120M Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014 - Page 60

GazCBG · 29-04-2014, 23:18

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

that's great isn't it. If you have a shub1 you need an tech to come out because you couldn't possibly fit a shub2 yourself (and it will cost you £50) but if you have a vmng300 you can fit it yourself and have it for free

Yeh, he said it was to do with the discount code on the account and the computer wouldn't let him, I would of gone for the self install as well, there loss.
Got the stuff through email and it goes live tomorrow.

craigj2k12 · 30-04-2014, 04:21

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

shub3 = 2 x shub1 superglued together

When i was at school 2 x 1 was 2

General Maximus · 30-04-2014, 10:29

I know, but I thought 3 x shub1 would just be over kill. Although now you mention, it might be enough to make the wifi work

Mick Fisher · 30-04-2014, 16:39

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

shub3 = 2 x shub1 superglued together

But 2 x zero still equals zero

General Maximus · 30-04-2014, 17:10

such wise words

Kushan · 30-04-2014, 18:31

Plus, two wrongs don't make a right.

Kursk · 30-04-2014, 21:02

Rang those nice people at VM today and asked if the 30 to 50 speed upgrade could be brought forward - the answer was yes! No change to contract; no change to cost. An engineer was also booked to 'check my power levels'. Can someone tell me what's involved and how long the bloke will be here please?

Oh and thanks VM!

Tricky Trevor · 30-04-2014, 21:19

Despite my upgrade being listed as between January-June 2015,I asked for my upgrade up to 152mbt and to my suprise I got it. Speed test on JD's auto speed tester saying 160mbt download and 14mbt upload.

Kushan · 01-05-2014, 10:54

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Originally Posted by Kursk

Rang those nice people at VM today and asked if the 30 to 50 speed upgrade could be brought forward - the answer was yes! No change to contract; no change to cost. An engineer was also booked to 'check my power levels'. Can someone tell me what's involved and how long the bloke will be here please?

Oh and thanks VM!

I don't know why they felt the need for an engineer to do that, that can be done over the phone by getting you to navigate to http://192.168.100.1 but either way it should be a 5min job unless there's actually an issue, in which case it'll be a 5min 10s job.

Kursk · 01-05-2014, 12:59

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Originally Posted by Kushan

I don't know why they felt the need for an engineer to do that, that can be done over the phone by getting you to navigate to http://192.168.100.1 but either way it should be a 5min job unless there's actually an issue, in which case it'll be a 5min 10s job.

Thanks Kushan

. Yes, I did wonder why someone needs to come out. Oh well, musn't grumble; to be fair VM did the speed upgrade and are sending the engineer so I'm happy.

qasdfdsaq · 04-05-2014, 19:24

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

nope, afaik there is no difference in the maximum throughput on the two shubs. Shub1 was definitely good for 400mbits so it won't have a problem with 150mbits or less.

Just like the VMNG300 was "good for" 200Mbit/s, except that it wasn't...

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

I know, but I thought 3 x shub1 would just be over kill. Although now you mention, it might be enough to make the wifi work

Superhub 1 + Superhub 2 = Superhub 3.

Combining the best bits of both:

Wireless performance of the SH1

Pricing of the SH2

And perhaps the feature set of the BT Home Hub.

General Maximus · 04-05-2014, 20:02

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Just like the VMNG300 was "good for" 200Mbit/s, except that it wasn't...[COLOR="Silver"]

how do you know? Was it ever tested because they refused to send the config for 152mbits down to me unless I took a shub.

qasdfdsaq · 05-05-2014, 02:03

The very fact you state, that they refuse to provide 152Mbps on it.

General Maximus · 05-05-2014, 09:16

true, I would have liked to have tried it though

Kushan · 05-05-2014, 20:37

Well it only had 4 D/S channels so it certainly couldn't have done more than about 200Mbit really, could it? And that's a good ol' theoretical maximum, we all know what that's like when it comes to wireless or DSL, so I would imagine that real-world performance on DOCSIS isn't as good as laboratory results, either (not that I'd know, or anything).

I'm sure it could have handled 150Meg, but they were bound to want rid of them at some point. Less to support, even if the modem itself was solid. When I was there, we were given a list of supported modems and anything older was just replaced, even if it was still working fine. Teryon's (Didn't see many of them, they seemed to have a habit of catching fire), SB 4100's and previous, any Ambit modems prior to the 250, any STB's at all that people were using for their internet connection and so on.