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Old 10-11-2020, 10:33   #61
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Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster

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Yeah the Hub 4.0 has to be the least "future proof" and hopefully shortest lived hub from virgin ever.
It will have no issue with all of the lower-than-1Gbit tiers of service once DOCSIS 3.1 is available across the network.

So I'd think it's going to be around for a while.
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Old 10-11-2020, 18:16   #62
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Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster

From a consumer point of view, I do wish Virgin would offer at least the choice of having a dedicated cable modem. After all, the people who will actually make good use of such high speeds as 1Gig will likely want to use their own router (they may even have an old PC dedicated to this task) and other networking hardware.

I'm on 350 Meg (given the choice, I'd go for the Gig) and I have *never* used my Superhub 3 as a router. I would far rather have a dedicated cable modem.
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Old 10-11-2020, 21:06   #63
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Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster

Glad to see they are keeping the webpages up to date. From my account:

Our broadband doesn't get quicker than this.
You're on our top speed broadband tier!


Meanwhile there's a banner stating that 1Gb is available now
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Old 11-11-2020, 13:46   #64
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Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster

Now they've got to fix the price.

In my city (Southampton), Toob 900/900 down/up FTTH = £25/month. Virgin 1000/52 down/up Copper = £62/month.

Who in their right mind would pick Virgin's string and copper network over a brand new FTTH symmetrical connection for 2/5ths the price?
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Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster

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Now they've got to fix the price.

In my city (Southampton), Toob 900/900 down/up FTTH = £25/month. Virgin 1000/52 down/up Copper = £62/month.

Who in their right mind would pick Virgin's string and copper network over a brand new FTTH symmetrical connection for 2/5ths the price?
Those that don't know any better unfortunately.
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Old 12-11-2020, 21:48   #66
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Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster

I came across this recent technical discussion for bonding LAN ports together on the Virgin / Arris Superhub series to give greater than 1Gbit throughput on modem mode.
https://tech.msh100.uk/virgin/networ...ter-than-gbit/
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Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster

Yet business is still stuck on 500/35. (I could actually do with the upload increase when transferring stuff to the office)
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Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster

They haven't, in the past, done automatic speed upgrades on business, so suspect little prospect of the 500/35 service going to 600 as residential has done. Would be great if they did though.

The 1 Gb/s service requires a new hub, so they would need one with business firmware to support the fixed IP options. Suspect one will be available in due course though.
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Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster

1 gig service being installed today in Belfast. Wish me luck.
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Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster

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They haven't, in the past, done automatic speed upgrades on business, so suspect little prospect of the 500/35 service going to 600 as residential has done. Would be great if they did though.

The 1 Gb/s service requires a new hub, so they would need one with business firmware to support the fixed IP options. Suspect one will be available in due course though.
I'm not expecting a free upgrade, I'd happily pay extra for the service.

Just seems odd that the Residential service has a higher tier (double the download and a reasonable bump on upload) than the business service, obviously new hardware is required but that's something that is in their control.
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Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster

Hopefully the faster tiers will come to the business service soon. I seem to remember the business 200 Mb/s service was before residential, but usually the business service lags a bit when new tiers are available.

I wonder if they have decided on a business hub for the 1Gb/s service that caters for the fixed IP address options.
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Is the 1GB upgrade available to Ultimate Oomph subscribers - once their area is enabled?
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Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster

Yes, but that's a paid increase in top of Ultimate Oomph with M500 or M600
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Re: 1gig Rollout getting faster

Thanks - any idea on what the standard difference is?
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