120M : 152MB upgrade

[yorkshireborn]

technician called today to install the Tivo and SH2

first initial response is impressed
gone from 60 to 152

[General Maximus]

that is pretty much the most you are going to get because the 152mbit tier is provisioned as 168.9/12.6. Nice to see it working properly. Don't be too disappointed if it takes a nose dive this evening and over the weekend.

[Tuvoc]

I got upgraded today too, same speeds so far.

No way that I need 152, even 60 was enough, but I really really appreciate the extra upload, now 12Mb.

[MalteseFalcon]

Does everyone need the SH2 to get the 152 speed or will the SH1 still be up to the job?

[Tuvoc]

I saw another posting that said the SH1 does support 152. Whether that is right or not I don't know. I was surprised to be upgraded, I didn't ask for it.

[qasdfdsaq]

We totally need a big fat banner at the top of the page that says YES THE SUPERHUB DOES SUPPORT 152MbPS.

Must be the twentieth time this has been asked now...

[telfordcable]

FTTC 80/20 are far better than Virgin Media 152/12 because:

Network is uncongestion on BT Wholesale
Better upload speed on BT Wholesale
Cheaper
Very reliable service (no downtime)

I used to be with Virgin Media 152/12 and it rubbish because:

Network is congestion in my area
Poor upload
Expensive
Very unreliable service (too many tech visits and lots of downtimes)

Here is my wonderful FTTC speed since February live:

FYI, 'uncongestion' is not a real word.

btw, how much do you pay for your BT broadband?

[nish2030]

I download alot more than i upload + no congestion where i live so NO to bt

[qasdfdsaq]

Lol. This again...

He probably gets it for free as VM pay it for him in order to get him off their own network!

[truthspeaker]

If your on cat5e cable then superhub 1 is good for 150Mb download. But if your computer or laptop is wireless connection then get superhub 2 or superhub 3 AC.

[MUD_Wizard]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Lol. This again...

He probably gets it for free as VM pay it for him in order to get him off their own network!

If I had a network, I'd pay Telfordcable to stay away too. LOL.

[General Maximus]

Originally Posted by telfordcable

FTTC 80/20 are far better than Virgin Media 152/12 because:

Network is uncongestion on BT Wholesale
Better upload speed on BT Wholesale
Cheaper
Very reliable service (no downtime)

I used to be with Virgin Media 152/12 and it rubbish because:

Network is congestion in my area
Poor upload
Expensive
Very unreliable service (too many tech visits and lots of downtimes)

Here is my wonderful FTTC speed since February live:

so wonderful that you supposedly dropped it and went back to VM and now it looks like you have dropped VM and gone back to fttc. It's amazing though, you stated those reasons for leaving VM last time yet you went back to them after a few weeks as if a miracle had happened but now you are complaining about the same problems. I don't believe it though because if you did actually go back to VM last time, it was more than a couple of months ago which means you are can't get out of your contract and are still with them. Either that or you never went back to them to start off with and you have been on fttc from the start.

Queue the bs and convoluted answers.............

---------- Post added at 06:38 ---------- Previous post was at 06:34 ----------

Originally Posted by MarkC1984

Does everyone need the SH2 to get the 152 speed or will the SH1 still be up to the job?

it will do the job just fine, the main difference between shub 1 and shub 2 is the quality (stability and range) of the wifi.

[MalteseFalcon]

Cool, it's just the SH1 is rubbish for WiFi signals and Virgin want to charge me for either upgrading to SH2 or moving the router. So every now and then I have to stop using wireless and connect it up via ethernet in the front room because the wireless speed drops to around 5 MB a second which is disgusting.

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And it is congested and uncongested.

[General Maximus]

I would go for secret option no. 3 and buy your own proper router