120M : Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014

[borrissey]

Wifi isn't great, I can't get a connection everywhere in my house for iPhones and tablets, only on my PS vita. So I put a wireless homeplug in.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by telfordcable

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3363716790

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedt...89331746629338

rubbish service! worse ever!

Well you want to try Sky's lousy broadband at my parents as Virgins might have problems here and there but its still much better then most of the rest dear chap.

[Synthetic]

I've still not received anything through the post re new contract since upgrading to 152Meg, does this mean I wasn't re-contracted after all? :p

[BenMcr]

The speed upgrades by themselves aren't re-contracting

[Synthetic]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

The speed upgrades by themselves aren't re-contracting

Nice one thanks for the confirmation Ben.

[craigj2k12]

Originally Posted by denphone

Well you want to try Sky's lousy broadband at my parents as Virgins might have problems here and there but its still much better then most of the rest dear chap.

The stats say otherwise

[ianch99]

Originally Posted by Synthetic

I've still not received anything through the post re new contract since upgrading to 152Meg, does this mean I wasn't re-contracted after all? :p

Did you ring up to upgrade or was this an "auto upgrade" via the supercharge programme? I thought the former meant a new 12 month contract and the latter did not but I may be wrong ..

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Hugh

telfordcable and reality have, at best, a tenuous relationship.

I really wouldn't use his assertions as the basis for negotiations......

Evidently.

EDIT: Hang on a second.

Post complaining of congestion on here:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35679382-post625.html
10-03-2014, 23:46

Post complaining of congestion on Plusnet:

http://community.plus.net/forum/inde...,124744.0.html
« on 10/03/2014, 21:03 »

No sign of higher latency despite congestion being apparently so high it was delivering sub-2Mb, then once it was mentioned latency mysteriously goes higher.

I have to wonder whether this guy was using QoS on a router and when that was pointed out moved to saturating the link as much as possible. That or a client side issue. Seems all too coincidental and the TBB graph doesn't really work for me, congestion isn't latency-less and on downstream only one minute then heavily affecting both directions and inducing high latency the next.

EDIT 2: The Plusnet TBB meter doesn't really work for me either. Big burst of latency for about half an hour starting at pretty much exactly 9pm which drops abruptly, like a download finishing, rather than ramping up and ramping down slowly as congestion comes and goes. That and Plusnet reporting zero other issues on the exchange. They will have other customers there, they have a 5% market share.

EDIT 3: I was evidently too trusting.

Originally Posted by telfordcable

Thanks Virgin Media for three months free broadband with 152Meg first month of 152Mb is free, the next two more months is £47.00 (free) out of -£54.53 and after that, the bill will be left over with in credit of -£7.53. They offer me three months free of charge and removed 12 months contract. And they had admitted that it was high utilisation in my area and the fix could be within 3 months. They also asked me to ring back if there is no fix time as I have two option choices, leave or they could give me a further free of charge. They admitted that a staff shouldn't have upgraded me to 152Mb as a mistake because of problem ongoing with 152Mb in Telford area.

Oh well, at least I got three months free!

http://community.plus.net/forum/inde...tml#msg1085514

« Reply #274 on 17/03/2014, 22:04 »
Well, I give Plusnet one month from today to get it pushing with BTw to get it fixed! As I don't want this slow congestion speed every night in the week. As my virgin media cable is due to be disconnection next month April 10th.

[StevenNT]

I agree, all too strange to me, but I'm a very cynical person.

[Sephiroth]

Too much chat about a single forum member.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Too much chat about a single forum member.

He invites it

[Synthetic]

Originally Posted by ianch99

Did you ring up to upgrade or was this an "auto upgrade" via the supercharge programme? I thought the former meant a new 12 month contract and the latter did not but I may be wrong ..

Nah I rang up and asked for it early, come to think of it I don't remember receiving anything to sing originally, but doesn't seem like something VM would have overlooked.

I still have telford on ignore so a lot of this thread makes no sense haha.

[telfordcable]

TelfordCable had quit goodbye

[Martin_D]

ok, let's get this thread back on topic.

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by craigj2k12

The stats say otherwise

So what are the stats then?