Superhub : 200Mbit coming soon? (According to a survey)

[Kushan]

I don't know if anyone else has gone one but Virgin sent me a survey to fill out and it makes several mentions of a 200Mbit service:













The final page mentioned the recent price increases, the whole thing seemed more interested in asking me about BT Sport so perhaps putting 2+2 together, the recent price increase is to pay for that. Yuck.

[General Maximus]

sweet, I wonder whether somebody has put it on way too early by accident or whether a decisions is imminent. They'll normally announce speed upgrades in November with the initial rollout beginning in December and January so we are defo due for it anytime now.

[Ignitionnet]

The most recent set up upgrades were announced in February and roll out of those still hasn't finished.

There are certainly upgrades coming next year, however 200Mb is news to me if it happens.

[Kushan]

This thing seems to happen quite a lot with surveys, I would think there'll be an announcement fairly soon.

[General Maximus]

yeah, it is about time they announced something to keep up with the marketing and PR. They have defo done the work with all the downstream capacity upgrades and ongoing work with the upstream channel bonding and qam change to justify the new tier

[Kushan]

I just hope that, assuming this new tier is a thing (Igni doesn't seem to think so and I do value his opinion), they stick to the 10:1 download/upload ratio that the higher tiers have all had so far.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Kushan

I just hope that, assuming this new tier is a thing (Igni doesn't seem to think so and I do value his opinion), they stick to the 10:1 download/upload ratio that the higher tiers have all had so far.

The current top tier is 152 down, 12 up though?

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

yeah, it is about time they announced something to keep up with the marketing and PR. They have defo done the work with all the downstream capacity upgrades and ongoing work with the upstream channel bonding and qam change to justify the new tier

They haven't done all the work with the downstream capacity upgrades. The downstream capacity upgrades for next year's upgrades are still being prepared for the most part. The upgrades that have been done and are being done are capacity relief for the current tiers.

Unsure why they have to announce something to keep up with the PR. Most of the country can't get better than 76Mb from the competition.

EDIT: Let me ask someone who'd know about this - there were no plans for 200Mb last I heard, which was pretty recently.

[General Maximus]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

The current top tier is 152 down, 12 up though

I was going to say that as well. I can see it being 200/15

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Unsure why they have to announce something to keep up with the PR. Most of the country can't get better than 76Mb from the competition.

Because that is what the marketing guys like to do to keep up appearances. They have done it with all the previous tiers; they announce a new upgrade or speed boost before they have finished work on the current one. It makes VM look good and that they are staying ahead of the speed curve and giving customers stuff for free (before they announce a price increase )

[Ignitionnet]

Okay - calm down, you ain't geting 200Mb imminently. As I mentioned the networks to support such a tier aren't in place yet. There are a single bunch of tier uplifts planned for next year, believe posts on here have been made regarding what the new top tier will be, and there's plenty to do before they can be delivered.

If I started blabbing other details I'd have my legs broken and be hung from a utility pole with coax.

You'll have to make do with 152Mb for now. The agony.

[General Maximus]

It's all good, I am very happy and content with 152mbits. I know people think more is better but 152mbits is quite ample for me atm and with regards to the file size vs bandwidth proportionality we were talking about the other day, my speed has increased quicker than file sizes have over the last couple of years. I like the fact that the bandwidth is there if I need but truth be told, it will run at full whack for 8 mins or so in the morning while I download 3 or 4 files, it will probably run full whack uploading for an hour or so after and then run at 10% for the rest of the day. I knew when they first announced 152mbits that it would be more than I needed but I just like knowing it is there. A perfect example would be something like Steam. They had a cracking sale on over the weekend and one of my friends wanted me to get a game which was £6. Because it was an impromptu purchase I didn't have time to leave it downloading and come back to it later, I needed it doing there and then so I could play it immediately and at 15mb/sec I was able to play it after a quick wee and run downstairs for a drink. I am sure we all love the idea of having a gigabit connection just because it sounds so amazing but there is just no need for that kind of speed 24/7.

[JPAC]

Why don't they do an option for slower but cheaper?

[Sephiroth]

God you're a pain, Kush. Pasting such a large scale image screws up the display's horizontal scrolling!

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by JPAC

Why don't they do an option for slower but cheaper?

That would be Sky Broadband Unlimited, TalkTalk or one of the many other ADSL options I believe

[General Maximus]

yeah, I saw an advert for Talktalk over the weekend for £1.50/month for the first 6 months

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

The current top tier is 152 down, 12 up though?

Oh boobs, you are quite correct! My bad. Still, one can dream.

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

God you're a pain, Kush. Pasting such a large scale image screws up the display's horizontal scrolling!

I know, right?