Ambit 256

03-12-2011, 18:05

Just a quick question, does this modem still get sent out to 10meg customers? My sisters Ambit 200 is on its last legs and the CS chap I spoke to said the modem wasnt responding to all of his "tests" and would ship a new 256?

I thought these were retired long ago?

General Maximus · 03-12-2011, 19:14

I did too, I thought they sent out some sort of basic version of the shub for 10mbits but hey, if they are going to send her an ambit 256 let them, I used one for over a year on 20mbit and thought it was great

Nopanic · 03-12-2011, 19:15

Like for like still as I understand it .. the 256 is one of the best modems I've worked with ..

General Maximus · 03-12-2011, 19:24

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Originally Posted by Nopanic

the 256 is one of the best modems I've worked with ..

I am not trying to start a massive bitching session but do you know why VM went with Netgear for the shubs because if Ambit made the 256 for them which was excellent and then the VMNG300 which was also excellent, why move to a different manufacturer who has now produced something pants?

Nopanic · 03-12-2011, 19:44

See I can't give you business case reasons, but whatever they have documented I think it came down to cost .. and being tided into one supplier ..

This could be the actual reason .. but that would be coincidence.

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I would add though that the VMNG300 fault rate was higher when it launch with 50Mb .. than the Hub or SH .. I had no involvement in the 300 so this is only me looking back at some basic stats, so again is my opinion.

General Maximus · 03-12-2011, 20:11

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Originally Posted by Nopanic

I would add though that the VMNG300 fault rate was higher when it launch with 50Mb .. than the Hub or SH

interesting to know, I wasn't aware of that and I never had any probs at all on 50mbit with the vmng300 which is why I wanted to keep it

Peter_ · 03-12-2011, 20:51

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Originally Posted by Slyder

Just a quick question, does this modem still get sent out to 10meg customers? My sisters Ambit 200 is on its last legs and the CS chap I spoke to said the modem wasnt responding to all of his "tests" and would ship a new 256?

I thought these were retired long ago?

The stock of Ambit 256 modems ran out a few weeks back and we now sent out the VMND280 standard hub as its direct replacement, the same order code is used on our end but she will still receive a hub rather than an Ambit 256.

03-12-2011, 20:59

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

I did too, I thought they sent out some sort of basic version of the shub for 10mbits but hey, if they are going to send her an ambit 256 let them, I used one for over a year on 20mbit and thought it was great

Same here, I had one for around 2yrs along with the 250. Great little modems and never gave me a problem.

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Originally Posted by Masque

The stock of Ambit 256 modems ran out a few weeks back and we now sent out the VMND280 standard hub as its direct replacement, the same order code is used on our end but she will still receive a hub rather than an Ambit 256.

Is that the netgear hub (the one just before the SuperHub?. Ive had one of these as well. I didnt rate it highly but thats just because I had trouble running 2 xboxes at the same time with it. Did this hub receive any updates as I just remember it coming, then disapearing :|

It wasnt a bad hub. I dont remember having problems where I had to restart it, it just threw my xbox off when the other half turned hers on lol.

Peter_ · 03-12-2011, 21:17

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Originally Posted by Slyder

Is that the netgear hub (the one just before the SuperHub?. Ive had one of these as well. I didnt rate it highly but thats just because I had trouble running 2 xboxes at the same time with it. Did this hub receive any updates as I just remember it coming, then disapearing :|

It wasnt a bad hub. I dont remember having problems where I had to restart it, it just threw my xbox off when the other half turned hers on lol.

Yes thats the one.

Virgin Media Hub modem router

The Virgin Media Hub is a superfast broadband modem and router rolled into one.

General Maximus · 03-12-2011, 21:35

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Originally Posted by Masque

The Virgin Media Hub is a superfast broadband modem and router rolled into one.

I do hope that was the PR blab and not something you made up yourself

Nopanic · 03-12-2011, 21:37

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

interesting to know, I wasn't aware of that and I never had any probs at all on 50mbit with the vmng300 which is why I wanted to keep it

Don't forget though, it was a new service too ..

Peter_ · 03-12-2011, 21:41

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

I do hope that was the PR blab and not something you made up yourself

It is direct from here http://shop.virginmedia.com/broadban...s-routers.html

General Maximus · 03-12-2011, 21:41

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Originally Posted by Nopanic

Don't forget though, it was a new service too ..

true true, it was the 50mbit tier which launched docsis3 for VM, or vice versa

Nopanic · 03-12-2011, 22:07

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

true true, it was the 50mbit tier which launched docsis3 for VM, or vice versa

I think so, networking isn't my strong point .. I don't remember D3 being used before 50Mb though ..

General Maximus · 03-12-2011, 22:44

it was definitely launched in tandem with 50mbit and I can remember them saying that once they had rolled out 50mbit/docsis 3 across the country, they were going to go back and migrate all the 20mbit users across as well. I remember it well because I was moaning my ass off saying all the 20mbit users would take up all the precious bandwidth for the 50mbit users