50Mb areas

deakin · 25-01-2009, 20:58

Hello

I know next to nothing about Ubr's ect. So this might be a dumb question.

Right, i live in the south east area of glasgow about 4 miles from Uddingston and i've read that the 50Mb is now live there, However i'm on the Renfew Ubr and after talking to the nice folk on virgin's customer care i was informed that there is no info on when Renfrew will be upgraded.

As i'm only 4 miles away from Uddingston and about 9 miles from Renfew is thier anyway i could be switched over onto Uddingston's Ubr so i can get the 50Mb just now or do i have to wait ?

Thanks for any info

Deakin.

moaningmags · 25-01-2009, 21:01

You have to wait, Uddingston hasn't been upgraded yet. This is where I connect to.
They won't switch you over.

deakin · 25-01-2009, 21:10

Hi Mags

Thanks for the reply, can you do me a favour a check your postcode here please ?

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/websales/50Mb/index.do

Only reason i ask is that the person who informed me about the upgrade(on another forum) swears blind that he's allready booked an install date.

EDIT :

Just checked using an Uddingston postcode(g718pb) and it is available in the bothwell area,so if you live close to there mags your good to go.

spiderplant · 25-01-2009, 21:22

50 meg is available in Uddingston (ex-Telewest), but not in Renfrew (ex-NTL) yet. If you are fed from the Renfrew headend I'm afraid you'll just have to be patient. You can't be connected to a different headend.

deakin · 25-01-2009, 21:28

Thanks for the reply's folks...

I don't mind waiting really, i just got a little excited when i seen that part of glasgow got upgraded.

Ignitionnet · 25-01-2009, 21:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by moaningmags

You have to wait, Uddingston hasn't been upgraded yet. This is where I connect to.
They won't switch you over.

Uddingston was upgraded earlier this month.

General Maximus · 25-01-2009, 22:05

has anybody "in the know" got a date for Lincoln yet?

moaningmags · 25-01-2009, 22:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by deakin

Hi Mags
EDIT :

Just checked using an Uddingston postcode(g718pb) and it is available in the bothwell area,so if you live close to there mags your good to go.

Yes, I'm close to Bothwell but still no 50 meg available yet.

Just checked the postcode page and it says I can get 50meg, selfcare says I can't. I'll wait a while.

savenosouls · 26-01-2009, 10:06

Further bit of info - I live in Uddingston (the village) - G71 7** Postcode - I don't have 50Meg only 10Meg at the moment - I did however run the postcode checker & it indicates hat 50Meg is available.

cabsandy · 26-01-2009, 11:31

It is avaliable in Uddi-I'm in a ML* ***postcode and I can get it

One thing-just because an area may have been upgraded, it will be up to VM sales when they release it. The two can be mutually exclusive :-)

Glasgow will be later, methinks

26-01-2009, 21:38

uddi-cmts-06 is not set for 50 meg so /all/ of uddingston is not done.

Robertus · 26-01-2009, 22:58

Bah - waiting for Knowsley to be done

broadbandbug · 27-01-2009, 14:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by xocemp

uddi-cmts-06 is not set for 50 meg so /all/ of uddingston is not done.

It doesn't work that way.. When they install the new modem for 50Mb/s you would move to one of the new CMTSs that support 50Mb/s.. It is overlayed on top of the DoCSIS 1.0 System.

Stephen · 27-01-2009, 14:43

Uddingston was Enabled on friday of last week.

Last I heard Renfrew is due to be enabled for 50MB by about April time.

fred54321 · 28-01-2009, 16:07

Thanks for your interest in 50 Mbit/s.

We're rolling out 50 Mbit/s between December 2008 and July 2009 across the UK.

I'm pleased to tell you that Peterborough is in the next phase; we're currently expecting to launch in your area on 29th January.

Do make sure you're pre-registered to be alerted as soon as the service is available and please don't hesitate to contact me with any queries.

Best

Jon James
Broadband Director
Virgin Media