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Old 29-04-2009, 09:45   #7
Ernie_C
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Re: 2mb to 10mb upgrade - when?

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Originally Posted by synner View Post
You have to pray that your UBR isn't already oversubscribed, I know I'm dreading the 2Mb to 10Mb uplift. I'm allegedly on 10Mb and currently get around 1.2mMb between 7pm and 11pm due to oversubscription of my UBR.

Realistically though, no you don't need to do anything other than wait for the willy waving letter / email from oversubscription media, sorry I mean Virgin Media.
Are you a network engineer that fully understands what effect upgrading all current 2Mb users to 10Mb will have on the performance of any particular UBR?

Making all of these users go faster (without them increasing their usage) may actually make the performance better.

It was different when they upgraded the 10Mb XL customers to 20Mb because a large proportion of XL users were likely to be heavy users and only limited in their use by the speed of the connection.
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