DevilsAdvocate Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 They going to do anything with the 2MB service?
apeo Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Link 4Meg getting upgrade to 10Meg Wonder what the terms are for this free upgrade.
ConTheITGuy Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 I was upgraded to the 2MBps, many moons ago, when it was Telewest - I didn't do anything, they just sent me an email telling me they were going to do it - and they did Also, 50MBps by the end of 2008 Andy
Geoff Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Also, 50MBps by the end of 2008 That'll mean new modems again. Current ones only do 38Mbps.
Jake Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 I had the 10mb service when they did the free upgrade to 20mb, would be nice if they now upgraded my 20mb to 50mb
Joanne Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 don't know if i even pay for my broadband... it's 25quid a month and i have the XL TV package and some sort of phone thing with unlimited minutes off peak... meh.. their loss!
HodgeHi Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 The upgrade to 50Mb will cost 47 quid IIRC. There is a beta section on the web for their site. There's no direct link to it though.
mattx Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 God Darn it !! I was just about to dump Virgin too and go down the Sky route..... Not worth it now.
MK-2 Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 yeah they'll give us 50MB and say 'but dont download more than a gig a day or we'll send scary monsters down your line' (or words to that effect)
rush_tech Posted January 28, 2008 Author Posted January 28, 2008 yeah they'll give us 50MB and say 'but dont download more than a gig a day or we'll send scary monsters down your line' (or words to that effect) Don't they send the bandwidth monsters out during peak times 5pm -10pm around those times
PEO Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Im paying £5 for 20mb connection my mate who just happens to live next door works for them and has allowed me access to his wireless route nice chap
mattx Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Im paying £5 for 20mb connection my mate who just happens to live next door works for them and has allowed me access to his wireless route nice chap Indeed - half the people in my small close share mine....... during the day - I then kick them off around 8pm ish.......
Joedetic Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 LOL. "Upgrades" We're on a "20meg" line. The most I get out of it (and we're talking at 0300hrs) is 4meg. I'm going to be calling them up soon because my housemate who actually is the account holder is refusing to do it but says I can if it bothers me that much. Tbh...the amount we pay for this joke of a line, it bloody well /does/ bother me!
sahmeepee Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 I had the 10mb service when they did the free upgrade to 20mb That was the free upgrade which came about 6 weeks after they'd hiked the price by 3 quid/month! I find the quality of their product great, but they are pricey. We hammer our connection more than most families would and I still think 20Mbit is excessive for our needs. I doubt I'd notice any speed increases over about 8Mbit. As for the 50Mbit increase which was originally due Q2 of this year, it wouldn't surprise me if they do the same - jack the prices, bump you up, then remove the 20mbit deal forcing you to choose between upgrade and downgrade.
Jake Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 LOL. "Upgrades" We're on a "20meg" line. The most I get out of it (and we're talking at 0300hrs) is 4meg. True , that sucks. I'm on the 20mb line and I average speeds of 16-18mb, never had it higher than 18.6mb. But happy with that.
tech_guy Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Well, I'm paying Rupert Murdoch £10 a month for up to 16MB and as I'm virtually sitting on my local exchange I'm quite happy. Was with VM but jumped ship as £25 a month for 4MB was a joke. Don't like the hippy at the helm either.
sidewinder Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 At home we have the 20mb service but because we've got one of the old Home 120 modems, I dont think we can actually get the full 20Mb...and Virgin have never offered to send out a new one Normally get about 13meg fairly constantly though. Only niggles are when Im downloading from newsgroups it cuts out completely (like everythign, not just NG traffic) for a few minutes every half hour or so - so much for them saying they dont use traffic shaping And the 4GB 'limit' before the speed is halved is quite annoying...especially when I read it wouldnt apply off peak, but low and behold it does the exact same thing on the weekends...
Geoff Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 The problem is they don't know you have an old modem. If you phone up tech support, they'll send out an engineer with a new modem.
sidewinder Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Oh, ok..I kind of thought they would be unwilling...and I though they would have a record of what we had I'll tell my Dad to do that then...not too bothered myself anymore as Im moving out Friday
mrforgetful Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 I've always had stellar performance from Virgin and I've been with them since the 512k/s days and on every speed plan Downloading from newsgroups is a constant 450-480KB/s on my 4Mb connection. Can't ask for more than that really.
zarathustra Posted August 3, 2010 Posted August 3, 2010 (edited) The 50Mb is great. It's the only one that doesn't have any throttling during peak hours: Virgin Traffic Management Info You do need a new cablemodem & router (bit of a bugbear here with my latter - it having a fairly-hefty ACL). I got my upgrade from 20Mb gratis for six months, but I did have to pay for the installation. Don't forget the unlimited off-site storage (V Stuff) & 100 free photos (from Snapfish) per month. FYI, all Virgin accounts get a VStuff/Snapfish allocation (according to a sliding scale) although (as per usual) it has been problematic for many users. Now all they need to do is up their Usenet retention to something more acceptable - although speed is good, 7 days is prety useless. I recently switched to Astraweb; 717 days, 99+% retention & 20 maxed-out SSL connections for £7? A third of Giganews' price for a virtually-identical service. Pretty-much a must-have... Edit: ==== Oops - sorry if I upset anyone for resurrecting this old post. I just realised my bad! Edited August 3, 2010 by zarathustra Updating information
linuxgirlie Posted August 4, 2010 Posted August 4, 2010 I'm on 20mb as well but we get 20mb don't think there are many others using it, so i'm sure it will go down in the future....the problem I have is the cost of phone calls! I have to re-open my skype external account as it was costing a small fortune. EDIT: oops, dammit....I will share your shame zara!
Greenbeast Posted August 4, 2010 Posted August 4, 2010 The 50Mb is great. It's the only one that doesn't have any throttling during peak hours: Virgin Traffic Management Info Now all they need to do is up their Usenet retention to something more acceptable - although speed is good, 7 days is prety useless. I recently switched to Astraweb; 717 days, 99+% retention & 20 maxed-out SSL connections for £7? A third of Giganews' price for a virtually-identical service. Pretty-much a must-have... Is that unlimited for £7? I'm currently with Giganews paying £8.5 for 54Gb
zarathustra Posted August 5, 2010 Posted August 5, 2010 Is that unlimited for £7? I'm currently with Giganews paying £8.5 for 54Gb It sure is - lemme get you the link: news.astraweb.com - Signup with us Enjoy!
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