Did Virginmedia reduce their upgrade speeds?
 

Hi,

Some time ago I recall that Virginmedia were stating that we would be receiving a "double speed" upgrade.

Having just received my upgrade (and Superhub 2) I noticed that my XL 100Mb service has been upgraded to XL 150Mb not 200Mb as I was expecting.

My order confirmation e-mail and Speedtest.net test results also confirm that the upgrade is to 150Mb.

Have Virginmedia reduced the speed upgrades or is it more conservative due to over-subscription in my area?

TIA,
Neil Darlow

Re: Did Virginmedia reduce their upgrade speeds?
 

Virgin didnt mention double speeds this time round, your possibly thinking of the one before that

Re: Did Virginmedia reduce their upgrade speeds?
 

It was all just rumour, VM never actually said they would be doubling speeds, this was discussed months ago.

Re: Did Virginmedia reduce their upgrade speeds?
 

It was some of the media that assumed it to be 200.

Re: Did Virginmedia reduce their upgrade speeds?
 

There is a 200MBit tier, though. The media reports were about a 300Mbit tier (That never happened at the consumer end), so a lot of people assumed it would be 50 -> 100, 100 -> 200 and 150 -> 300. That's what never happened but to my knowledge you are spot on, it was media conjecture.

From memory, this has been the recent speed increases. The "doubling" was actually a few speed increases ago,

10 -> 20 -> 30 -> 50 -> 100

20 -> 30 -> 60 -> 100 -> 150

50/100 -> 120 -> 152 -> 200

Note: 30mbit and above required new equipment, so it was not automatic. The 50/100 to 120Mbit was a tier merge.

Re: Did Virginmedia reduce their upgrade speeds?
 

The 50Mbit speed has only been upgraded to 70 not 100.