General 120Mb live areas - Please add to this thread as your area comes online - Page 2

ccarmock · 17-11-2012, 17:55

Double speed claims New Malden will be done by end December too, yet not on the list above, and due to a severe congestion fault I have I was told February at the earliest for relief work. So no way end December will be met.

Typical that VM can't work from one version of the truth!

General Maximus · 17-11-2012, 18:01

it looks good on paper though. They can't announce speed upgrades without releasing some dates and making it look like you'll get it some time soon.

broadbandking · 18-11-2012, 09:05

Its not as easy as flicking a switch, they can plan a date but if the numbers off subs goes up in that area before the upgrade then VM would have to put it back to ensure upgrades are completed before doubling the speeds.

idi banashapan · 18-11-2012, 15:30

date keeps going back for upgrade where I am. initially June this year, then October, then March 2013. checked yesterday and now it's May-August 2013... not that 50Mb is too slow (although Youtube still buffers everything all the time - I remember back in the day Real Media were always the but of buffering jokes), but hey - it will be nice to see it at 120Mbps

General Maximus · 18-11-2012, 18:03

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Originally Posted by broadbandking

Its not as easy as flicking a switch, they can plan a date but if the numbers off subs goes up in that area before the upgrade then VM would have to put it back to ensure upgrades are completed before doubling the speeds.

so basically it is **** poor cheap ass planning. If you are running a business and know/expect your customer numbers to go up by 5% each quarter (which the sales buffs will be planning) and know that it is going to equate to e.g. 115000 customers in an area in 6 months which is when the planned upgrade is for, you don't plan to do the upgrade for 98,000 customers which is what we currently have and then say "damn, we have magically got more customers so we are going to have to bang the upgrade date back".

If they planned for extra to start off with then they wouldn't have any of the problems they do now and in a worse case scenario, they would be future proofing the network by having the extra capacity available.

Nobody likes failed deadlines.

Skie · 20-11-2012, 22:17

Planning for future growth is one of those things that is incredibly difficult to get spot on. Of course, you have to be special to get it so incredibly wrong so consistently.

You can always over provision with an eye to the future. It seems VM would rather risk under provisioning and just react to those areas when they happen. Makes sense for a cash strapped company, really.

General Maximus · 20-11-2012, 22:32

but if they took a leap of faith and invested in quality then they would get more customers flocking to them. Atm I think their whole ethos has sort of shot them in the foot as everyone is flocking to Infinity just to get a decent internet connection

craigj2k12 · 20-11-2012, 22:37

Once infinity get their rollout finished, then a proper marketing strategy (highlighting ping, jitter, upload speeds) they are going to blow VM out of the water, and im not sure whether VMs lack of investment is a recognisation of this. i.e. VM arent adding capacity as they are expecting a lot of people to move to FTTC

General Maximus · 20-11-2012, 22:43

they just need to pull their finger out and get it sorted. Even if they announce FTTC tomorrow they'll still fanny around for the next 2 years with a rollout schedule which they'll keep putting back and back and back. With VM it is all words and no substance.

babis3g · 03-12-2012, 14:43

ok i add in this thread because i see some other conversation with upgrades infos...
Today new cabinet (VM) installed next of property 5 meters away and 3 van cabling guys add new fibre optic cable in it(under the road was pulling it)

The one in am connected is about 30 meters away and last May(ok i know is long time) when engineer came for me and i looked the cabinet inside (cos he rearrange the power levels from cabinet the onei am on,30 m away)...half side was empty
so now with in 30 meters are 2 cabinets

Is this mean the 120mb coming soon or they splitting their network because other cabinet must be full?
Can also ask to change me to the new one?

any ideas?thanks

General Maximus · 03-12-2012, 15:04

Dude are you english?

Kabaal · 03-12-2012, 15:15

Finally on 2 upstream channels in KY1. No doubt 120mb will probably still be months away but at least it's nice to have a solid 9.7mb up and ~10ms knocked off pings.

babis3g · 03-12-2012, 15:22

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

Dude are you english?

No sir sorry

qasdfdsaq · 03-12-2012, 15:43

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

Dude are you english?

Racist.

Sirius · 03-12-2012, 15:45

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Originally Posted by babis3g

ok i add in this thread because i see some other conversation with upgrades infos...
Today new cabinet (VM) installed next of property 5 meters away and 3 van cabling guys add new fibre optic cable in it(under the road was pulling it)

The one in am connected is about 30 meters away and last May(ok i know is long time) when engineer came for me and i looked the cabinet inside (cos he rearrange the power levels from cabinet the onei am on,30 m away)...half side was empty
so now with in 30 meters are 2 cabinets

Is this mean the 120mb coming soon or they splitting their network because other cabinet must be full?
Can also ask to change me to the new one?

any ideas?thanks

It could well be, there is a lot of extra fibre being pulled and planned, this is to allow for new fibre splits and resegmentation. In some areas that means that there is a requirement for additional cabinets as some of the new fibre amps are larger than the original.