Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
26-01-2012, 10:55
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
funny some areas get 8 downstreams before everyone even has 5.
did you go straight from 4 to 8 or already had 5?
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26-01-2012, 11:06
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#1187
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
funny some areas get 8 downstreams before everyone even has 5.
did you go straight from 4 to 8 or already had 5?
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I had 4 previously.
Here it is as of 9 this morning:
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26-01-2012, 11:39
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by rickymallory
I had 4 previously.
Here it is as of 9 this morning:
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You mean 8. 
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26-01-2012, 11:50
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
You mean 8. |
sorry, I meant 9am 
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26-01-2012, 11:58
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
Actually i read your post wrong too! Far too early for me!
---------- Post added at 10:58 ---------- Previous post was at 10:57 ----------
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Originally Posted by rickymallory
sorry, I meant 9am |
What does your Thinkbroadband graph look like after your upgrade to 8 channels?
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26-01-2012, 12:07
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
What does your Thinkbroadband graph look like after your upgrade to 8 channels?
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I think it's too early to really say yet but here it is anyway.
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26-01-2012, 12:11
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
Possibly a slight improvement, you will know more by 8pm tonight.
When were you due the double speed upgrade and what area are you. 
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26-01-2012, 13:47
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
Possibly a slight improvement, you will know more by 8pm tonight.
When were you due the double speed upgrade and what area are you. |
March - April for my area (Dover), I would expect even though we have 8DS channels, they still have lots of other work to do before they can unleash "the beast".
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26-01-2012, 13:58
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
March April here too in Cambridge, i need an upgrade here as packet loss is terrible at peak times.
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26-01-2012, 17:25
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
thanks, im guessing I will go straight from 4 to 8 as well.
your graph looks significantly improved although after any outage there is likely modems still offline so not a true picture yet.
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26-01-2012, 21:59
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Now thats fast service :)
Virgin upgrade superfast.. chug chug chug
Doubling everyone's speed is a pretty big job - we've got over 4 million Virgin Media customers who will receive double speeds, but rest assured, my fittest, fastest engineers will be in your area between October and June 2013 and going as fast as they can.
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26-01-2012, 22:02
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Re: Now thats fast service :)
ouch, I would just put it to the back of your mind. I like getting excited about things and look forward to them but having to wait another year and a half is just torture.
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26-01-2012, 22:08
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Re: Now thats fast service :)
Ive not even got the new upload speeds, and I have to wait untill October too
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26-01-2012, 22:35
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Re: Now thats fast service :)
My 10 to 20 MB is scheduled for Oct to Jul 2013 too. I think this just means they don't have a clue when you'll be upgraded. It's all marketing cobblers announced way in advance of when anybody will get anything in order to try and retain customers.
tbh i'm not really bothered. 10 to 20MB isn't going to change my life. 10MB is more than enough for what most people would ever want to do. I can download a DVD's worth of data in 75 mins, an album in under 10mins. I've got 4 pc's in the house (including a gaming son), work laptop, Wii networked, mobiles wified, blue ray networked and rarely have any issues. On the rare occasion i get speed managed 2/3MB is ample for most things including HD iplayer. Reliability is far more important, and touch wood i always get a rock solid 10MB. Higher speeds seem to be more hit and miss.
God only knows what people do with 100MB +. Probably exactly the same things, waste of money imho. Think it's lads 'how fast is yours' inferiority complex type of thing. Look at how many saddo's on here put speed test results in there signatures etc, there's is more to life.......
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26-01-2012, 23:01
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Re: Now thats fast service :)
You have a winning way with words, don't you?
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