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dewi9 · 19-08-2018, 22:00

I have just been 'upgraded' to the new Hub3 and am not happy. It seems many other clients/customers of VM are also not happy.

My main gripe is the poor wireless (wifi) throughput using this hub.

Virgin Media have a 'blow their own trumpet' page at http://www.virginmedia.com/shop/broadband/speeds.html , which claims 'Hub 3.0 testing – “fastest WiFi” claim substantiation" and gives figures to support this claim.

Also given is a plan of the building and setup used to obtain the figures quoted,

Well, my situation is pretty similar, in that I am behind two walls from the hub location (equal to their kitchen).

Figures given are -
ch6 2.4GHz Samsung S4 Kitchen 42.550Mbps. This is using 'Vivid200' (the fastest) package.

I am on the 'normal' 100Mbps package, so should I expect half this figure (that is, 21.25Mbps) as the best I will ever get ? If so it is some distance from the 100Mbps I am paying for.

I appreciate that 802.11N is rated at a maximum of 450Mbps rather than 1300Mbps available with 802.11ac, but surely I should be getting more than the 18Mbps (yesterday) and 19.2Mbps(today) - both at 9:30pm.

I was getting 45 - 58Mbps on my old 2ac wifi box.

19-08-2018, 22:00	#1
dewi9 Inactive Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 4	Virgin Media Figures I have just been 'upgraded' to the new Hub3 and am not happy. It seems many other clients/customers of VM are also not happy. My main gripe is the poor wireless (wifi) throughput using this hub. Virgin Media have a 'blow their own trumpet' page at http://www.virginmedia.com/shop/broadband/speeds.html , which claims 'Hub 3.0 testing – “fastest WiFi” claim substantiation" and gives figures to support this claim. Also given is a plan of the building and setup used to obtain the figures quoted, Well, my situation is pretty similar, in that I am behind two walls from the hub location (equal to their kitchen). Figures given are - ch6 2.4GHz Samsung S4 Kitchen 42.550Mbps. This is using 'Vivid200' (the fastest) package. I am on the 'normal' 100Mbps package, so should I expect half this figure (that is, 21.25Mbps) as the best I will ever get ? If so it is some distance from the 100Mbps I am paying for. I appreciate that 802.11N is rated at a maximum of 450Mbps rather than 1300Mbps available with 802.11ac, but surely I should be getting more than the 18Mbps (yesterday) and 19.2Mbps(today) - both at 9:30pm. I was getting 45 - 58Mbps on my old 2ac wifi box.