Virgin 4Mb to upgrade to 10Mb February - Summer

lol! At home now, just ran a speed test from this site and getting just over 9Mb speed....I never even noticed the increase from 4MB

[DerekRothwell]

Birkenhead here too - whistling along at 9.3mb for the third day running. Surely this can't last??

[DJ Dave]

no mine is on 2mb tonight!

[rhysr2k8]

any1 know what exactly went on in edinburgh??? coz some people r saying they done the upgrade but it failed any idea if thats true and if so wot happend???

[squirrel1970]

SK5, Stockport... the neglected part of town that sees upgrades LAST... why? Ooo.. the posh areas have theirs!!

Here's a tip guys - this area is the *least congested!!*

It's like waking up expecting loads of pressies on Christmas day to find that all you've got is pretty much what you went to bed with...

[dave6x]

Well I don't know what's happening with the speedtests lately, getting consistently poor results:

CF Site Speed Test:
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:47:27 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 3375 ms = 303.4 KB/sec, approx 2500 Kbps, 2.44 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 3225 ms = 317.5 KB/sec, approx 2616 Kbps, 2.55 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 3224 ms = 317.6 KB/sec, approx 2617 Kbps, 2.56 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 11947 ms = 171.4 KB/sec, approx 1412 Kbps, 1.38 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 2286 Kbps, 2.23 Mbps

Dan Elwell's gives: 4225Kb/s

However a 60MB multi-thread download from VM Newsgroups came down at a fairly consistent 10Mb/s.

All completed within the last 10 mins.

So it proves the 10Mb connection can and is doing it!

[rhysr2k8]

Originally Posted by dave6x

Well I don't know what's happening with the speedtests lately, getting consistently poor results:

CF Site Speed Test:
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:47:27 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 3375 ms = 303.4 KB/sec, approx 2500 Kbps, 2.44 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 3225 ms = 317.5 KB/sec, approx 2616 Kbps, 2.55 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 3224 ms = 317.6 KB/sec, approx 2617 Kbps, 2.56 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 11947 ms = 171.4 KB/sec, approx 1412 Kbps, 1.38 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 2286 Kbps, 2.23 Mbps

Dan Elwell's gives: 4225Kb/s

However a 60MB multi-thread download from VM Newsgroups came down at a fairly consistent 10Mb/s.

All completed within the last 10 mins.

So it proves the 10Mb connection can and is doing it!

yea most speed test site are not accurate but most say to try downloading 2 files off gamefiles.virginmedia.com then add the two speeds togethere then times by 8 then u got ur download rate

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i changed from the size m because the website the vigin media website i might add said 10mb lol even though i only get 4mb ny1 else getting bored waiting lol or ny1 else from other areas getting bored waiting for thier upgrade and still got TBC???

[ShaneC]

This must be their slowest roll out yet? I seem to remember the other upgrades took a couple of months?

[rhysr2k8]

YEA PROBS COZ THE LAST ROLL-out was ex-ntl nd ex-telewest but now they turned 2 virgin-media it will b slower (just a personal opinoin )

[DipsTheOne]

Still waiting for upgrade In A-U-L Gtr manchester VM are slow That's Ironic so's there Broadband..................

Originally Posted by DerekRothwell

Birkenhead here too - whistling along at 9.3mb for the third day running. Surely this can't last??

Just ran another test this morning and everything seems tickety-boo !

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:54:29 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 864 ms = 1185.2 KB/sec, approx 9766 Kbps, 9.54Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 851 ms = 1203.3 KB/sec, approx 9915 Kbps, 9.68Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 855 ms = 1197.7 KB/sec, approx 9869 Kbps, 9.64Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 1718 ms = 1192.1 KB/sec approx 9823 Kbps 9.59Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 9843 Kbps, 9.61 Mbps

[DJ Dave]

Test 1: 1024K took 875 ms = 1170.3 KB/sec, approx 9643 Kbps, 9.42 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 859 ms = 1192.1 KB/sec, approx 9823 Kbps, 9.59 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 859 ms = 1192.1 KB/sec, approx 9823 Kbps, 9.59 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 1719 ms = 1191.4 KB/sec, approx 9817 Kbps, 9.59 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 9777 Kbps, 9.55 Mbps

wow at last

[MaXiMiZe]

Well it's nearly the end of july and they are nowhere near completing the areas that have been given that date.

[Lemonzest]

Still no news on nottingham

[broadbandbug]

Originally Posted by ShaneC

This must be their slowest roll out yet? I seem to remember the other upgrades took a couple of months?

But past upgrades were always followed by an extended period of cr@p service due to congestion..
This time they are trying to upgrade the areas before they uplift the speed so that people get the 10Mb/s speed.