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Originally Posted by kwikbreaks
When you moved from 20Mbps to 50Mbps you moved from DOCSIS1 to DOCSIS3. It sounds like your local 1 network was oversubscribed but the 3 network still isn't. If you don't actually need 50Mbps you can call retentions and ask to be downdraded to 10Mbs (retentions because it's easier - they're the only VM calls I ever make) - there will be no penalty for downgrading and you'll still be on the DOCSIS3 network. Eventually of course your DOCSIS 3 network may become borked too.
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But initially I had a period of a month or so when I was still on 10mb and even that was bad. At the old house literally a street away it was fine. Sorry for not being too clued up on this all but can someone explain out of interest what the function of the CMTS, UBR and Cabinets are? Are the street cabinets simply access points to "turn on" different houses connections to the network? So a houses cabinet will always stay the same due to the physical connection underground from houses to the cab?
So if I have that right only the UBR can be changed by Virgin?
On that basis, when I moved house my cabinet I know for sure changed. Can a cabinet be over utilised or is this impossible? Should the question be, do cabinets each connect to different UBRs? So it was possible that a cabinet change made me go to a different UBR initially so even 10mb was bad, and 20mb, then when I changed to 50mb the UBR changed again to a different one which was ok?
So in conclusion it's complete pot luck and nothing to do with 50mb necessarily?
All I know is at the moment 50mb works and works fast, always. I'm happy until that changes!
