gigabit ports. Quelle surpise. 1Gbit service actually runs at 1150mbit so the modem hasnt got the hardware to cope. passive cooling as well but not up to the job according to some Southampton users.

pip08456 08-11-2019 10:56

Re: Can i upgrade to 500Mbit
 
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Originally Posted by bigsinky (Post 36016451)
my bad yes its plus VAT



VM business were actually dead on about that. they take over residential account with no pemalties.



I sort of thought that much. still the puma chipsets then?



The new modem SH4 is more a DOCSIS 3.1 upgrade as it only have gigabit ports. Quelle surpise. 1Gbit service actually runs at 1150mbit so the modem hasnt got the hardware to cope. passive cooling as well but not up to the job according to some Southampton users.

The SH4 is not passively cooled.

ash45 08-11-2019 12:36

Re: Can i upgrade to 500Mbit
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by bigsinky (Post 36016451)
my bad yes its plus VAT



VM business were actually dead on about that. they take over residential account with no pemalties.



I sort of thought that much. still the puma chipsets then?



The new modem SH4 is more a DOCSIS 3.1 upgrade as it only have gigabit ports. Quelle surpise. 1Gbit service actually runs at 1150mbit so the modem hasnt got the hardware to cope. passive cooling as well but not up to the job according to some Southampton users.

Ah didn't realise they'd started doing contract take overs when i ordered they said they couldn't at the time,

ive seen some screenshots of the config files on the Gbit service & that user actually had a 1200Mbit config but yes it was stupid of them to only include Gbit ports as we all know the wifi aint gunna get those speeds lol but i guess its more about multi device than single devices getting those speeds as far as VM are concerned

The hitron uses bang on the same chip set as the SH3 so yes still the puma TBF at least in modem mode i havnt really had any problems with it though, i do with they'd just let us buy our own modems like they do in other parts of the world on cable networks as TBF i do actually prefer only having 1 device lol but at the same time id rather use my own router than the limited interface of the SH3/Hitron

bigsinky 11-11-2019 13:16

Re: Can i upgrade to 500Mbit
 
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Originally Posted by ash45 (Post 36016477)
Ah didn't realise they'd started doing contract take overs when i ordered they said they couldn't at the time,

only going by what the team in belfast told me.

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Originally Posted by ash45 (Post 36016477)
ive seen some screenshots of the config files on the Gbit service & that user actually had a 1200Mbit config but yes it was stupid of them to only include Gbit ports as we all know the wifi aint gunna get those speeds lol but i guess its more about multi device than single devices getting those speeds as far as VM are concerned

yep. thought that myself. loads on wifi both 2.4 for the range and 5.0. 24 port gigabit unmanaged switch with pcs and laptops connected. phillips hue hub and 7 raspberry pi all going

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Originally Posted by ash45 (Post 36016477)
The hitron uses bang on the same chip set as the SH3 so yes still the puma TBF at least in modem mode i havnt really had any problems with it though, i do with they'd just let us buy our own modems like they do in other parts of the world on cable networks as TBF i do actually prefer only having 1 device lol but at the same time id rather use my own router than the limited interface of the SH3/Hitron

i have another thread about modems around the 150 mark to replace the SH3. so your saying the hitron is just another SH3 with a different badge? you aint getting a router with even a 2.5 gig network port for a ton and a half :(

ash45 11-11-2019 21:05

Re: Can i upgrade to 500Mbit
 
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Originally Posted by bigsinky (Post 36016805)

i have another thread about modems around the 150 mark to replace the SH3. so your saying the hitron is just another SH3 with a different badge? you aint getting a router with even a 2.5 gig network port for a ton and a half :(

yea its literally the same router almost minor differences lol but nothing outstanding lol. the only real difference being the firmware and extra phone ports lol. no idea what the business equivalent of the SH4 will be when they finally get around to that but id guess yet another ugly hitron too lol


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