Upgrade from 2 - 10 meg

[sionyboy]

Got upgraded on Tuesday (CF23 7** area in Pentwyn). Loving it, seeing downloads run along at 1MBps is something I haven't experienced since my university lan days. But this time, I'm not limited to HTTP downloads only.... Wheeee!

[John S]

"Try downloading 2 different files at the same time, although try to pick different game files from the ones you have already downloaded, as this may interfere with the cache."

Whats My speed please.
I downloaded a game file at 300KBps then dropped to a steady 250KBps
I dowloaded another and it dropped at 49KBps climbing to a steady 110 KBps.

John.

[Joel1]

Finally -- my internet is working fine and my upload speed is pretty decent. So I guess they were just fixing the problem or updating my internet.

[hansi]

Originally Posted by sionyboy

Got upgraded on Tuesday (CF23 7** area in Pentwyn). Loving it, seeing downloads run along at 1MBps is something I haven't experienced since my university lan days. But this time, I'm not limited to HTTP downloads only.... Wheeee!

not been upgraded in CF5 yet

http://www.speedtest.net/result/518916777.png

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anyone in Ely Cardiff been upgraded yet?

[John S]

Not been upgraded in Swansea Cwma UBR. Yes that one with one of the largest council estates in the UK ,no hope in other words yet promises of 20mb for everyone 50MB when 2100.
Whats My speed please.
I downloaded a game file at 300KBps then dropped to a steady 250KBps
I dowloaded another and it dropped at 49KBps climbing to a steady 110 KBps.

John S.

[highroyds]

Originally Posted by vicisoux

Many thanks for posting your experience on this matter to the newsgroup highroyds, I can only hope this is sorted soon.

I see your now going to receive a Brand New modem. Hopefully in 5 days time you'll have 10MB .

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Originally Posted by John S

Not been upgraded in Swansea Cwma UBR. Yes that one with one of the largest council estates in the UK ,no hope in other words yet promises of 20mb for everyone 50MB when 2100.
Whats My speed please.
I downloaded a game file at 300KBps then dropped to a steady 250KBps
I dowloaded another and it dropped at 49KBps climbing to a steady 110 KBps.

John S.

John I'm not sure what speed your getting, but haven't you seen the Speed Test at the top of this screen, just click on that and it'll tell you what your speed is.

[John S]

Virgin/NTL and this thread says that speedests are not a true reflection of performance saying the best test is to download a couple of game files.
Ive done exactly that and find that with a couple of game files downloading my speed is 110 KBps which is less than 1MB on my 2MB connection which is how it feels to me.
The above speedtest might come out better sometimes but is pointless as it takes about 15 seconds before it runs and recently it doesnt run at all but the arrow says it is with endless lag spikes and pings look very muck like an overloaded network.
Instead of the needle showing a steady speed it is like a rev counter up and down then peaking at the end of the test at the maximum speed in other words useless.

John S.

[ivorbolokov]

i found out i got upgraded yesterday but my speed is roughly the same as it always was although the upload speed has doubled, i did try downloading a game demo from virgin like was mentioned in another post and i am getting roughly 380KBps.

i am using the old ntl 120 silver modem and am in area 31,
am i getting these speeds because of my old modem?

[Ben B]

Originally Posted by ivorbolokov

i found out i got upgraded yesterday but my speed is roughly the same as it always was although the upload speed has doubled, i did try downloading a game demo from virgin like was mentioned in another post and i am getting roughly 380KBps.

i am using the old ntl 120 silver modem and am in area 31,
am i getting these speeds because of my old modem?

Yeah, you need to ring tech support or go on the newsgroups and request a new modem be sent out to you.

[ivorbolokov]

Originally Posted by Ben B

Yeah, you need to ring tech support or go on the newsgroups and request a new modem be sent out to you.

thanks for the advice i contacted support on VM newsgroup and they are sending out a new modem.

also i don't know if this is possible but i have a friend who has a ntl250 modem that he kept after moving to sky broadband, would it be possible to use that? or should i wait for the one virgin send out.

[BenMcr]

Wait for the one Virgin send

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by ivorbolokov

also i don't know if this is possible but i have a friend who has a ntl250 modem that he kept after moving to sky broadband, would it be possible to use that? or should i wait for the one virgin send out.

It will not work as it is attached to another account.

[cyclone]

Originally Posted by MikeyB

Anyone in Swindon actually got the upgrade?
I registered for the upgrade right at the start.

The timetable says Swindon has now been done, didn't say this a few days ago.
http://www.virginmedia.com/myvirginm.../timetable.php

So I excitedly re-booted my modem...

Speed tests still spot on for 2Mb, as they have always been.
The "my virgin media" page says 2Mb M
and the modem status says: Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 2148000 bps

So despite the timetable saying it's done, I'm still on 2Mb in every way!

Hi MikeyB, after several days of modem rebooting I discovered that I'd been upgraded, sometime in the middle of last week.
So it seems that at least some parts of Swindon have been done.

[BenMcr]

Remember even if an area has been enabled, not everyone who registered will get it straight away - they are doing the upgrades in batches every day to manage the network load

[cred1980]

just called and registered as couldnt do it online, my area is available on the timetable should this change straight away