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KIA · 25 Mar 2011 at 14:23

rG-tom said:
Also, going from 1.5 to 10mb upload will be massively helpful for game servers etc. and uploading finished photoshoots

and seeding.

medley · 25 Mar 2011 at 14:27

Still on 10mb. Argh

Might upgrade to 30mb. Currently pay £25 a month for 10mb. Only £28 for 30mb

Tuvoc · 25 Mar 2011 at 15:58

I'm on 20Mb but will not upgrade until the Superhub issues are properly sorted

medley · 25 Mar 2011 at 20:36

Is this superhub issue mostly with people using wireless or is it with wired too?

Tuvoc · 25 Mar 2011 at 20:41

From what I've read, wireless is almost always a problem, but with wired it is sometimes OK and sometimes not. Depends on how good the engineer is who installs it in terms of getting the line levels right (non-technical term). Seems that the Superhub is far more sensitive to the line attenuation/noise settings or something than the old separate modems were. Someone else can probably advise better than me...

medley · 25 Mar 2011 at 20:44

Ah right. Do you need a superhub for the 30MB service?

Tuvoc · 25 Mar 2011 at 21:40

They are giving that out for 30Mb, yes

Treznor · 26 Mar 2011 at 00:01

Wireless will never be a good connection if you have several wireless devices, ethernet ***! No issues yet with my superhub, albeit its not been long, but I dont use wireless, will let you guys know if I get any issues.

pieterclassens · 26 Mar 2011 at 08:03

Quick question : I currently have 50mb and wouldn't mind upgrading when they finally get to my corner of the world.

However, I am happy with my hardware setup (Virgin modem and Netgear WNDR3700 router).

Is there anything that states I MUST take the new Superhub if I want the upgrade?

Cheers,

PC.

KIA · 26 Mar 2011 at 09:41

pieterclassens said:
Is there anything that states I MUST take the new Superhub if I want the upgrade?

Yes, it contains the cable modem.

ci_newman · 26 Mar 2011 at 10:21

Treznor said:
Yeah its totally pointless really, 20 was enough, its funny how they market these speeds, there is no real reason for having this kind of bandwidth. It's going to take several years, until anything close to 100mb is actually needed for any kind of content that would require a 100mb connection

It is ample for general browsing and downloading, however higher broadband speeds allows a completely different market to emerge with IPTV and other OTTTV services finally being viable in the UK.

In the UK, you can only take proper subscription TV from one of two sources - Virgin CATV or Sky. Having an independent delivery mechanism (broadband) will allow for competing and new TV technology companies to be established in the mainstream.

Consider that other European countries are planning to release Gig to the home in the near future, for this very reason.

TigerUK · 26 Mar 2011 at 23:03

blimey 100 meg is crazy, not sure what use this would be for regular ghome users, possibly a great solution for internet cafe owners or small businesses.

I'm on 8meg now, considering a 20meg connection.

ci_newman · 27 Mar 2011 at 09:12

TigerUK said:
blimey 100 meg is crazy, not sure what use this would be for regular ghome users, possibly a great solution for internet cafe owners or small businesses.

I'm on 8meg now, considering a 20meg connection.

Did you completely ignore my post on purpose?

Mr-White · 27 Mar 2011 at 12:22

Mines already been upgraded to 100mb VM, BT infinity upto 40mb isn't upgraded till June :-/

MW

Broken Hope · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:05

fluff said:
Yes, it contains the cable modem.

His 50Mb currently uses a modem that should be capable of 100Mb though, so I'd personally try and get the upgrade without changing modem if possible.

bulldog147 · 28 Mar 2011 at 18:27

Reality|Bites said:
I really don't need anything faster than 50Mb. I download what I want, go away and boil the kettle and when I come back everything has downloaded lol.

Yeah very true. I am on L 10 Meg as it fastest enough don't need 30, 50 or 100 what the point ?

Treznor · 28 Mar 2011 at 18:38

bulldog147 said:
Yeah very true. I am on L 10 Meg as it fastest enough don't need 30, 50 or 100 what the point ?

There is no need for faster than about 20mb imo, I'm just impatient.

We are a long way off to have content that actually warrents and demands faster speeds, sure its nice to have the technology to allow for these things. However mobile broadband and crap copper lines, means that they still have to design content with lower bandwidth in mind

pespro · 28 Mar 2011 at 18:46

Would be a winner with just 50Mbps but no fair use policy.