[Update] ALL 20>30Mb upgrade discussion - Page 142

BenMcr · 27-04-2011, 11:19

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Originally Posted by Nicosia

but thats good you can upgrade and not have to worry about another guy coming to setup another hub

You still require a tech to visit for 100Mbit even if you already have a SuperHub

nigelmclelland · 01-05-2011, 00:01

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

You still require a tech to visit for 100Mbit even if you already have a SuperHub

Why's this Ben?

pip08456 · 01-05-2011, 00:18

Because that's what VM want. They did exactly the same with 50Mb so no point in questioning it.

Peter_ · 01-05-2011, 11:03

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Originally Posted by nigelmclelland

Why's this Ben?

It is a Virginmedia requirement if you want 100Mb you must have an engineer and the is no way around this requirement.

jb66 · 01-05-2011, 11:13

Probably to explain to your face why your 5 year old wireless g laptop only gets 30meg wirelessly

craigj2k12 · 01-05-2011, 13:01

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Originally Posted by jb66

Probably to explain to your face why your 5 year old wireless g laptop only gets 30meg wirelessly

25 to be precise

Chrysalis · 01-05-2011, 15:35

my sister gave me her laptop to sort out it had a few issues.

1 - mega slow for bootup and general use, hdd permanently on.
2 - very poor internet speeds isp virgin media.

The laptop has the bundled vista on it and a gig of ram, to make things worse the graphics card also uses 256mb ram for itself and it cannot be tuned in bios to a lower amount. I have installed win7 home premium on it one of my technet licenses and most of the performance issues are now relieved although its still clearly ram saturated. New ram is ordered and an extra 2 gig will go in next week when it arrives. Now regarding the internet speed I tested it on my wireless and it maxed out at 20mbit flatlined, just to make sure I repeated the test and also tested on my pc and laptop, both of mine were 30mbit. Looking at device manager shows her laptop is indeed only wireless G, so I have concluded there is a 20mbit limit on that to my wireless router, I plan to repeat the test to my dir615 wireless as thats the router my sister has at home. However she was also complaining of speeds jumping up and down and stalling at 0 for periods of time, thats the same symptons I had when I was on docsis1 legacy network so the problems could also be VM side for her but is possible I guess if her wireless channel has interference it could have the same symptons. Either way she has been advised to get hold of a wireless N dongle and when she gets the laptop back I plan to test her connection over ethernet. Probably will also take my laptop there and test with that also. So in her case long story short I hit a 20mbit cap on G. Mine on N at 30mbit does get affected the speed is a bit shaky and occasionally dips if I speedtest but for the most part it can sustain 30mbit.

My laptop ironically is a lower spec cpu and hdd than hers. But as it turns out I got a better wireless interface N vs G, the hdd is noticebly less sluggish even tho its smaller, and my graphics card doesnt steal any ram so they managed to give me one that has its own memory. Hers feels like they sorted the cpu out to improve the spec most people look at but the rest of it was built cheap. Both laptops fairly old, we got at the same time free with phone contracts. The difference been tho her bottlenecks are easier to solve, a dongle fixes the wireless and ram should sort out slow hdd grinding, whilst mine is a cpu limitation.

zekeisaszekedoes · 10-05-2011, 22:18

Yeah! After an email to the CEO's office and a short wait I'm having a brand new VMNG300 sent out. Great service by the chap there, none of this tiresome "Super Hub or nothing" drivel I've been fed before.

Going by said wait I'm guessing either more stock of the modem was found. Or more likely, some folks higher up the food chain have released that these 100Mb-capable bug-free boxes which already work flawlessly on the network are well worth keeping a supply of, to replace the woeful Super Hub for those customers who won't put up with the nonsense, and ordered some more.

The best thing about this is, now I don't have to give a crap about whether or not bridge mode works, because the Super Hub is going back in it's box. Better still, I might just toss it into the sea. I'm not one to litter, but if any piece of junk deserves a watery grave it's that.

Nicosia · 10-05-2011, 22:26

re zekeisaszekedoes apo pou are you ?

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so really its best to wait for that new superhub?

zekeisaszekedoes · 10-05-2011, 23:22

I have no idea. I was just doing some comedy riffing on the subject.

Best CPE VM currently offers is the VMNG300. If you need faster than 20Mb, that's the one to go for.

Nicosia · 10-05-2011, 23:33

probably more about wanting then needing

but if the current super hub has bugs then maybe its best to wait before upgrading

BenMcr · 10-05-2011, 23:38

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Originally Posted by zekeisaszekedoes

Or more likely, some folks higher up the food chain have released that these 100Mb-capable bug-free boxes which already work flawlessly on the network are well worth keeping a supply of, to replace the woeful Super Hub for those customers who won't put up with the nonsense, and ordered some more.

Nope, there have been no more orders placed. Any modems will have been found within the existing supply chain

zekeisaszekedoes · 10-05-2011, 23:40

I would. The Ambit 250/256 you probably already have is a solid bit of kit. Mine's been going strong for about six years... we're talking terabytes of data moved.

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

Nope, there have been no more orders placed. Any modems will have been found within the existing supply chain

Which I believe was my first guess.

Peter_ · 11-05-2011, 00:14

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Originally Posted by zekeisaszekedoes

Yeah! After an email to the CEO's office and a short wait I'm having a brand new VMNG300 sent out. Great service by the chap there, none of this tiresome "Super Hub or nothing" drivel I've been fed before.

Going by said wait I'm guessing either more stock of the modem was found. Or more likely, some folks higher up the food chain have released that these 100Mb-capable bug-free boxes which already work flawlessly on the network are well worth keeping a supply of, to replace the woeful Super Hub for those customers who won't put up with the nonsense, and ordered some more.

The best thing about this is, now I don't have to give a crap about whether or not bridge mode works, because the Super Hub is going back in it's box. Better still, I might just toss it into the sea. I'm not one to litter, but if any piece of junk deserves a watery grave it's that.

As I have said more than once the VMNG300 is in short supply and sooner rather than later they will run out of them and from that point onwards the only modem for 30Mb and up will be the Superhub.

Remember that the CEO's office does not employ Harry Potter so they cannot supply what will no longer exist.

pip08456 · 11-05-2011, 00:20

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Originally Posted by Masque

As I have said more than once the VMNG300 is in short supply and sooner rather than later they will run out of them and from that point onwards the only modem for 30Mb and up will be the Superhub.

Remember that the CEO's office does not employ Harry Potter so they cannot supply what will no longer exist.

What you have said more than once is they are like these.

Which is different to what your are saying now.