[pip08456]

Originally Posted by i-Set

Hey guys, Ive been with Virgin Media for under a year now, I sometimes hear people moan about their services. Well for me they have been excellent, inc. bb speed, telephone, customer service; short wait time, reliability etc. So credit where credit is due, if anyone else feels happy with virgin media please reply back. Still not happy with STM though, but every ISP has some sort of throttling.

Anyways, my questions is "When Will Virgin Media Increase Their Upload Rate". I was on 2mb with 250kb upload, then 10mb with 500kb upload and now recently I upgraded to 20mb bb with a 750kb upload. Compared to other service providers such as Be Broadband, they have 2.5mb upload, thats right 2.5MB UPLOAD!!! Id rather be happy if Virgin Media gave 10mb both ways. I suppose with their new 50mb plan, they will only give 1mb upload lol ludicrous I tell you.

Does anyone know if Virgin Media has any plans to increase upload rate, if you have input, please to do so. thanks

You are partly right with Be offering 2.5Mbps upload rate but they take off about 1-1.5Mbps of your download speed if you request that upload rate. I know I'm a Be customer now and I don't have any problems with it.

I don't think any ISP in this country could offer 10Mbps up and down because the infrastructure does not as yet exist.

Consider your BB connection to be a pipe or tube, there is only a limited amount of information that can flow through it. ISP's "prefer" to allow the bigger download rate so that nearly fills the pipe but you have a little room left for your upload.

Please don't think I'm being a smart ar*e with this reply but that's the way it is.

---------- Post added at 02:36 ---------- Previous post was at 02:29 ----------

Originally Posted by broadbandbug

I doubt you are really on 1:1 contention whatever you might have been told

As for VM contention ratio, it depends on the architecture of the network. i.e. Which legacy company built it as this dictates some of the node sizes and hence the number of customers served per port.. But in general it would be between 30 & 50:1

I am on a 1-1contention ratio guaranteed and in writing!

---------- Post added at 02:39 ---------- Previous post was at 02:36 ----------

Originally Posted by TraxData

Be is 20:1 contention ratio.

There isnt any VM area where contention is 30:1 it's 50:1 (and above in certain areas) and has been for a long time.

Trax I'm on Be Pro and on 1-1 contention.

---------- Post added at 02:51 ---------- Previous post was at 02:39 ----------

Originally Posted by i-Set

sorry guys a bit off topic, but erm im on 20mb and ive got a wireless router, netgear wgr614 to be precise, which apparently can do a 54mb connection. So will my wireless router pass on 20mb to any wi-fi device i have? And will this router be able to handle 50mb speeds if Virgin Media sell their 50mb plan?

Yes