Virgin Media already looking to 400Mbps broadband - Page 5

jb66 · 03-08-2010, 08:09

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Originally Posted by mjpartyboy

And it will still be a lottery as to what speed you'll actually get.

100 meg plus must be advertised as UPTO, its bad enough trying to install 50Meg on dinosaur computers, imagine 100!!!

I still hear customers saying after I've installed 50Meg, oh my computer is starting up much faster now!

Peter_ · 03-08-2010, 08:49

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Originally Posted by jb66

100 meg plus must be advertised as upto, its bad enough trying to install 50meg on dinosaur computers, imagine 100!!!

I still hear customers saying after i've installed 50meg, oh my computer is starting up much faster now!

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mjpartyboy · 03-08-2010, 13:42

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Originally Posted by jb66

100 meg plus must be advertised as UPTO

They should be using that wording on their current 10 MB package, or perhaps say "over 1 MB if you're lucky". Stupid oversubscribed UBRs!

Gavin78 · 04-08-2010, 05:49

Is there currently anything out there that would give you 45+ meg a second download? I dont even think newsgroups go that fast?

andre321 · 04-08-2010, 07:33

I get at least 48Mb/s on Astraweb with 20 connections any time of the day. I've seen newsgroups saturate much faster connections.

Stuart · 04-08-2010, 08:29

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Originally Posted by Gavin78

Is there currently anything out there that would give you 45+ meg a second download? I dont even think newsgroups go that fast?

Giganews does.

Jacktherat · 12-08-2010, 08:43

It's not so long ago that the Telewest Blueyonder speed of 512K was considered 'lightning fast'

Now I have the standard speed of 10Mbps as part of the Supreme package and it's always on at that speed, not 'up to'.
Several of my work colleagues live in rural areas out with VM cabling and envy the speed and reliability I get from my BB connection.

I feel well served by VM.

Cromulent · 28-09-2010, 12:59

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Originally Posted by Stuart

Giganews does.

Yep I get 6.2MB/s (yes, megabytes) on downloads.

Edit: Oops, sorry for the thread necromancy

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Peter_ · 28-09-2010, 13:18

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Originally Posted by Cromulent

Yep I get 6.2MB/s (yes, megabytes) on downloads.

Edit: Oops, sorry for the thread necromancy

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It is quite a fresh thread unlike some others.

Phil53 · 12-12-2010, 23:37

Had to giggle,
Cant see 100mb coming to my area for years. Cant even find my area on virgins list of 100 planned rollouts over the years.

Still contract up now may as well go to BT 40mb still a bit cheaper eh?

Chrysalis · 13-12-2010, 00:30

the sad thing is latency and jitter have a bigger affect on snappyness than burst speed.

isp's have lost it somewhat in the last few years, marketing higher headline speeds and unlimited at the expense of quality.

roughbeast · 13-12-2010, 04:56

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Originally Posted by mjpartyboy

They should be using that wording on their current 10 MB package, or perhaps say "over 1 MB if you're lucky". Stupid oversubscribed UBRs!

According to OFCOM in July 2010 the Virgin Media 10Mb package averaged 8.2 to 8.8Mb. This is faster than some provider's 20Mb package. I guess you are one of the unlucky few or else your PC is letting you down.

mjpartyboy · 13-12-2010, 09:22

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Originally Posted by roughbeast

According to OFCOM in July 2010 the Virgin Media 10Mb package averaged 8.2 to 8.8Mb. This is faster than some provider's 20Mb package. I guess you are one of the unlucky few or else your PC is letting you down.

VM must have done something, because for several weeks now, before and after the upload speed increase, we have been consistently getting near the 10 MB speed, including at peak times where we were seeing the as low as 1 MB speeds.

Chrysalis · 13-12-2010, 10:23

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Originally Posted by roughbeast

According to OFCOM in July 2010 the Virgin Media 10Mb package averaged 8.2 to 8.8Mb. This is faster than some provider's 20Mb package. I guess you are one of the unlucky few or else your PC is letting you down.

I am soon going to contact ofcom on this, today I got confirmation my VM connection is too 'slow' to be part of the trials.

If its the case they rejecting slow users then the results arent credible.

First tho I have gave samknows a 2nd chance to verify what they have told me.

Stuart · 13-12-2010, 10:35

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis

the sad thing is latency and jitter have a bigger affect on snappyness than burst speed.

isp's have lost it somewhat in the last few years, marketing higher headline speeds and unlimited at the expense of quality.

Not all ISPs. Be/O2 seem to be doing quite well to keep those two down..