120M Virgin Media 150Mb Coming 2014 - Page 27

Gavin78 · 13-02-2014, 23:22

We’ve already started upgrading our network in your area. We’ll contact you by the end of March 2014 to tell you when your speed supercharge is ready.

BenMcr · 14-02-2014, 10:52

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Originally Posted by Parlyboy

Oddly mine went from March to June to just March. So I'm guessing that Area 11 is one of the first upgrades, conversely we were close to last for the previous upgrades.

Just point out the bill areas have no real connection to the upgrades. Bill Areas cover multiple hubsites.

Jimmy-J · 14-02-2014, 11:10

March and June here.

Kushan · 14-02-2014, 11:26

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

Just point out the bill areas have no real connection to the upgrades. Bill Areas cover multiple hubsites.

Indeed, some billing areas actually cover vast, unconnected swathes of the country. A-Machine, J-Machine, L-machine and "Remainder" comes to mind.

Parlyboy · 14-02-2014, 11:41

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

Just point out the bill areas have no real connection to the upgrades. Bill Areas cover multiple hubsites.

I did not know that.

My granny used to say that you should learn one new thing every day and by the time you're old you'll have a heid foo eh mince!!

Gavin-D · 14-02-2014, 17:45

I will be getting upgraded from 60mb to 100mb between July and December

jb66 · 19-02-2014, 10:09

I think new customers will get the new speeds as of March. This is what happened last time

eckuk · 19-02-2014, 20:54

I'm in the Glasgow area so mines will be done around Jelember two thousand and fourtweenty.

oscar87ni · 19-02-2014, 23:48

Everybody will eventually get upgraded (if you want to)... Patience folks.. Patience.. for some few months.. for some entire year..

I am getting my chance to upgrade between April to June this year... Not sure if its worth signing up for another 12 months.. Who knows maybe they will offer this upgrade later on without signing up for a contract...

I wonder when they will start to migrate to DOCSIS 3.1? Feels like 2018ish or so.. Until then they can do another ''FREE'' upgrade running on existing platform to perhaps 330Mbps (50->100 :::: 100->200 :::: 152->333)

Kushan · 20-02-2014, 09:58

It's my understanding that 3.1's rollout will begin on the customer side with a new modem (Hub?) long before the network itself is upgraded. Perhaps the Superhub 3 or 4 will be a 3.1 device.

Sephiroth · 20-02-2014, 12:31

I picked up this release on http://www.comex2000uk.com/14/press-...54/msan-update

MSAN Update
Wednesday, 8th January 2014
Comex 2000 UK Ltd are proud to have played a key part in the first BG-30 SDH/KEYMILE MSAN transmission project, working on behalf of Virgin Media and in partnership with Keymile.

Great teamwork involving Virgin Media, Keymile and Comex 2000 UK Ltd was the key enabler for the successful outcome.

The works involved initial MSAN changeovers within Street Cabinets, migrating the copper fed customers as part of the process.

This was followed up by a full SDH migration including fibre changeovers, protecting customer service at all times.

Kushan · 20-02-2014, 13:00

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth

I picked up this release on http://www.comex2000uk.com/14/press-...54/msan-update

MSAN Update
Wednesday, 8th January 2014
Comex 2000 UK Ltd are proud to have played a key part in the first BG-30 SDH/KEYMILE MSAN transmission project, working on behalf of Virgin Media and in partnership with Keymile.

Great teamwork involving Virgin Media, Keymile and Comex 2000 UK Ltd was the key enabler for the successful outcome.

The works involved initial MSAN changeovers within Street Cabinets, migrating the copper fed customers as part of the process.

This was followed up by a full SDH migration including fibre changeovers, protecting customer service at all times.

Interesting. I know some of those words.

What's that mean in thicko speak?

Sephiroth · 20-02-2014, 13:22

Aggregation of bandwidth at the level 3 cabinet. This frees up fibre spectrum and would be necessary, IMO, for the higher speeds of DOCSIS 3.1.

MarshMallowMan · 20-02-2014, 13:25

Aw man.. August - January, such a long wait... wonder if CS can do it early over the phone

Kushan · 20-02-2014, 13:41

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Aggregation of bandwidth at the level 3 cabinet. This frees up fibre spectrum and would be necessary, IMO, for the higher speeds of DOCSIS 3.1.

Is that the only reason why they'd do that, though? Could that have anything to do with them simply adding more channels? We've seen a couple of new frequencies crop up lately, might be related?

Also, my (very) limited understanding of 3.1 was that it uses lots of smaller "slices" of the spectrum multiplexed together rather than a few channels, so that much more spectrum could be used and less is wasted.