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Originally Posted by jcuk
Its a 'modem' they send out, the modems they send out are different with regards to what the tech has in his van along with exntl or extw areas.
New customers will get the latest uptodate modems.
Existing customers who REQUIRE an upgrade can request a new modem on the upgrade site.
Customers upgrading from STB broadband to Modem broadband will get the latest model of modem.
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Everyone installed since it became Virgin Media in ex-ntl areas will have been given a black Virgin Media Ambit 255. All previous modems are no longer issued. There is now an Ambit 256. It looks exactly the same
Ex-Tw areas are slight different and as I've already said, I'm not sure what model you get
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Originally Posted by Nicosia
thnx, so the modem they give for 2meg might not be ok with the higher 10/50 meg speeds that vm will have? if i use my router i used to have from ukonline for the 24meg service it should be fine if the modem they have sent does not handle the 10 meg speeds
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You cannot use an ADSL router on cable broadband as they are different technologies. You have to use the modem Virgin supply you to access the internet
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strange though i thought they would have just one modem they gave to everyone instead of using many different types and having to send new ones all the time
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All the most recent modems (last 3/4 years) can do 10Mb as long as they are ethernet. All the latest ones (last 2 years) can do 20Mb. None of the current modems can do 50Mb