Virgin Media announces 50mb lines from next year.

I am very eager to update to 50mb. Has anyone got any new info regarding this new service?

[sollp]

Originally Posted by i-Set

I am very eager to update to 50mb. Has anyone got any new info regarding this new service?

Without knowing exact time scales, the areas,(headend/hubsites) will be upgraded following set criteria and a rolling plan, i think over the following months.

Unfortunately it won't be switched on over night as most would like, so it's a case of waiting until it happens where you live.

[showshifter]

50mb ?????? how? they can hardly supply the 20mb we are supposed to get. Be better to stay at 20mb and be sure of it rather that go to 50mb and maybe not even get 10mb.

I'll belive it when I get 50mb

Originally Posted by showshifter

50mb ?????? how? they can hardly supply the 20mb we are supposed to get. Be better to stay at 20mb and be sure of it rather that go to 50mb and maybe not even get 10mb.

I'll belive it when I get 50mb

well i for one, get the 20mb i agreed to and sometimes get more

[Richy99]

Originally Posted by showshifter

50mb ?????? how? they can hardly supply the 20mb we are supposed to get. Be better to stay at 20mb and be sure of it rather that go to 50mb and maybe not even get 10mb.

I'll belive it when I get 50mb

by using different technology and docsis 3 rather than docsis 1.1/2.0 which is being used now

[brummyuk]

1.5 Mb upload ... I really hope they increase that to at least 10 Mb. Seriously I have an Xbox 360, and I play on Xbox Live. Hosting games is almost impossible for me, with only 768Kb upload, many people lag on my host.

Then it comes to unfair connection advantage. I will explain .... I run up to someone and shoot them in the back with my shotgun ( Gears of War ). Now because my upload speed is so slow, he turns around and sees me, shoots me and because his upload speed is better, his shot counts before mine.

All because his data can reach my Xbox before mine can reach his.

Its complete Bulls***!

VM sort your damn upload speed out .... PLEASE!

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by brummyuk

1.5 Mb upload ... I really hope they increase that to at least 10 Mb. Seriously I have an Xbox 360, and I play on Xbox Live. Hosting games is almost impossible for me, with only 768Kb upload, many people lag on my host.

Then it comes to unfair connection advantage. I will explain .... I run up to someone and shoot them in the back with my shotgun ( Gears of War ). Now because my upload speed is so slow, he turns around and sees me, shoots me and because his upload speed is better, his shot counts before mine.

All because his data can reach my Xbox before mine can reach his.

Its complete Bulls***!

VM sort your damn upload speed out .... PLEASE!

Strange

None of the clan get that lag in cod4

Agreed - the other clan members turn round and shoot me because I am old and slow, not because of any lag

[DocDutch]

but FW you are hardly on the server or never when I'm around...so cant even do a on you.

ot: I hope that the 50meg will be nicely priced..or they give 20meggers a say 6 month period to try it out and then deside if we want it or not.

[Nicosia]

but they have to send you ne modem to use 50mbit? how much will they charge to upgrade?

[Ignitionnet]

Pricing not released yet, however I would say it's highly unlikely that XL customers will get a free trial.

true they wont give 20meggers a trial plus I can host fine on 768k

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by darthlinux

true they wont give 20meggers a trial plus I can host fine on 768k

I will say that I will miss my upstream when I move from Be to VM shortly. It's weird how much different it makes having that capacity there

Download Speed: 8534 kbps (1066.8 KB/sec ) Upload Speed: 1668 kbps (208.5 KB/sec )

On wireless so excuse the slightly low speeds especially on downstream.

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Originally Posted by darthlinux

true they wont give 20meggers a trial plus I can host fine on 768k

Something else that does concern me about the pricing, where we have deals I hope that they would allow a supplement on top of the bundle for 50Mbit of a tenner a month or whatever, rather than having to pay for all services a la carte due to taking the 50Mbit.

I doubt the 50mb will be included in bundles for awhile

[SteevieNiteHeat]

Originally Posted by brummyuk

1.5 Mb upload ... I really hope they increase that to at least 10 Mb. Seriously I have an Xbox 360, and I play on Xbox Live. Hosting games is almost impossible for me, with only 768Kb upload, many people lag on my host.

Then it comes to unfair connection advantage. I will explain .... I run up to someone and shoot them in the back with my shotgun ( Gears of War ). Now because my upload speed is so slow, he turns around and sees me, shoots me and because his upload speed is better, his shot counts before mine.

All because his data can reach my Xbox before mine can reach his.

Its complete Bulls***!

VM sort your damn upload speed out .... PLEASE!

I really feel your pain brummyuk!
I have just (within the last week or so) really got into Halo for the PC, now I have tried to host games lots of times, going within the Halo recommedations for the upload slots (aparently 512Kbps for a total of 10 players) but I get complaints over a "laggy server" too and people quit left, right & centre.

I have tried hosting smaller games but the most I can do is including myself 4 (128Kbps) and this is less than perfect, so what I need to know is WTF is going on??

Originally Posted by darthlinux

true they wont give 20meggers a trial plus I can host fine on 768k

so how many people total can join the games you host and what bandwidth settings do you use?