50MB Install Monday What To Expect?

vb_packets · 20-03-2009, 20:41

Got my 50MB Service being installed on Monday. I have already got the router and plugged it in. I have not long ago brought a Netgear Router. I paid Â£104 for it in Currys. Its the WPN824 RangeMax Wireless Cable Router. The Coverage on my one is 10x but the Coverage on the Virgin Media Netgear Router is 5x. I got Virgin Media coming Monday so i dunno what to expect when the work has been complete. And does he run a different cable to the modem compared to the one i got now?

I know people are complaining of slow speeds but if that happens then ill try the modem without their router and with it to compare it. Virgin Media def need to admit to their throttling though.

broadbandking · 20-03-2009, 20:47

You have to have a new modem, I can't say I have ever got slow speeds, deends n area really, what throttling do you mean?
Virgin at the moment are not throttling the 50Mb there are rumours but no one can confirm or prove this.

vb_packets · 20-03-2009, 20:49

its just peoples posts i have been reading around these forums about their slow speeds or them throttling because they are downloading too much.

shane_uk · 20-03-2009, 21:32

50MB Install Monday What To Expect...A big fat cap on your bum coming soon

vb_packets · 20-03-2009, 21:51

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Originally Posted by shane_uk

50MB Install Monday What To Expect...A big fat cap on your bum coming soon

what are you getting at?

broadbandking · 20-03-2009, 21:52

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Originally Posted by vb_packets

what are you getting at?

The fact VM will apply STM to 50Mb not long after its fully rolled out

vb_packets · 20-03-2009, 21:55

when they do apply it the 50MB users will still have more benefit

broadbandking · 20-03-2009, 21:58

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Originally Posted by vb_packets

when they do apply it the 50MB users will still have more benefit

Whilst that been true the throttled speed rumours don't look good if true but I don't really care as I only have the 50Mb until end of May

General Maximus · 20-03-2009, 23:12

the engineer will bring the modem round with him and just use it to replace your old one, he wont replace any cables or anything. They are brainwashed into telling you that you can only use the Netgear router they have provided but just ignore them.

Be warned, once they get the modem up and running they will run a speed test from an official VM test server. When they did it for me and another people in my area we only got 26mbit. If that happens to you run the test from speedtest.net and you'll get your true speed.

I know other peops have been experiencing probs with 50mbit over the last couple of weeks but mine has been super sweet.

fedupstill · 20-03-2009, 23:36

if speed test gives you a true speed then virgin owe me some refunds on my 50mb

www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk also gives the same results so either my 50mb has a fault or speedtest sites are way off

Monday 12:26 21301 kbps (2.66MB/s) 1390 kbps (174kB/s)
Tuesday 14:33 22847 kbps (2.86MB/s) 1569 kbps (196kB/s)
Wednesday 09:37 18164 kbps (2.27MB/s) 1589 kbps (199kB/s)

i lost the will to live on thursday and sick of tests now

Agent47 · 20-03-2009, 23:47

50MB Install Monday What To Expect?

Hell on earth.
STM
Crap service

Why do people payout money for 50mbs anyway.

blenky · 20-03-2009, 23:53

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Originally Posted by fedupstill

if speed test gives you a true speed then virgin owe me some refunds on my 50mb

www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk also gives the same results so either my 50mb has a fault or speedtest sites are way off

Monday 12:26 21301 kbps (2.66MB/s) 1390 kbps (174kB/s)
Tuesday 14:33 22847 kbps (2.86MB/s) 1569 kbps (196kB/s)
Wednesday 09:37 18164 kbps (2.27MB/s) 1589 kbps (199kB/s)

i lost the will to live on thursday and sick of tests now

I think you may have a problem. Although Virgin don't recommend some of these speed test sites I think they give a fair indication of problems.

Mine from www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk

and from speedtest.net

And with reference to to OP. What to expect?

Well most of the time blistering speeds but sudden unexplained speed drops that can last a few minutes or a few hours.

OK we may get STM at some point - but for now I'm basking in the sun

fedupstill · 21-03-2009, 00:21

and just because virgin like to annoy me it changes like it seems to do several times a day but i have the fault ....

either i have 3 broken pc's that suddenly fix themselves or virgins network opperates better at different times of the day but on the whole more bad than good

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Why do people payout money for 50mbs anyway.

prior to the huge issues before december ive had good service and because i use bandwidth at peak times with multiple pc's and consoles i follow the traffic management or pay for a better tier

it just recently become crap to the point its not worth having

broadbandking · 21-03-2009, 08:06

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Originally Posted by Agent47

50MB Install Monday What To Expect?

Hell on earth.
STM
Crap service

Why do people payout money for 50mbs anyway.

Hell on earth?
STM - Well not at the moment and no annoucement about when or limits, so that incorrect.
Crap Service - With a new product there will always be issues and what crap service are you referring, I have top notch speeds, you may have bad service but there are millions of other customer who aren't, don't paint everyone with the same brush as you.

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vb_packets · 21-03-2009, 11:22

is all i can really say , its got to be alot better than the 20MB Service