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Old 11-05-2011, 09:50   #2136
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Re: [Update] ALL 20>30Mb upgrade discussion

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Originally Posted by Masque View Post
Why would they order more of a modem that was specifically built to order and is no longer supplied by Virginmedia as they are going forwards with the Superhub and we only ever have one modem on offer at a time.

As I have said time and time again this modem was never on our systems for us to order as a replacement, so it was never a proper stock item.

Do you really believe for one nanosecond that they would start to order a modem on the back of what is very few complaints especially as they are going forwards with the development of the Superhub.

No one throws money away like that and the few VMNG300 modems that are making their way out to customers will be dwindling fast as the remaining stock is finite.
VM sees losing customers as a bad thing, I think the current stock of vmng300s will last until the new superhub arrives, but if that fails as well then they may get an emergency stock of vmng300s to keep churn down.

VM have thrown a lot of money away on the superhub already, swapping out modems that didnt need swapping and replacing failing superhubs that have a high failure rate. On top of that having to source a new vendor as netgear have failed to impress.

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Originally Posted by Masque View Post
The supply will still be finite and will run out.
Hang on a second.

either 100mbit sales are really poor, or a lot of vmng300s are having to be sent out, because thats the only way they going to run out.
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