350M : Broadband report card

[gunner45]

I got this email today for my M350 on a hub 5. It's the first such report and was not expected.

We’ve checked your broadband speed 330 times over the last 3 months.

Your M350 Fibre Broadband is ensuring solid home connectivity.

Your results
369.79 Mbps
download speed

36.16 Mbps
upload speed

Wi-Fi
99.935%
uptime

Streaming capacity
13 UHD movies
at the same time

Broadband speed reading: Speed readings were taken across a 90-day period, between August 2026 – November 2026. Speed readings only reflective of holders’ Virgin Media WiFi Hub (package) speed during the time of testing. Number of tests undertaken varies per customer. Average download and upload speeds calculated using all available speed test data. This may or may not include speed tests run during peak times. Speed tests are to the WiFi Hub only, not across the home for individual digital devices.

My comments: the hub 5 is performing slightly above its rated tier. This doesn't surprise me as although my coaxial drop cable is 21 years old and the cabinet 28 years old, I get a good clean signal from this ageing HFC network. It helps that I had the F connector at the cabinet replaced and plugged into another tap, the F connector and splitter in my home also replaced.

[Carth]

I got the same email, also on M350
I gave it a skim, ignored the crap about what I could watch in UHD and deleted it.

Due to my old 3rd party router, this is it for me, and good enough for what I do

Download 93.10 Mbps
Upload 37.03 Mbps

edit: I'm still on a Hub 3 I think

Originally Posted by Carth

Download 93.10 Mbps
Upload 37.03 Mbps

Pretty poor for M350, is your router only using a 100Mbps port ?

[gunner45]

The hub 3 is capable of supporting up to M600, so you should not be getting a mere 93.10 Mbps on M350.

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by gunner45

The hub 3 is capable of supporting up to M600, so you should not be getting a mere 93.10 Mbps on M350.

Due to my old 3rd party router, this is it for me, and good enough for what I do

[Carth]

Originally Posted by Paul

Pretty poor for M350, is your router only using a 100Mbps port ?

Yep

I could buy a better one, but the up/down speeds are fine for me, why spend money if you don't need to

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by Carth

Yep

I could buy a better one, but the up/down speeds are fine for me, why spend money if you don't need to

Why are you paying for M350 when you could just pay for M100 or whatever the slowest is now?