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spiderplant · 11-05-2020, 22:28

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

I would love to see some updated stats on that. Enough of us must to be using modem mode to make it viable for them.

Tens of thousands use modem mode.

Sephiroth · 11-05-2020, 22:36

I think it's irrelevant how many use modem mode. People want to pay a budget price for their Broadband and providers such as VM cannot provide expensive Hubs just so that modem mode users can slap on a fancy router (they go up to 2.5 Gig as consumer models - more than £400).

Kushan · 11-05-2020, 22:59

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

Tens of thousands use modem mode.

Assuming that's 100k customers, out of what - 6 million or something? That represents something like 1.5% of the userbase. 2% tops.

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth

I think it's irrelevant how many use modem mode. People want to pay a budget price for their Broadband and providers such as VM cannot provide expensive Hubs just so that modem mode users can slap on a fancy router (they go up to 2.5 Gig as consumer models - more than £400).

Yup, exactly this. And I'm not sure I'd want to pay that much for my own modem, even if Virgin allowed it, given that I can't take it to another provider.

It would be nice if Virgin offered it as a paid extra or something, though, but it's so niche.

Sephiroth · 11-05-2020, 23:27

The above said, Kush, 1 Gig can't be the ceiling for too long, can it?
And that'll be true across the world.

BenMcr · 12-05-2020, 09:50

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth

The above said, Kush, 1 Gig can't be the ceiling for too long, can it?
And that'll be true across the world.

Arris / Commscope do now have a device with one 2.5G port on it. By the looks of it, they've swapped two of the Gigabit ports out to get a 2.5G port in.

https://www.commscope.com/product-ty...modems/tg9452/

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Ethernet Ports 2 x GigE, 1 x 2.5 GbE

That device was only approved by the FCC last month, so it will be a while before there is any scope for it to be turned into a LG or Virgin Media device, especially as it's not a EuroDOCSIS device (yet).

Kushan · 12-05-2020, 23:22

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth

The above said, Kush, 1 Gig can't be the ceiling for too long, can it?
And that'll be true across the world.

I agree, a few places already offer 10Gig connections even. I think we'll be stuck around 1gig for a while simply because most people use the hub and the hub can share >1gig across all its interfaces. The ones missing out are the ones wanting to use their own router, but even then there's not a huge amount with 2.5G ports. Finding switches with 2.5G+ ports is a chore as well. They exist, but they're not cheap at all.

It's a weird time when your internet connection speed is surpassing your home LAN speed.

roughbeast · 13-05-2020, 10:19

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Originally Posted by Kushan

I agree, a few places already offer 10Gig connections even. I think we'll be stuck around 1gig for a while simply because most people use the hub and the hub can share >1gig across all its interfaces. The ones missing out are the ones wanting to use their own router, but even then there's not a huge amount with 2.5G ports. Finding switches with 2.5G+ ports is a chore as well. They exist, but they're not cheap at all.

It's a weird time when your internet connection speed is surpassing your home LAN speed.

Virgin Media clearly state that we should be getting an average of 1.1Gb. They are unwise to do so.

Even connected direct to my very capable PC, with the Hub 4 in router mode, and using the CAT6 patch cable provided, I could only get a max speed of 948Mb. I tried this at peak and off-peak times. It made no difference. My hardware was holding back the top speed the connection is configured at.

Clearly, a PC that only has a gigabit network card isn't going to get over 1000Mb anyway. As soon as I distributed around my CAT5e network I got exactly the same result, bang on 948Mb max. Switching to modem mode and shoving it all through my newly purchased GT-AX11000, I still maxed at 948Mbps, even using the 2.5Gb port. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhlpLoG7kfyGp7p5...sN4rw?e=NYoSWf

Who out there is likely to already have devices, cards, switches, cables etc capable of getting 1.1Gbps? Who has Wifi devices capable of this? Zero domestic customers? Just imagine the calls CS are going to get because virtually nobody can get the declared average down speed. Virgin Media would have been better off selling their package as 900Mb just like Vodaphone/City Fibre are doing, but with their symmetrical FTTP service. As you suggested Kush, Virgin Media will say that their 1.1Gb is a reality, even if you can't measure it, because it is being shared, when in router mode, through the hub's four ports, and through wifi, to a number of devices. This won't stop calls and complaints though. They will pay for their willy waving.

https://www.virginmedia.com/shop/broadband/gig1speeds

BenMcr · 13-05-2020, 10:27

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Originally Posted by roughbeast

As you suggested Kush, Virgin Media will say that their 1.1Gb is a reality, even if you can't measure it, because it is being shared, when in router mode, through the hub's four ports, and through wifi, to a number of devices. This won't stop calls and complaints though.

https://www.virginmedia.com/shop/broadband/gig1speeds

You can measure it in router mode. All Hub 4s have a customer available SamKnows option so you can use www.samknows.com/realspeed from any device connected to the Hub 4 to see the speed between the Hub and Virgin Media.

This Sam Knows client data is also what is used by Virgin Media as part of any Speed complaint under the OFCOM rules for Hub 3 and well as the Hub 4. Just that currently the Hub 3 SamKnows client doesn't work with the Real Speed site.

roughbeast · 13-05-2020, 10:36

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

You can measure it in router mode. All Hub 4s have a customer available SamKnows option so you can use www.samknows.com/realspeed from any device connected to the Hub 4 to see the speed between the Hub and Virgin Media.

This Sam Knows client data is also what is used by Virgin Media as part of any Speed complaint under the OFCOM rules for Hub 3 and well as the Hub 4. Just that currently the Hub 3 SamKnows client doesn't work with the Real Speed site.

Thanks.

Kushan · 15-05-2020, 21:00

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Originally Posted by roughbeast

Virgin Media clearly state that we should be getting an average of 1.1Gb. They are unwise to do so.

They never claim that you get that to a single device, they claim you get that to the hub. After that, you need multiple devices to pull it all.

It's no different to Virgin claiming you get 500Mbit, but you complaining that you can't hit that on wireless.

General Maximus · 15-05-2020, 21:15

I think the point he is trying to make is that the hub physically can't support that speed. It doesn't matter whether it is 1.1gbits or 10gbits. If the wan to lan throughput of the hub is less than that and/or it only has gigabit ports then regardless of what VM sends to the shub, the hub is the bottleneck and no number of devices are cumulatively going to be able to achieve the advertised speed.

jb66 · 15-05-2020, 21:31

I don't agree. Virgin have never said you will get 1.2gbits to one device. They say its a 1.2gb connection, which it is.

1.2gbits in my opinion is designed for mutipule users not one computer running speedtests

Kushan · 15-05-2020, 21:37

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

I think the point he is trying to make is that the hub physically can't support that speed. It doesn't matter whether it is 1.1gbits or 10gbits. If the wan to lan throughput of the hub is less than that and/or it only has gigabit ports then regardless of what VM sends to the shub, the hub is the bottleneck and no number of devices are cumulatively going to be able to achieve the advertised speed.

The Hub's WAN-to-LAN capability is greater than gigabit, it's the LAN (port) that's limited to 1gbit. Two devices plugged into the hub (or via wireless or whatever) are capable of more than maxing out the connection. SO Virgin aren't wrong.

General Maximus · 15-05-2020, 21:42

Am i missing something or is the wan port 1gbit?

Sephiroth · 15-05-2020, 21:42

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Originally Posted by Kushan

The Hub's WAN-to-LAN capability is greater than gigabit, it's the LAN (port) that's limited to 1gbit. Two devices plugged into the hub (or via wireless or whatever) are capable of more than maxing out the connection. SO Virgin aren't wrong.

Kush - are you saying that the Hub 4's WAN port has a capability higher than 1Gbps?