Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed

[kwikbreaks]

So it wasn't 370x24 on a single cable connection it was two different connections presumably using different channel groups and the bonding at TCP/IP level?

[roughbeast]

Originally Posted by kwikbreaks

So it wasn't 370x24 on a single cable connection it was two different connections presumably using different channel groups and the bonding at TCP/IP level?

No. Sorry to confuse you. It was all on one connection. The modems weren't used at the same time. One was for the 200Mb trial. Speeds were very close indeed to 200Mb. The other one was for the proof of concept trial. I think I was the only non-staff trialist in the country. This had 8 channels down and 2 up. Down speed was as configured, maxing at 370Mb.

[boroboi]

Originally Posted by roughbeast

No. Sorry to confuse you. It was all on one connection. The modems weren't used at the same time. One was for the 200Mb trial. Speeds were very close indeed to 200Mb. The other one was for the proof of concept trial. I think I was the only non-staff trialist in the country. This had 8 channels down and 2 up. Down speed was as configured, maxing at 370Mb.

Did you happen to measure any latency figures, specifically jitter? Was the ping stable or would it spike?

[roughbeast]

Originally Posted by boroboi

Did you happen to measure any latency figures, specifically jitter? Was the ping stable or would it spike?

Latency using VMs own speed test, (We had access during the trial), was never higher than 5s. Jitter was always 0. This is no surprise. We were on a dedicated connection, taken from spare capacity in the city,and connected straight through to a trial head end. The pipe shared by trialists was 1Gb with 10Gb available if required. Interestingly, my IP address located me in Sheffield even though the trial was in Coventry.

Tests conducted on speedtest.net were of no use. Servers did not have the capacity to measure over 200Mb consistently.

You have to remember that this was a 'proof of concept' trial, establishing that speeds of 200Mb and then approaching 400Mb, in my case, was possible on domestic connections using ordinary user kit. Needless to say those of us with Gb switches and cards, decent processors and routers with high throughput had the best results.

[qasdfdsaq]

Originally Posted by roughbeast

Latency using VMs own speed test, (We had access during the trial), was never higher than 5s. Jitter was always 0.

I assume you mean the web/flash/Ookla based test, which is known for being next to useless for measuring latency.

[nefu]

Originally Posted by nefu

I am in Swindon, shows as July for upgrade, just called CS to find out when and was told that all speed doubling work has been put on hold until after the olympics. I asked if that was all areas or just Swindon and the agent confirmed all areas. Is this really true?

Called retentions this time & they said 100mb sir no problem, I'll turn in on now, no contract change required and within minutes 100mb, thank you VM Retentions

[Ben Rhydding]

Originally Posted by nefu

Called retentions this time & they said 100mb sir no problem, I'll turn in on now, no contract change required and within minutes 100mb, thank you VM Retentions

I was meant to get an upgrade in July and had lots of letters and emails about it, but nothing happened. I see that new customers can get 100mb in my area (Leeds Yorkshire) so why don't they upgrade existing ustomers as promised. Do I have to phone retentions to get it?

Chris

[qasdfdsaq]

New customers are getting half the upload speed as you have.

[roughbeast]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

I assume you mean the web/flash/Ookla based test, which is known for being next to useless for measuring latency.

Yup, partly, but the low ping I can confirm having done a manual tracert back to the test server. 6ms.

No I can't give you a print out. It was a long time ago.

[qasdfdsaq]

Yeah, the problem is sometimes they're bang on and sometimes they're way off, making it entirely unreliable and not comparable between servers (e.g. one server will show a ping 40ms higher than the real value, another might show one 5ms lower than the real value)

[thenry]

anyone know where the street cabinet upgrade thread is gone

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by thenry

anyone know where the street cabinet upgrade thread is gone

Do you mean this one i found using your search terms

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12...een-boxes.html

[thenry]

thanks. i was searching 'cabinet'

[H0ND0]

My X2 has been put back from July to Dec plus going into 2013

[Central]

Originally Posted by H0ND0

My X2 has been put back from July to Dec plus going into 2013

Same although not to fussed.