ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
23-01-2023, 10:13
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ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
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23-01-2023, 13:38
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
New Customers only ?
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23-01-2023, 13:57
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
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New Customers only ?
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It would appear so…
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As usual, new customers can expect to receive an included wireless router (usually a HUB 5), 18-month minimum contract term, unlimited usage, internet security / parental controls, free setup and email. Customers can optionally add their new STREAM TV service (set-top-box) too for a one-off cost of £35. The new offer will run until 5th February 2023.
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23-01-2023, 15:02
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
As I mentioned on another thread, I am an O2 customer who signed up with Virgin last month, and had my service installed and start about a week ago.
I am paying £38/m for Gig1 plus some weekend call package (which I don't want and am not using).
Given that I was previously paying BT £62.66 for an out of contract fttp service (albeit with 100mb up) I am pretty happy.
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23-01-2023, 15:16
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
I always find the "average speeds of 1130Mbps down" amusing Who, at home, has 2.5Gbps ethernet backhaul or 1Gbps+ capable WiFi devices
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23-01-2023, 17:29
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
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I always find the "average speeds of 1130Mbps down" amusing Who, at home, has 2.5Gbps ethernet backhaul or 1Gbps+ capable WiFi devices
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It's more than my ZX81 can cope with that's for sure...
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24-01-2023, 11:36
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
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I always find the "average speeds of 1130Mbps down" amusing Who, at home, has 2.5Gbps ethernet backhaul or 1Gbps+ capable WiFi devices
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Me.
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Pixel 7 Pro and Xiaomi 12 both max out 1gbit wirelessly.
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24-01-2023, 12:39
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
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Me.
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Pixel 7 Pro and Xiaomi 12 both max out 1gbit wirelessly.
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As yes, the "average" Virgin Media punter
Asus RT-AX86U £250 to £300
Pixel 7 Pro £750 to £850
Xiaomi 12 £500+
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24-01-2023, 15:38
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
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I always find the "average speeds of 1130Mbps down" amusing Who, at home, has 2.5Gbps ethernet backhaul or 1Gbps+ capable WiFi devices
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That would be because VM don't advertise it as average to 1 device its average to the hub, and the average joe just uses the hub well as a hub, so if kids are maxing a 1 gig port out downloading a mass game on steam so on it leaves a good 150-200meg free for another port / wifi to use at the same time so really they aren't wrong nothing stopping average joe achieving those speeds, but yes i also agree a fair few of us here aren't average joe an can indeed max it on 1 device lol
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24-01-2023, 15:58
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
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That would be because VM don't advertise it as average to 1 device its average to the hub, and the average joe just uses the hub well as a hub, so if kids are maxing a 1 gig port out downloading a mass game on steam so on it leaves a good 150-200meg free for another port / wifi to use at the same time so really they aren't wrong nothing stopping average joe achieving those speeds, but yes i also agree a fair few of us here aren't average joe an can indeed max it on 1 device lol
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I'd argue that for most of the people upgrading/taking the 1G service, its a useless number given the wireless devices most people have. The main reason I point this out is that they could then ring up VM and complain they are "not getting the speeds they are paying for"
From the VM sales page:
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The Gig1 broadband service offers average download speeds of 1,130Mbps – 22 times faster than the national average – which enables households to do more online at the same time and on multiple devices.
Share files in a flash
With download speeds averaging 1,130Mbps and upload speeds averaging 52Mbps, you’ll really feel the difference when you download, send and share even the biggest files.
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It's a bit naughty ...
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25-01-2023, 00:29
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
The biggest benefit of 1 gigabit for me, is I dont need to shape my downstream traffic, I can do multiple things at once without a care in the world.
When I was on VDSL, if I downloaded a game, it felt like I was been ddosed, twitch would keep buffering and be stuck in 480p or below, netflix similar etc. Secondly grabbing games even though I might be hitting my wifi cap (on consoles), 300mbit of wifi bandwidth is still way faster than what I was getting on VDSL, and steam comes down at close to the full gigabit over ethernet on my PC.
Finally gig1 gives you a degree of protection from docsis downstream congestion as the 3.1 DS channel is exclusive to gig1 customers. I am noticing considerable upstream congestion, but I can do the full gigabit around the clock even mid evening.
With that said I wouldnt have ordered at the normal £62, it was high enough to scare me off. Luckily I got the O2 volt deal (£41 total monthly cost including O2). I will say the O2 gig1 deal is better as you getting a mobile sim for only one extra pound, but this is still a good offer for the standalone gigabit.
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25-01-2023, 13:30
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
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Originally Posted by ianch99
I always find the "average speeds of 1130Mbps down" amusing Who, at home, has 2.5Gbps ethernet backhaul or 1Gbps+ capable WiFi devices
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I do, so do a good few of my friends. No point in paying for it and leaving it crippled, and I wanted the flexability to use Gig2 or whatever comes next.
For some odd reason fast.com now thinks I get 1.7-1.8Gbps down, which is funny as its not that fast in real world use.
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25-01-2023, 23:52
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
"Originally Posted by ianch99 View Post
I always find the "average speeds of 1130Mbps down" amusing Who, at home, has 2.5Gbps ethernet backhaul or 1Gbps+ capable WiFi devices"
I DO!"
My PC has a 2.5Gb/s NIC and WIFI 6E, my phone is also WIFI 6E and I have a USB C to 2.5Gb/s NIC I can plug into it.
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26-01-2023, 09:33
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
But what do you do on your internal network that requires that speed?
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26-01-2023, 09:49
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99
The other point is can the whole route support those speeds? The bottleneck may not be on the final hop to the hub.
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