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callanish · 17-05-2011, 13:37

I'm on Virgin's VIP service 20MB broadband and have been holding out to upgrade to either the 30mb or 50mb service due to the superhub and the problems that seem to be out there with it on the forum.

The recent upload upgrade in my area that I got was an incentive to think about faster broadband as I use a slingbox and the faster upload speeds produce better streaming video quality.

The point is when you have a consistent stable connection as I do with the ambit 256 on the 20mb service, if you were in my shoes, would you just wait it out until virgin provides the superhub with the ability to use your own router rather than upsetting the applecart by taking a leap of faith?

Certain things like disabling ip flooding and disabling the firewall seem to help the wired connection's stability, but the wireless problems seem to be all over the map with dropped connections.

Should I just not tempt fate, be happy with what I've got and wait until the superhub firmware matures before I even think about taking the plunge, because I need my slingbox and my wi-fi to function perfectly and at this point don't have a lot of confidence in the superhub based on what I'm reading.

With that, I've probably answered my own question, but if someone had to take an educated guess, do you think things will eventually get sorted with the superhub where we'll start to see a drastic drop in the complaints due to virgin fixing the various issues going around the forum or is the hardware itself just too much of a hit or a miss that it would be better just waiting for V2.0.

17-05-2011, 13:37	#1
callanish Inactive Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Clydebank, Scotland Services: VIP 100 / 5 Posts: 25	another superhub should I or shouldn't I question. I'm on Virgin's VIP service 20MB broadband and have been holding out to upgrade to either the 30mb or 50mb service due to the superhub and the problems that seem to be out there with it on the forum. The recent upload upgrade in my area that I got was an incentive to think about faster broadband as I use a slingbox and the faster upload speeds produce better streaming video quality. The point is when you have a consistent stable connection as I do with the ambit 256 on the 20mb service, if you were in my shoes, would you just wait it out until virgin provides the superhub with the ability to use your own router rather than upsetting the applecart by taking a leap of faith? Certain things like disabling ip flooding and disabling the firewall seem to help the wired connection's stability, but the wireless problems seem to be all over the map with dropped connections. Should I just not tempt fate, be happy with what I've got and wait until the superhub firmware matures before I even think about taking the plunge, because I need my slingbox and my wi-fi to function perfectly and at this point don't have a lot of confidence in the superhub based on what I'm reading. With that, I've probably answered my own question, but if someone had to take an educated guess, do you think things will eventually get sorted with the superhub where we'll start to see a drastic drop in the complaints due to virgin fixing the various issues going around the forum or is the hardware itself just too much of a hit or a miss that it would be better just waiting for V2.0.