CESIL Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 I got home on Friday to find that Virgin have upgraded my 2Mb line to 10Mb!! http://www.speedtest.net/result/481785877.png So now I have all week at home to play...
DevilsAdvocate Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 Interesting...was this a free upgrade? Is this something Virgin are rolling out across the UK now? I upgraded my 2MB connection to 10MB a few months back >.>
CESIL Posted May 26, 2009 Author Posted May 26, 2009 They announced a while back that all 2Mb users would be bumped up to 10Mb...and I pay the same as I did for 2Mb!
sparkeh Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 Interesting...was this a free upgrade? Is this something Virgin are rolling out across the UK now? I upgraded my 2MB connection to 10MB a few months back >.> Free upgrade for all 2mb customers. I am still waiting
CESIL Posted May 26, 2009 Author Posted May 26, 2009 Free upgrade for all 2mb customers. I am still waiting Have you registered on the website? They have not been telling customers to do this AFAIK but the website said that by registering I could be one of the first to get the upgrade...I don't know if it made any difference but our area was originally listed as being done in July/August.
DevilsAdvocate Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 How annoying. Wonder if I can get 10MB for the 2MB price I used to pay if I kick up a fuss.
CESIL Posted May 26, 2009 Author Posted May 26, 2009 It's worth a go...last time I spoke to them I said I was thinking of leaving Virgin and they dropped the price on the spot!
AntiThesis Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 Very nice! Also, I must point out: http://www.speedtest.net/result/481826837.png :/
dgsmith Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 It's worth noting that although the "new" 10mb customers coming from the 2mb upgrade package (M) are paying less than existing 10mb customers from the L package, the M package customers get less bandwidth allowances before STM kicks in. Still, you're basically getting the same speed as L customers most of the time and if you're not bandwidth greedy, for a few pound less each month.
sparkeh Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 Have you registered on the website? Yeah I did but it just said that the upgrade is coming to my area in the future.
steve Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 I just change ISP today from Zen to O2 http://www.speedtest.net/result/481927392.png Not bad at all considering its costing me less than half the price for double the speed
witch Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 Yeah I did but it just said that the upgrade is coming to my area in the future. Same here
Jobos Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 There's a timetable here Go faster - My Virgin Media - Virgin Media
ICT_GUY Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 I just change ISP today from Zen to O2 http://www.speedtest.net/result/481927392.png Not bad at all considering its costing me less than half the price for double the speed Nice, I get 8MB down from BT but just the normal 50k up
lionsl2005 Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 i registerd a month ago, they said will send a new modem, still waiting
sparkeh Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 There's a timetable here Go faster - My Virgin Media - Virgin Media Bah! Not even scheduled Leicester yet
dalsoth Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 Soon as you download x amount you are throttled like some horror film so it's rubbish really. I download Linux images, Technet stuff, games from my Metaboli subscription and more and on the 2MB line i am using at the moment it only takes a couple of hundred MB before i am halved in speed at least. I suspect the 10mb will do exactly the same but perhaps let me download 500MB before it chokes the life out of me. Watching the initial speed is great but you know that the estimated download time will soon expand over the horizon as soon as the cap kicks in. As this is a temporary place of residence for me it's not the end of the world. As soon as i get sorted and settled though i will move to someone who does not cap or throttle, regardless of cost. I have heard BE are good.
Jobos Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 Bah! Not even scheduled Leicester yet Tell me about it.... but you still pay the new higher price while your waiting for it.
Gatt Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 That reminds me - must look out my TalkTalk details as I'm sure we bought an unlimited package, but they are now saying we got a 40GB a month pack which we keep going over and as of July we'll get charged £5 a month unless we upgrade to 80GB!
CESIL Posted June 10, 2009 Author Posted June 10, 2009 (edited) Tell me about it.... but you still pay the new higher price while your waiting for it. I am still paying the same price I paid for 2Mb...and my upgrade happened within 2 weeks of registering... Oh and I have been testing the speed on and off for the last 2 weeks and so far the lowest I have seen is just under 9Mbps, it is usually around 9.8Mbps. Thats with up to 4 users sharing the line as well! I guess I am not what they call a heavy user as I do all my 'big' downloads at work on the measly 4Mbps line that our LEA gives us. [EDIT] I have just looked at the timetable and our town is down for upgrade in July/August...why I got it so fast I don't know...not complaining though![/EDIT] Edited June 10, 2009 by CESIL
lionsl2005 Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 woo hooo. folloed my recent call on friday, 2day i have been up hraded to 10Mb frm 2 mb. http://www.speedtest.net/result/495466230.png"]http://www.speedtest.net/result/495466230.png[/url]
mant01 Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 is anyone from the bolton area. I registered for my upgrade and a couple of weeks ago noticed that bolton were ready for the 10mb link. I rebooted my modem and noticed it jumped up to 5mb but not 10mb....strangeness!!!!
sjatkn Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 I download Linux images, Technet stuff, games from my Metaboli subscription and more and on the 2MB line i am using at the moment it only takes a couple of hundred MB before i am halved in speed at least. I suspect the 10mb will do exactly the same but perhaps let me download 500MB before it chokes the life out of me. Take a look here for the traffic management policy Virgin Media uses (Traffic management - Help - Virgin Media).
kmount Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 is anyone from the bolton area. I registered for my upgrade and a couple of weeks ago noticed that bolton were ready for the 10mb link. I rebooted my modem and noticed it jumped up to 5mb but not 10mb....strangeness!!!! Where are you seeing the 5mbit? (In the modem config or from real world testing?)
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