50Mb areas - Page 34

cnewton2k · 15-03-2009, 18:21

yeah i got that email as well and it aint in Grimsby yet

telfordcable · 15-03-2009, 18:22

I had been told by virgin media that I had a letter of 50mb is ready in your area as a coming soon, just log on to virgin media website and enter your post code, but my area isn't ready say the custumer care and they had no plan to bring 50Mb to Telford area until next year. I say to them "why did virgin media send me a letter for?" and they had no idea of why it was sent to Telford as a wrong area.

Ignitionnet · 15-03-2009, 18:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by telfordcable

I had been told by virgin media that I had a letter of 50mb is ready in your area as a coming soon, just log on to virgin media website and enter your post code, but my area isn't ready say the custumer care and they had no plan to bring 50Mb to Telford area until next year. I say to them "why did virgin media send me a letter for?" and they had no idea of why it was sent to Telford as a wrong area.

The 50Mbit rollout completes during summer of 2009 so no idea what whoever you were talking to was talking about.

Customer care have no idea at all about the 50Mbit rollout though and shouldn't be making any comment on it.

*Grabs the regular pinch of salt when replying to this poster*

General Maximus · 15-03-2009, 18:56

no way dude, they have said all along that every cabled area is going to be 50mbit'd by May.

telfordcable · 15-03-2009, 19:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Broadbandings

The 50Mbit rollout completes during summer of 2009 so no idea what whoever you were talking to was talking about.

Customer care have no idea at all about the 50Mbit rollout though and shouldn't be making any comment on it.

*Grabs the regular pinch of salt when replying to this poster*

Thanks for this. A bit confusion most say complete in May 2009, Summer 2009, December 2009 and even next year ???

spiderplant · 15-03-2009, 20:21

"Up to 50Mb rollout due to complete summer 2009"

From http://allyours.virginmedia.com/websales/50Mb/index.do

Cheekykid · 15-03-2009, 23:28

I am in ealing, west london and the checker says i can receive up to 50mbit plus a bold message on top "Great news! 50Mb broadband is available where you live". Does this mean i can get 50?

Ignitionnet · 15-03-2009, 23:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheekykid

I am in ealing, west london and the checker says i can receive up to 50mbit plus a bold message on top "Great news! 50Mb broadband is available where you live". Does this mean i can get 50?

Without trying to state the obvious or sound patronising what do you think?

Robertus · 16-03-2009, 10:46

Had an e-mail from Sir Richard to say that it's now available to us - does this mean Knowsley has been upgraded?

The post code checker still says no.

hifi2007 · 16-03-2009, 10:58

as far as i know by the leeflet i got it will be complete from now until august
so could still be quiet a long wait for some
and i bet i will be 1 of the last rofl

*sloman* · 16-03-2009, 12:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheekykid

I am in ealing, west london and the checker says i can receive up to 50mbit plus a bold message on top "Great news! 50Mb broadband is available where you live". Does this mean i can get 50?

HAHAHAHA, I presume this was a joke lol,

Zhadnost · 19-03-2009, 11:53

Am I the only person who thinks we should change the title to '50Mb areas, No-one knows when they are coming?'.

From this forum it looks like the following is the current state of play (the areas list I used is very out of date, so some names may need changing/adding/removing, if anyone PMs me I will make corrections).

Upgraded
=======
Acton
Baguely
Belfast (Telewest)
Belfast (Ntl)
Birmingham Sandwell / Solihull
Birmingham Smallheath
Birmingham (Cabke and Wireless)
Birmingham (NW&W-Midlands)
Bishops Stortford
Bolton
Bournemouth / Charminster
Bradford
Brighton
Bristol
Coventry
Croydon
Dudley
Dundee
Gateshead
Gillingham
Glenrothes
Harbourne
Hartlepool
Huddersfield
Kings Norton
Leeds
Leeds South
Lincoln
Linlithgow
Liverpool
London Barnet/Finchley
London Hayes
London Lambeth
London Lewisham
London Seven Kings
London Waltham Park
Newington
Newton Abbot
Oldham
Peterborough
Rainham
Reading
Salford
Sheffield
Sittingbourne
Stockton
Stoke on Trent
Maidstone
Newcastle
New Malden
Uddingston
Walsall
Warrington
Watford
Wigan
Wolverhampton

Awaiting Upgrade
=============
Ashton Under Lyne
Basildon
Blackburn
Blackpool
Burnley
Cardiff
Chelmsford
Clydebank
Derby
Dewsbury
Dorset
Dublin
Dunstable
East Kilbride
Edinburgh
Gloucester
Glasgow
Grays
Great Yarmouth
Greenock
Grimsby
Guildford / Woking
Halifax
Harrogate
High Wycombe
Knowsley
Leicester
Lenton
Leytonstone
London East (Cable and Wireless)
London West (Ntl)
London East (Ntl)
London North West (Cable and Wireless)
London West (Cable and Wireless)
London SW/SE (Cable and Wireless)
London South (Cable and Wireless)
London Camden
London Chessington
London Croydon
London Enfield
London Harnigey
London Highbury
London Heathrow
London Kingston
London Merton
London Middlesex
London New-Malden
London Richmond
London Ruislip
London Sutton
Luton
Manchester
Middlesbrough (Cable and Wireless)
Middlesbrough (Ntl)
Newport
Northampton
Norwich
Nottingham
Oxford
Paisley
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Preston
Redcar
Redditch
Renfrew
Rochdale (Heywood)
Rotherham
Runcorn
Safford
Scunthorpe
Southampton (Cable & Wireless)
Southampton (Ntl)
Southend
Stevenage
Stockport
Stretford
Sunderland
Sutton
Swansea
Swindon
Teesside
Telford
Tilbury
Wakefield
Wallington (Sutton)
Washington
West Sussex

Please don't take the above as definitive, but I think if the above is right, the progress looks quite promising.

(There, that's got this thread back on the first page where it belongs).

telfordcable · 19-03-2009, 12:17

Telford will be the last one to upgrade in September 2009 !

Ignitionnet · 19-03-2009, 12:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zhadnost

Am I the only person who thinks we should change the title to '50Mb areas, No-one knows when they are coming?'.

From this forum it looks like the following is the current state of play (the areas list I used is very out of date, so some names may need changing/adding/removing, if anyone PMs me I will make corrections).

Please don't take the above as definitive, but I think if the above is right, the progress looks quite promising.

(There, that's got this thread back on the first page where it belongs).

Zhad,

Areas are being done by hubsite rather than franchise area or whichever, so for Ex-Telewest we can use the information from the Virgin Media website:

http://help2.virginmedia.com/help/ge...t_advanced_dns

Zhadnost · 19-03-2009, 12:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Broadbandings

Zhad,

Areas are being done by hubsite rather than franchise area or whichever, so for Ex-Telewest we can use the information from the Virgin Media website:

http://help2.virginmedia.com/help/ge...t_advanced_dns

Well that's a bit of a worry, since the hubsite I'm connected to isn't on that list, actually none of the sites near here are either.