View Full Version : Virgin Media 100Mbps Broadband Officially Launches
bassethound
27-10-10, 11:17
As previewed by Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday, Virgin Media has announced its 100Mbps Internet service. From today, customers can pre-register for the service Virgin Media web site. The service will be live from December and the first areas to get it will be parts of London, the South East and Yorkshire. It will be rolled out to all of its 13 million customers through next year and continuing into 2012.
The headline speed means it takes over from itself as offering the fastest consumer service currently available, doubling the speed of its current 50Mbps service. The upload speed will by 10Mbps. Customers will be provided with a new modem and Wireless N router. The company said that this router is capable of handling up to 400Mbps, which it plans to roll out in the future.
Needless to say Neil Berkett, its chief executive officer was quite pleased with himself, stating that “The launch of our 100Mb service is a significant milestone in the UK’s broadband evolution and a vivid illustration of the power of our next generation network. From establishing the UK’s first ever broadband service in 2000 to the launch of 100Mb in 2010, in the space of just ten years, Virgin Media has led the greatest developments in digital Britain. The world of possibilities that broadband will enable is set to explode and we’re excited about the innovations we can bring to consumers in the next decade.”
The service will cost £45 a standalone product but this comes down to £35 a month if purchased in a bundle.
hehe cant wait to get a hold of that when its out in my area. was tested 50mb for them and hopefully 100mb when it comes out. upload speed of 10mb too :D wo0ot wo0ot
Cant see many people opting to pay £35 for 100MB, when 24 is goodenough for most people. On 8 here and its goodenough for me, can watch iplayer in hd no problem.
Cant see many people opting to pay £35 for 100MB, when 24 is goodenough for most people. On 8 here and its goodenough for me, can watch iplayer in hd no problem.
I'd pay that just for the 10mb upload!!! The 100mb download would just be a bonus. The 20mb I have here is good enough, but the 100 would be excellent. Just a shame that there's not vm available in my area :(
silverfox0786
05-12-10, 22:02
i have vm in my areas and my isp is allowed to use the fibre optics on it i'm with plusnet and i signed up for their fibre optic trials at the same priceplan i am on now
plusnet, my god I used them about 6/7 years back when they were the best back then.
I dropped them quick after getting a email from emi which contained a log with my ip... eek
I'd pay that just for the 10mb upload!!! The 100mb download would just be a bonus. The 20mb I have here is good enough, but the 100 would be excellent. Just a shame that there's not vm available in my area :(
I live in a town that VM cabelled many years ago the lazy sods forgot to do my road and have shown no inclination to do so, mind it doesnt stop them from sending me offers every other week:D
silverfox0786
06-12-10, 22:48
plusnet, my god I used them about 6/7 years back when they were the best back then.
I dropped them quick after getting a email from emi which contained a log with my ip... eek
they seem to be ok with me and if they wanna watch porn with me they can do caus ethats all they will log lol
na joking bout the porn
na joking bout the porn
you sure?!??! :p
silverfox0786
06-12-10, 23:45
you sure?!??! :p
i got content blocker on my router just in case my kids accidently browse to anything lol
my yougest is only 1.half and he thinks he is a computer wiz and my daughter sits ther tapping the keys like a true touch type secretary
infact she knows my iphone inside out and sits on it all day playing games and she is only 3
i got content blocker on my router just in case my kids accidently browse to anything lol
my yougest is only 1.half and he thinks he is a computer wiz and my daughter sits ther tapping the keys like a true touch type secretary
infact she knows my iphone inside out and sits on it all dy playing games and she is only 3
lol, know what you mean. My LO sits there watching the laptop when I sit typing at it with thorough interest. Yesterday we went out for lunch, and was sat there with so much interest at the phone. Put a cartoon on it for him, and he was well excited... Then, took a picture of him, and he was bursting with joy!!! lol... He's just not allowed to get too intense on phones :p hehe
silverfox0786
06-12-10, 23:51
lol, know what you mean. My LO sits there watching the laptop when I sit typing at it with thorough interest. Yesterday we went out for lunch, and was sat there with so much interest at the phone. Put a cartoon on it for him, and he was well excited... Then, took a picture of him, and he was bursting with joy!!! lol... He's just not allowed to get too intense on phones :p hehe
oh what can i tell you i delete about 250 pictures a day from my iphone cause my daughter sits there snapping away. although i'm the same will only let her use it as a gaming hub as i got her a psp though with respect to a phone then thats a big no no. even a little while ago today she kept pulling at my chin and sayin dad say cheese gonna need to delete them again lol
they seem to be ok with me and if they wanna watch porn with me they can do caus ethats all they will log lol
na joking bout the pornJust giving you a heads up ;) as I used them many moons ago & I wouldn't trust them with your logs personaly.
I see they advertise their BB as a northern Yorkshire thing but that's their call centre. I don't know who their parent company is now but back when I used them I seem to recall tracing them back to the USA & it was a big film company bla bla bla.
silverfox0786
10-12-10, 00:58
Just giving you a heads up ;) as I used them many moons ago & I wouldn't trust them with your logs personaly.
I see they advertise their BB as a northern Yorkshire thing but that's their call centre. I don't know who their parent company is now but back when I used them I seem to recall tracing them back to the USA & it was a big film company bla bla bla.
they are based in yourkshire now and they rent the lines from BT Broadband them self [the call centre personnel have a up north area accent]
tbh i been with them year and a half now and i'm happy with them and they have recently ben wining the uswitch awards and provider awards so i reckon they cleaned up thier act
Plusnet are a subsidiary of BT, wont use them as they traffic shape same as BT.
I'm on their 50 mbit service at the moment, an area where 100mbit isn't yet available, received an email yesterday that said,
You're already enjoying our speedy upload speeds but here's some great news for you.
Your uploads have just got even faster and it's absolutely free of charge!
Why should I care about upload speeds?
Every time you send an email, use V Stuff - our backup & storage service to upload files
and folders, share your holiday snaps on Facebook or even tweet, you're uploading.
What are we doing?
We're rolling out faster upload speeds on our fibre optic broadband and we're pleased to
say they're now available in your area. This is a free upgrade for all our customers.
Take a look at your new speed here:
Package M/L Download up to 10Mb, Upload Up to 1MB, double upload speed
Package XL Download up to 20 Mb, Upload up to 2Mb, More than double upload
Package XXL Download up to 50 Mb, Upload up to 5 Mb, More than tripple upload speed
How do I get them?
All you have to do to get the new speeds is switch your cable modem off at the wall,
wait 10 seconds and switch it back on again. It really is that easy!
We hope you enjoy your faster upload speeds.
I powered off my modem, went to speedtest.net, and as shown below I'm, now getting nearly 5mbps upload :)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1066335837.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
I'm on their 50 mbit service at the moment, an area where 100mbit isn't yet available, received an email yesterday that said,
You're already enjoying our speedy upload speeds but here's some great news for you.
Your uploads have just got even faster and it's absolutely free of charge!
Why should I care about upload speeds?
Every time you send an email, use V Stuff - our backup & storage service to upload files
and folders, share your holiday snaps on Facebook or even tweet, you're uploading.
What are we doing?
We're rolling out faster upload speeds on our fibre optic broadband and we're pleased to
say they're now available in your area. This is a free upgrade for all our customers.
Take a look at your new speed here:
Package M/L Download up to 10Mb, Upload Up to 1MB, double upload speed
Package XL Download up to 20 Mb, Upload up to 2Mb, More than double upload
Package XXL Download up to 50 Mb, Upload up to 5 Mb, More than tripple upload speed
How do I get them?
All you have to do to get the new speeds is switch your cable modem off at the wall,
wait 10 seconds and switch it back on again. It really is that easy!
We hope you enjoy your faster upload speeds.
I powered off my modem, went to speedtest.net, and as shown below I'm, now getting nearly 5mbps upload :)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1066335837.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Same here, I had 50MB installed last week, only costs me a fiver more than 20MB line :)
Cant see many people opting to pay £35 for 100MB, when 24 is goodenough for most people. On 8 here and its goodenough for me, can watch iplayer in hd no problem.
Depends. I used to be on VMs 20mbit service which was fine until they introduced traffic management.
I'm on the 50 service as it's totally 100% untraffic managed, no download usage limits hidden in fine print etc, to me that's worth it's weight in gold and something I would always pay extra for.
bobonthejob
16-12-10, 11:07
:( i want one.... im gonna call them now.
:( i want one.... im gonna call them now.
Lucky you if they're in your area... They have certain areas by me where they've got their kit. My house was built about 4 years ago, so they would've have the opportunity to install their kit ready for us, but didn't. So I am unable to get cable round here :( Would've loved to have had the opportunity to get 50mb :p (especially the 5mb upload, and no, not for file sharing, just fed up of slow uploads in general
bobonthejob
16-12-10, 11:32
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Woohoooooooooooooooo..... i got it :D
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Woohoooooooooooooooo..... i got it :D
how much u paying for it bobonthejob m8
bobonthejob
16-12-10, 11:43
£5 extra per month....
£20 one off activation....They said they have given me free installation ( lol - bull crap - they just wanna show that they are bending over backwards for me)...
Unlimitted traffic...no traffic control or throttling on upload or download.
so what is the final bill u pay then ?
surely not 5 pound a month,lol
bobonthejob
16-12-10, 11:52
lol.... i wish...
at the mo £36...
Thats TV, Braoadband and phone line....
wow 36 is very good, i pay 42 a month for unlimited phone calls 50 meg internet, and freeview tv with virgin hd box
bobonthejob
16-12-10, 11:58
yeah was on 31.... with i think phone - weekends and evenings...Never in the house. TV - Freeview....Broadband 20 Meg...was ...
Now its 50Meg.. :D
u done well there bob m8, nice one
bassethound
16-12-10, 13:23
Lucky sod need to move back to a Virgin area i cant moan to much i get unlimited o2 20Mbps for a £10 a month as long as i top up my mobile £10 every 3 months
plus the local exchange is at the end of my street i always max out my broadband LOL
Lucky sod need to move back to a Virgin area i cant moan to much i get unlimited o2 20Mbps for a £10 a month as long as i top up my mobile £10 every 3 months
plus the local exchange is at the end of my street i always max out my broadband LOL
You still have line rental on top of that tho don't you? Still, not a bad price. Just that an extra 30mb top would be nice :-p
Sent by my phone
bassethound
16-12-10, 14:01
Yes stuck with bt option 1:smash:
Bobonthejob did they have to visit your house to upgrade fro 20 to 50 i called to have this done they said they have to call round to enable, Too many work commitments so cancelled the upgrade just intrested thats all Thanks Alan
Bobonthejob did they have to visit your house to upgrade fro 20 to 50 i called to have this done they said they have to call round to enable, Too many work commitments so cancelled the upgrade just intrested thats all Thanks Alan
they came round with my modem and router and then said there u go set up the router and left me to setup my own router
bobonthejob
16-12-10, 15:07
Yeah...I got the enginer coming down on Monday AM....
I did asak about it...he said that he has done the installation for free.... yeah right...there was nothing to install....
The £20 was for activation...basically the virtual swtich needs to be enabled (activate the port im guessing).
Possibly will be getting the new cisco routers that are out there....
Yes stuck with bt option 1:smash:
They have now introduced home phone with "unlimited" calls for £13.99PCM, its def better than BT and you get to call europe for free as well.
bobonthejob
20-12-10, 11:43
:-( not to happy with it....
not getting max downloads...
not hitting near 50M for dowloads.... Several tests done and averaging 36M
Not hitting near 5M for uploads.... Serveral tests done and averaging 1.5M
:-( not to happy with it....
not getting max downloads...
not hitting near 50M for dowloads.... Several tests done and averaging 36M
Not hitting near 5M for uploads.... Serveral tests done and averaging 1.5M
Running sweet as here :D
bobonthejob
20-12-10, 13:18
Ok...just been on to tech support....
And done more tests....now getting download at 48-50mb/s :D
But Upload has not been upgraded in my area...Should be bumped up to 5Mb/s in the next month or so.
I also found out that off 200 peeps on my UBR...there is only 20 peeps who have 50MB lines...And the highest utilisation has been 60%...
Happy days......
Also ...only peer to peer and usenet traffic is monitored so to speak...and throttled at 50%... So even then 25Mb/s.... not bad :D
Hmmmm It's is very tempting.
I can't only get 2Mb on ADSL.
Or 37Mb on BT Infinity.
Too many choices, and all too much for me at the moment!!
Ok...just been on to tech support....
And done more tests....now getting download at 48-50mb/s :D
But Upload has not been upgraded in my area...Should be bumped up to 5Mb/s in the next month or so.
I also found out that off 200 peeps on my UBR...there is only 20 peeps who have 50MB lines...And the highest utilisation has been 60%...
Happy days......
Also ...only peer to peer and usenet traffic is monitored so to speak...and throttled at 50%... So even then 25Mb/s.... not bad :D
My usenet traffic hasn't been throttled ;) Use a provider that has SSL ;)
bassethound
20-12-10, 13:41
I never got throttled on my 50Mbps using newsgroups like sic said use SSL some even let you use different ports try astraweb
http://www.news.astraweb.com/index.html
virgin are throttling peoples account, i am on 50 and yesterday on a usenet group i was getting 20mb down. so they are definately monitoring people, and i have ssl encrypt, virgin are very sly like this, i think because 100 mg will come out, and then 50 wont be unlimited, i will gurantee u this will happen
I'm with Usenetserver, had no throttling at all.
https://accounts.usenetserver.com/register/index.php?rate=50&a_aid=uns&a_bid=a76dfb83&gclid=CLOEsvnv-qUCFQJO4Qodvz-sow
bobonthejob
20-12-10, 13:53
Yeah....im also using usenet....newsdemon....
The guy did say that not many people use the 50Mb/s connections and doesnt feel it would be a good move for virgin to cap futher....THe throttleing is for between 4pm and 9pm...
i thought they arnt supposed to throttle at all on 50 meg
and i use supernews as my serv and nzbmatrix for my stuff
although i only have a pappy 8meg aol connection ( no cable here ) and my connection is supposed to be on a 40 gig per month cap. i have never once experienced throttling. and i download upwards of 100 gig per day.
Ok...just been on to tech support....
And done more tests....now getting download at 48-50mb/s :D
But Upload has not been upgraded in my area...Should be bumped up to 5Mb/s in the next month or so.
I also found out that off 200 peeps on my UBR...there is only 20 peeps who have 50MB lines...And the highest utilisation has been 60%...
Happy days......
Also ...only peer to peer and usenet traffic is monitored so to speak...and throttled at 50%... So even then 25Mb/s.... not bad :D
I wasn't aware there was any traffic management on their 50 mbit service???
Mind you, I use SSL for my newsgroup access.
Checks virgins t&c ......Hmm it says traffic managemnent applies to all packages with regards to file sharing, then again, if you look at the page linked below, under what package is restricted when, it says N/A under the 50 mbit ones.
http://shop.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-management/traffic-management-policy.html
For customers who have had their upload speeds increased
Customers with Broadband size: XXL (50Mb) – your downstream usage excluding file sharing traffic (see below) remains unaffected and we'll soon be increasing your upload speeds from 1.5Mb to 5Mb. However during peak times we'll need to slow you back to 1.75Mb if your upload usage is particularly high.
......................
At peak times we also slow down the speed of file sharing traffic – that's services like Limewire, Gnutella, BitTorrent and Newsgroup (Usenet) traffic. You will, of course, still be able to use these services, but downloads and uploads will take longer during these peak periods.
So it looks like they do restrict it after all, learn something new every day.
virgin are throttling peoples account, i am on 50 and yesterday on a usenet group i was getting 20mb down. so they are definately monitoring people, and i have ssl encrypt, virgin are very sly like this, i think because 100 mg will come out, and then 50 wont be unlimited, i will gurantee u this will happen
Last night I downloaded over 40 gig via supernews with SSL, zero throttling took place for me.
Maybe it depends on how many people are subscribed to each hub (or whatever they're called) as I've heard some are over subscribed and Virgin struggle to provide them with the max speed, maybe it's the over subscribed ones that are cut?
Personally the reason I pay what I pay is to be able to download what I want, when I want. I can go 3 weeks with no file downloading at all , just browsing, youtube and online gaming. Then I might need 25GB ASAP and I expect (and so far receive) it at the speed I pay for.
Mind you, I fully expect them to throttle their 50 service when 100 becomes widely available, forcing us to upgrade to keep our unlimited service.
bobonthejob
29-12-10, 13:41
I've just had a right barmy with Virgil.
I've just bought a belkin playmax router and wanted to continue to use this.
I've been provided with a super hub. I'm not overly pleased with the firmware on it.
What did you guys get? What modem is compatible with the 50mb connection?
Cant remember what they gave me, in the attic somewhere. I use my netgear WNR3500 with zero problems.
Just don't tell them if you ever have to phone up. Not because they don't allow it, just their script reading support staff will simply spout off that they don't support other routers, even when the fault is obviously nothing to do with it, such as the modem it's self not syncing.
So I have the virgin VMNG300 modem connected to my Netgear router
bobonthejob
30-12-10, 17:42
Ive just had a look at some googled sites...seems that the super HUB i have is future proof...Apparently the Modems VMNG300 and the V2....wont go pass the 50Mb connections.
The super Hub supports the 100Mb connection too...
I still am peaved because i have my own router...and wanted to use it. When i called them...they said that there is no modem that supports the 50Meg line.... What a lie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Got an engineer booked in for the 4th Jan.... Separate modem on its way...woohoo.
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