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Old 07-04-2016, 21:57   #180
Kushan
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb

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Originally Posted by Rackerz View Post
Hi,

I currently live in a congested area. I'm guessing that upgrading to Homeworks wouldn't help me?

Thanks
Correct, there's no kind of priority system in place for higher tiers, you'll get congested all the same. If you get 50mbit on a 100mbit connection, you'll get 50mbit on a 300mbit connection.

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Originally Posted by Internetgofast View Post
Ben,

When checking if you have 8 or 16 downstreams on SH3 under tools/network status mine lists 9 downstream bonded channels.

Is that the right place to be looking???
Firstly, despite what was said earlier, just having 16 channels doesn't necessarily mean your area is ready for the upgrade, though if you've only got 8 it's definitely not.

Secondly, 9 is an unusual number, you should see 8, 12 or 16. Having only 9 implies you have a possible fault (though 9 is plenty of 200Mbit), I'd be interested in seeing what a reboot does and what your power levels are.
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