30M : Superhub over VMNG300?

[GavChap]

Is there any advantage or disadvantage to having the superhub in Modem Mode over a VMNG300 + Router? I currently have a VMNG300 and a spare superhub.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Advantage - Will use 8 downstream channels once your area has been upgraded, so a little more future proof. (Although the VMNG300 using 4 channels can easily do above 100 meg)

Disadvantage - Most people experience higher ping and more Jitter using the Superhub, even in modem mode, compared to a VMNG300 from the same location.

Cheers

[craigj2k12]

as above

if you do heavy downloading mostly then superhub will probably give you more benefits, round the clock speeds with 8 downstreams

if you do anything else even just web browsing, you will be far better off keeping the VMNG

[Skie]

Stick with the VMNG300 until you have issues with it (you may never, the 4 vs 8 thing is mostly FUD and theoretically the device can supply a bit over 200meg).

If it does have problems, you can get the superhub activated pretty quickly. Then stick it in modem mode :p

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by Skie

Stick with the VMNG300 until you have issues with it (you may never, the 4 vs 8 thing is mostly FUD and theoretically the device can supply a bit over 200meg).

You make me laugh with the FUD as it should be FOC instead as that device is going to fail and Virgin Media know it and will do nothing to prevent it apart from offer a Superhub.

It may have been capable until they moved the goalposts and started to rollout 8 downstreams, the VMNG300 is the Virgin Media betamax offering.

[GavChap]

Originally Posted by Sherlock Holmes

Advantage - Will use 8 downstream channels once your area has been upgraded, so a little more future proof. (Although the VMNG300 using 4 channels can easily do above 100 meg)

Disadvantage - Most people experience higher ping and more Jitter using the Superhub, even in modem mode, compared to a VMNG300 from the same location.

Cheers

I mostly use it for web and VoIP. So jitter is bad. Currently I get 0-1ms jitter. So it's pretty stable.

[craigj2k12]

Originally Posted by GavChap

I mostly use it for web and VoIP. So jitter is bad. Currently I get 0-1ms jitter. So it's pretty stable.

then you will be far better off keeping it than "upgrading" to a superhub, especially being on 30mb, you should never see a drop in speed

[Chrysalis]

its worth pointing out once more downstreams are added to an area vmng300 users will still gain from the extra channels as the channels then become lower utilised. My download speeds are fine now extra channels have been added and I am on a vmng300.