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VMboy 30-04-2009 17:31

Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
I had an email from Virgin Media telling me that customers would soon be getting their internet speeds upgraded, and that the 2meg customers would be upgraded to 10meg.

Does anyone know when they actually plan to do this as it's been quite a while since the email was received. :scratch:

Mark360 30-04-2009 17:36

Re: Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
Upgrade should start tomorrow, but who knows? This is VM we're talking about.

VMboy 30-04-2009 17:43

Re: Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
Well that would be good, although they told me that they would be sending out a newer broadband modem that would cope with the higher speeds, never received it.

Mark360 30-04-2009 17:54

Re: Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
I've checked up on my modem and apparently it will work with upto 30MB. It's a Scientific Atlanta DPC2100.

Turkey Machine 30-04-2009 17:57

Re: Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
Ye gods, ANOTHER thread about this. Don't anybody use "SEARCH" any more? :)

Milambar 30-04-2009 18:05

Re: Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
Did anyone ever use search to begin with? :p

VMboy 30-04-2009 18:20

Re: Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
Mines is a Motorola Surfboard SB5100 Cable Modem.

It says that it's capable of providing up to 30 Mbps upstream data rate, and Network Data Transfer Rate: 100 Megabits Per Second.

Does the upstream data rate refer to my upload speed?

Would the above details be fine for any package up to 10meg?

---------- Post added at 19:20 ---------- Previous post was at 19:19 ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark360 (Post 34786062)
I've checked up on my modem and apparently it will work with upto 30MB. It's a Scientific Atlanta DPC2100.

Which site did you check it on?

chuzzlemonkey 30-04-2009 18:42

Re: Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
Just to clarify the upgrades will begin in May (tomorrow) and the upgrade will be completed by October on an area to area basis.

Mark360 30-04-2009 19:17

Re: Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
I live in the 3rd biggest city in the UK (by population) so i'd imagin we'll be upgraded by the end of the month.

homealone 30-04-2009 19:52

Re: Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark360 (Post 34786144)
I live in the 3rd biggest city in the UK (by population) so i'd imagin we'll be upgraded by the end of the month.

that often works in reverse - the bigger places may be the 'hardest' to do, so could take longer.

Mark360 30-04-2009 21:49

Re: Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
We were one of the first to be upgraded from 4 to 10mb so I dont know?

VMboy 30-04-2009 22:51

Re: Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
I take it all these upgrades we talk about here are free?

Mark360 01-05-2009 06:06

Re: Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
Does anyone seem to been upgraded yet? I havnt.

Peter_ 01-05-2009 06:08

Re: Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark360 (Post 34786400)
Does anyone seem to been upgraded yet? I havnt.

You should receive an email about it and you would have to reboot your modem to get the new Docsis file anyway.

dav 01-05-2009 06:58

Re: Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg
 
I think a little patience is called for.
It is, after all, a free upgrade.
If you're on 2Mb now, the odds are that you don't need 10Mb otherwise you would have paid for it.
Just chill out a bit. It'll come but, when it does, you may wish it hadn't. My 2Mb has been stable for years and I'm dreading the 10Mb instability you hear so much about.


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