Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
07-04-2016, 15:52
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#166
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Barking up the wrong tree
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
What's a postcode for where you live? I'll see if I can find out.
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Just to say though, that there are systems in place to advise both sales and customer service agents as to whether it's been enabled in an area or not.
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M33 3 area.
I had the discussion in respect of this, they seemed to say its ok for my area.
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07-04-2016, 15:57
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#167
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Virgin Media Staff
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
As far as I can see that postcode area is still a maximum of 200Mb
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07-04-2016, 16:01
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#168
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Barking up the wrong tree
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
As far as I can see that postcode area is still a maximum of 200Mb
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Any idea when its likely to be ready for 300Mb?
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07-04-2016, 16:03
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cf.geek
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
Ben - Would I be right in thinking an area still on 8 downstreams wouldn't be ready for it?
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07-04-2016, 16:06
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by Aye Up
Any idea when its likely to be ready for 300Mb?
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No idea, sorry.
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Originally Posted by Synthetic
Ben - Would I be right in thinking an area still on 8 downstreams wouldn't be ready for it?
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Yes, I believe 16 downstreams are needed before the area is enabled for 300Mb.
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07-04-2016, 16:12
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cf.geek
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
No idea, sorry.
Yes, I believe 16 downstreams are needed before the area is enabled for 300Mb.
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Thanks for confirming, this is a good way for users to check if their area is ready before wasting time / money getting VM to provision it.
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07-04-2016, 16:14
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by Synthetic
Thanks for confirming, this is a good way for users to check if their area is ready before wasting time / money getting VM to provision it.
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Lesson learned!
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07-04-2016, 16:23
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cf.geek
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by Aye Up
Lesson learned!
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Thanks for being the guinea pig
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07-04-2016, 17:32
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by JordanTheToaster
If you are like me who constantly downloads and also uploads 300 starts making more sense. When a 60 gig game doesn't suddenly take 2 hours on my old 71 meg connection vs 26 minuets now you start to appreciate the speed more.
I have and always will be one for getting as much speed as possible because that's what i love, if the price is right at least.
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Thanks for the screenshots. I am seriously temped but would have to let my FTTC run out first. Both is not really viable because I don't need both.
But when it's out in July - happy days possibly.
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07-04-2016, 18:13
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by 23prince
Thanks for the screenshots. I am seriously temped but would have to let my FTTC run out first. Both is not really viable because I don't need both.
But when it's out in July - happy days possibly.
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I've only had 300 now for 2 and a bit weeks but i have downloaded 2.71TBs and uploaded 380 gigs so far.
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07-04-2016, 18:41
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by JordanTheToaster
I've only had 300 now for 2 and a bit weeks but i have downloaded 2.71TBs and uploaded 380 gigs so far.
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Is there any traffic shaping on the upload?
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07-04-2016, 18:48
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by Aye Up
Is there any traffic shaping on the upload?
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I don't seem to be able to upload enough if there is one, even when maxing out the 21 up for 2 hours i don't seem to run into anything.
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07-04-2016, 20:39
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
Hi,
I currently live in a congested area. I'm guessing that upgrading to Homeworks wouldn't help me?
Thanks
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07-04-2016, 20:42
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
No idea, sorry.
Yes, I believe 16 downstreams are needed before the area is enabled for 300Mb.
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Ben,
When checking if you have 8 or 16 downstreams on SH3 under tools/network status mine lists 9 downstream bonded channels.
Is that the right place to be looking???
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07-04-2016, 21:57
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Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb
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Originally Posted by Rackerz
Hi,
I currently live in a congested area. I'm guessing that upgrading to Homeworks wouldn't help me?
Thanks
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Correct, there's no kind of priority system in place for higher tiers, you'll get congested all the same. If you get 50mbit on a 100mbit connection, you'll get 50mbit on a 300mbit connection.
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Originally Posted by Internetgofast
Ben,
When checking if you have 8 or 16 downstreams on SH3 under tools/network status mine lists 9 downstream bonded channels.
Is that the right place to be looking???
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Firstly, despite what was said earlier, just having 16 channels doesn't necessarily mean your area is ready for the upgrade, though if you've only got 8 it's definitely not.
Secondly, 9 is an unusual number, you should see 8, 12 or 16. Having only 9 implies you have a possible fault (though 9 is plenty of 200Mbit), I'd be interested in seeing what a reboot does and what your power levels are.
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