1000M : 1gig Rollout getting faster

[david_w2k]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

It doesn't work like that. Bigger cities need more work. Southampton and Reading got it first, and neither of them are large cities. It happens where the network is ready.

That said, I'm not aware of any announcement about Swansea yet. Nor Bournemouth.

Makes sense. There have been a couple of outages for upgrades over the past few months so am hoping that means it may be coming but will wait and see

[copernob]

1 gig comes to my area in Swansea on OCT 31st..So they Say..Thankfully I don't need it and can't afford it anyway. Can just about afford my 350gig..

[Synthetic]

Suspect Newcastle will take a while the, as it's mostly old NTL (I believe!)

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by Synthetic

Suspect Newcastle will take a while the, as it's mostly old NTL (I believe!)

Nope, it's ex-Telewest.

Though that isn't relevant. The regions that already have 1gig are a mix of ex-NTL, C&W and Telewest areas.

[Synthetic]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

Nope, it's ex-Telewest.

Though that isn't relevant. The regions that already have 1gig are a mix of ex-NTL, C&W and Telewest areas.

Had 50% chance of being right haha... i was just under the impression it'd take longer to upgrade the old telewest areas

[rtho782]

Over the 4 years I have lived here, my IP has been very sticky, and even despite account changes (terminate in my name, sign up in wifes for better deal, and vice versa) has stayed, I assume based on router MAC, except when I changed from a Ubiquiti USG to a UDM-Pro.

Until the last few months, when after short outages it has changed a couple of times. I've spent a lot of time keeping an eye on one.network as Cityfibre are slowly rolling out to Ipswich, and VM seem to be doing quite a few works too.

I'm vaguely hopeful this means Gig:1 soon.

[Rob King]

Just been upgraded to 600mb from 500 mb I never even asked for the upgrade either

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Rob King

Just been upgraded to 600mb from 500 mb I never even asked for the upgrade either

That's this https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...php?t=33709132

[Synthetic]

Wonder if upload is still 35 for 600....

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Synthetic

Wonder if upload is still 35 for 600....

Check the other thread for your answer

[Synthetic]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Check the other thread for your answer

Ah i missed that. I logged into myVM and while it no longer shows me as on their "fastest broadband" when i click upgrade, I get an error so not sure how much it'd cost me to bump up

[alanbjames]

I wonder when Swansea will get the 600mb upgrade?

[BenMcr]

There is a separate thread for the 600Mb upgrade so I'd ask on there. It's not directly connected to the Gig1 rollout.

[BenMcr]

Now in London and Northern Ireland

https://www.virginmedia.com/corporat...rthern-ireland

Nearly 3 million homes in London and Northern Ireland, including Belfast, are the latest to benefit from Virgin Media’s gigabit rollout, with the next-generation services now available in 6.8 million homes across the UK

[Helix]

Does this cover those who connect via Luton? I'm in Welwyn Garden City so we could sort of be considered a surrounding area to London, but I believe we come under Luton or at least we did when it was NTL.

The website is confusing because on the first page after entering my postcode I get this:

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But on the next pages the green banner says the most I can get is 600Mb and if I try to order I get a message saying 1gig is not currently available in my area.

That first image though isn't very clear does it mean all those speeds are available to me (which they don't seem to be) or are there meant to be different colours for those which are avaliable.