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

[General Maximus]

true

[linwelin]

anything over 20mb upload sounds good to me

[General Maximus]

absolutely, the only reason why I wanted 100mbits, 120 and 152 was for the upload speed. I was very lucky that in that I signed up for the initial 100mbit tier as soon as it became available and got put on 100/10 a few months before they stopped it so I have been on 10mbits+ for 2 and a half years now I think.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

But then, they did introduce 152 just to one-up BT, so for the same reason I'd think 24 up is more likely than 20 - again just to beat BT.

24 isn't on the table. 20 is fine to beat BT.

[qasdfdsaq]

Given that VM historically don't overprovision on the upstream, and to date there's no mention of STM going away on the upstream, it will at best equal BT not beat them...

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Given that VM historically don't overprovision on the upstream, and to date there's no mention of STM going away on the upstream, it will at best equal BT not beat them...

The 'current' 152/12, 100/6 and 50/3 tiers are all overprovisioned 5% on upstream to comply with ASA regulations.

The 152/12 is overprovisioned to 12.6 Mb, the 100/6 is 6.32 Mb, the 50/3 3.17Mb.

[qasdfdsaq]

Oh. My bad. That's new.

[Jon22]

Are VM going to have to go to 64QAM and/or bond more upstream channels, if they want to have higher upload speeds?

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by Jon22

Are VM going to have to go to 64QAM and/or bond more upstream channels, if they want to have higher upload speeds?

Well some areas are already on QAM64 for the upstream. I wouldn't be surprised if more channels started appearing, too.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Jon22

Are VM going to have to go to 64QAM and/or bond more upstream channels, if they want to have higher upload speeds?

Both of the above.

[heero_yuy]

Tends to be a bit hit and miss but my upstreams often go to QAM64.:

Upstream US-1 US-2 US-3 US-4
Channel Type 2.0 2.0 N/A N/A
Channel ID 35 33 N/A N/A
Frequency (Hz) 27400000 Hz 45800000 Hz N/A N/A
Ranging Status Success Success N/A N/A
Modulation QAM16 QAM64 N/A N/A
Symbol Rate (Sym/sec) 5120000 5120000 N/A N/A
Mini-Slot Size 128 128 N/A N/A
Power Level (dBmV) 48.3 dBmV 47.5 dBmV N/A N/A
T1 Timeouts 0 0 N/A N/A
T2 Timeouts 0 0 N/A N/A
T3 Timeouts 15 15 N/A N/A
T4 Timeouts 0 0 N/A N/A

[ccarmock]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Both of the above.

Will all areas go to 64QAM? I ask as being in an area fed from New Malden. Upstream here has historically been poor due to the state of the network. Hopefully the work to rectify that has left in in good shape for this.

[Jon22]

Originally Posted by Kushan

Well some areas are already on QAM64 for the upstream. I wouldn't be surprised if more channels started appearing, too.

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Both of the above.

Thanks. Still on QAM16 on the upstream here, so more work to be done by the looks of it.

[telfordcable]

Originally Posted by General Maximus

I am fully expecting it to be 300/20. If they double what it is atm and make 300/24 it'll just be weird

No chance! Virgin Media will not getting 300/20. They will upgrade to 200/15 from 152/12 next year.

By the year 2017 BT FTTC will be 400/40!

[qasdfdsaq]

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