[drummerjohn]

Originally Posted by Fmrl

Ah, so it was a troll post then

Didn't think of it like that. I do have Be & VM. I just wish we could have the best of both worlds or strik a happy medium.

[alphaomega16]

This is my VM atm. the big red bar is because I had to allow ICMP.

[Germinator]

Originally Posted by aymank

I had 50mb bb from virgin but called last week to 'leave' in which they offered me reduced price and also double my speed early to 100mb.

Installed this morning and getting around 95 on the newsgroups

Wait until 4pm comes when your speed drops to 70mb/s then to 38mb/s to 44mb/s come 8pm to 2am. This was happening to me and it was not traffic management I was hitting, downgraded to 30mb/s and my speeds are flawless in the evening. The VM network cannot handle 100mb/s.

[alphaomega16]

March / April quoted for me, my area has been upgraded for at least 2 weeks so tomorrow I am gonna phone them and I am going to refuse to speak to anyone that I cannot understand. I am not gonna be paying £35 a month for 100mb tier when I am getting 50mb still and that package is only £27.

[lee667]

had mine upgraded to 60mb today. Just need to get a new wireless adaptor for the OH laptop as it can't handle the speed.

[deekc]

I'm going to be downgrading next week, despite being on 100mb/s, I can only manage 25mb/s max at the best of times. This is usually in the early hours of the morning. The rest of the time it averages 10mb/s

[Fmrl]

Bank Holidays seem to be a problem for VM...

[drummerjohn]

Originally Posted by Fmrl

Bank Holidays seem to be a problem for VM...

Yep, see same here - their network can't cope and they haven't even upgraded the majority yet.

[Fmrl]

Strange how it suddenly went back to normal at just after midnight...

If the problem was related to the volume of customer traffic then I thought it'd look more like a bell curve

[drummerjohn]

Like this (last 24hours)...

[Steve170]

Is the page that tells you when you're being upgraded working for anyone else? Fast UK broadband | Increase your broadband speed with Virgin Media

I've been trying it for a few weeks, but just get an empty image thing after putting in my postcode.

[drummerjohn]

Originally Posted by Steve170

Is the page that tells you when you're being upgraded working for anyone else? Fast UK broadband | Increase your broadband speed with Virgin Media

I've been trying it for a few weeks, but just get an empty image thing after putting in my postcode.

It's never worked for me. I have had fibre optic service since Oct 2011 - but it tells me VM don't cover the area.

Sounds like yours is for a different reason though.

[Fmrl]

Originally Posted by Steve170

Is the page that tells you when you're being upgraded working for anyone else? Fast UK broadband | Increase your broadband speed with Virgin Media

I've been trying it for a few weeks, but just get an empty image thing after putting in my postcode.

It plays an embedded video (pretty pointless iMO) so perhaps your browser isn't configured to support this?

[Steve170]

Originally Posted by Fmrl

It plays an embedded video (pretty pointless iMO) so perhaps your browser isn't configured to support this?

It worked way back when they first announced it and I think my area was quoted as July (it played the silly video of the guy pointing to the date). I've tried Safari, Firefox and Chrome but none work now.

[Lleyton]

Originally Posted by Fmrl

Bank Holidays seem to be a problem for VM...

and weekends ... come midnight on a Sunday and all is back to normal

[Lleyton]

Originally Posted by Steve170

It worked way back when they first announced it and I think my area was quoted as July (it played the silly video of the guy pointing to the date). I've tried Safari, Firefox and Chrome but none work now.

works OK here using waterfox mate.

[nickp8]

Rang to cancel. They said they could upgrade me to 100mb immediately and do £5 discount per month.
Few minutes later the modem rebooted and I was upgraded from 50mb to 100mb.

[Fmrl]

Originally Posted by nickp8

Rang to cancel. They said they could upgrade me to 100mb immediately and do £5 discount per month.
Few minutes later the modem rebooted and I was upgraded from 50mb to 100mb.

Result!

With all the disruption over the weekend I bet VM are feeling a bit apologetic at the moment.

[alphaomega16]

I am now upgraded, tested speed through the Gif thread in GC so thought id try steam but it caps at 5mb/s huh

and omfg nick 5ms ping with 105 and 4.7

still getting 20-30 pings here and barely go over 30.

Anyone on 100mb actually get that through steam.

[deekc]

Not looking good...

[nickp8]

Originally Posted by alphaomega16

and omfg nick 5ms ping with 105 and 4.7

still getting 20-30 pings here and barely go over 30.

Anyone on 100mb actually get that through steam.

Speedtest.net chooses the nearest server so ping results are low.

On BT Wholesale fibre speed test I get DL: 105.41Mbps, UL: 4.81Mbps and PING: 37.68ms

BT Speed Tester Lite (Beta)

[wormvortex]

Originally Posted by nickp8

Speedtest.net chooses the nearest server so ping results are low.

On BT Wholesale fibre speed test I get DL: 105.41Mbps, UL: 4.81Mbps and PING: 37.68ms

BT Speed Tester Lite (Beta)

It doesn't for me. My nearest server is in my town apparently but it ops for one some 60odd miles away in London.

[bigtruck]

Just had mine done, was expecting more from the upload speed?

Edit - just tried d/l something via newsgroup & I'm getting 7.47MB/S there.

[drummerjohn]

Originally Posted by bigtruck

Just had mine done, was expecting more from the upload speed?

The upload will remain the same until the VM network is upgraded.

See here...
download speeds doubled but upload not upgraded re... - Help & Support Forum

[asimm]

Originally Posted by bigtruck

Just had mine done, was expecting more from the upload speed?



Edit - just tried d/l something via newsgroup & I'm getting 7.47MB/S there.

What area are you in? If you are in Kent I will contact VM.

[bigtruck]

I'm oop north mate

[drummerjohn]

Originally Posted by asimm

What area are you in? If you are in Kent I will contact VM.

Are you saying that VM are lying and it is perfectly possible for them to raise the upload speed prior to the network upgrade?

Do you work for VM or have some influence?

Sorry - I am little confused by your post.

[CrucialM500]

I cant see Virgin upgrading the upload speed until the upgrades have been made, if they do the network may not cope.

Technically they could do it if 100Mbit was available in the area prior to the upgrades, not many people need a 10mbit upload and as the upgrades are free I'd be happy to wait, then again I'm an original 100mbit customer.

[bigtruck]

Hmm, not great that, worse than I remember the 20mb being.

[Fmrl]

I notice from my latest bill that VM have been a bit sneaky and added an extra £5 per month for the speed increase (moot point at the moment as I've still got credit) - in a month or so I might go back to 30/3 and just wait for the official upgrade.