Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer

[DaKnee]

Originally Posted by banjo

I'll see that ten and raise you ten

Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:00:07 UTC
1st 128K took 63 ms = 2080508 Bytes/sec = approx 17310 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 62 ms = 2114065 Bytes/sec = approx 17589 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 47 ms = 2788766 Bytes/sec = approx 23203 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 47 ms = 2788766 Bytes/sec = approx 23203 kbits/sec

Have you been put on the 20mb? for what price of it is a mistake on your account.

[banjo]

Originally Posted by DaKnee

Have you been put on the 20mb? for what price of it is a mistake on your account.

Well I have rung VM four times and keep getting told that I am on 4meg and I will be upgraded soon, they will not listen to what I say, oh and I am only about half a mile from you, off Old Church Rd.

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

Erm, you will find that most Infrastructure and Development projects/programmes eschew the "big bang" approach, as it is much riskier than a staged implementation.

im affraid i dont agree entirely, yes i agree to a sample being upgraded first (ie the trial) and after that its the quicker the better to get the rest upgraded. Im my experience with rollouts, having customers on two levels of service causes more problems than the phased rollout solves

The vm update page about these upgrades is a bit stuck at the moment, does anybody know the next area's to be updated?

[webcrawler2050]

This aint fair! lmao

The "schedule" doesn't say anything about Gloucester - mind you, I am on Telewest / blueyonder.. does that make a difference?

[mrsnooch]

90% of the regions are sitting at TBC. Fat lot of use that is!! At least in what Quarter,would be useful!

[Markly Darkly]

Originally Posted by mrsnooch

90% of the regions are sitting at TBC. Fat lot of use that is!! At least in what Quarter,would be useful!

Why would it be useful? It's a free upgrade and when it happens, it happens.

Originally Posted by Markly Darkly

Why would it be useful? It's a free upgrade and when it happens, it happens.

Nice to know when though

[lostandconfused]

Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy

im affraid i dont agree entirely, yes i agree to a sample being upgraded first (ie the trial) and after that its the quicker the better to get the rest upgraded. Im my experience with rollouts, having customers on two levels of service causes more problems than the phased rollout solves

That would normally be true of a normal network, but because the VM is a legacy network they all could react differently. They could do a small trial before the upgrade was announced in each area, but thats still not guaranteed.

I think they are being overly cautious, but they have announced that broadband is their 'hero' product so would be embarresing if the network crashed from an upgrade, especially before to 50mb rollout

[Welshchris]

it would even more embarrasing if it crashed because of the 50mb rollout.

[indiouk]

anybody any idea when rugby warwickshire will be done?

[ixi]

what UBR are you on?, click on the connection bit at the top of the page.

[Kymmy]

STM

On HERE they've now adding the following paragraph:

The updated traffic management policy is now in place across the network. The policy for the 10Mb profile of the ‘L’ broadband package is rolled out as the package speeds are increased from 4Mb. More information can be found at www.virginmedia.com/evenfaster on the timescales for the rollout.

Kymmy

[Old John]

Originally Posted by tubbles

OMG this will cause murder now, with the last roll out (should that be trickle out) everyone was crying "why them and not me" for weeks and months then there was all the trouble with few not getting the 'up to' speed promised. Here we go again.

I am on a set top box and i think i can only expect 6-8mb anyway, apart from a few dodgy days with high gaming pings no problems. perhaps this will be the start of my troubles.

As for it being a FREE upgrade well i suppose it is but other places are offering 8mb much cheaper than my £25 4mb connection. hey ho here we go.

Hi I have just gone onto 4MB, and agee companies are offering faster speeds at cheaper prices, but they are down phone lines.

I live 3 miles from the exchange, and would never get near the 8MB speed at that distance.

I just left Manchester to move to Bournemouth, wonder where they are in the list?

[parkie]

Looks like I've just been upgraded, I'm in Lincoln for those who are interested:

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:23:46 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 865 ms = 1183.8 KB/sec, approx 9755 Kbps, 9.53 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 849 ms = 1206.1 KB/sec, approx 9938 Kbps, 9.71 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 856 ms = 1196.3 KB/sec, approx 9858 Kbps, 9.63 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 1720 ms = 1190.7 KB/sec, approx 9811 Kbps, 9.58 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 9841 Kbps, 9.61 Mbps


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