Virgin Media Discussion Thread

Van Diemen · 24 Apr 2012 at 13:57

Just installed the Asus RT-N56U router. looks like a nice bit of kit. internet seems a lot stable than on the SuperHub.

I can't seem to get the Think Broadband Quality Monitor working, I just get a red graph, anybody here know what setting I need to change on the router?

EDIT: all working now

Wyrdo · 24 Apr 2012 at 14:40

So much better than it's been the last 6 months, not sure what's going on with my minimum ping though, has gone up a bit. Still, I'd rather have that than all the bloody packet loss I was getting.

Nymins · 24 Apr 2012 at 15:59

Anyone in Northern Ireland got the upgrade yet? Just checked "My Virgin Media" today and it says that my area has been upgraded and I should be getting the increase soon.

Rameses · 24 Apr 2012 at 16:22

Anyone able to use the doublespeed website on VM, was hoping to check when I might receive the 100mb boost but I've tried over 2 weeks now and its still broken after I input my PC? :/

http://doublespeed.virginmedia.com/

marc2003 · 24 Apr 2012 at 16:28

the site works fine for me. (tested in IE9 and waterfox)

Sp00n · 24 Apr 2012 at 17:54

Works fine for me also in chrome, waterfox, IE9, firefox.

KnightStalker · 24 Apr 2012 at 19:52

Right guys, according to the VM site, we have been upgraded to the 100mb, got the superhub already and i have rebooted it, still not showing as 100mb in any speedtest or downloading, still maxing out at 50mb - 5up, is there anything else that needs to be done that ive missed? Using the DIR 615 aswell so not sure if that affects it.

Nick1881 · 24 Apr 2012 at 20:23

Nick1881 said:
Mine ATM

Now with BT Infinity about 78mb.

Martynt74 · 24 Apr 2012 at 20:33

Well i tested last night using Pingtest and got a rating of D. Installed the Asus 56u router and put the superhub in Modem only mode and got a score of B+

Very happy with that

zpos · 24 Apr 2012 at 21:28

Never seen this pingtest test before. Just tried it and got a pingtest of 27ms and 12ms jitter. Overall rating is A.

ChrisD. · 24 Apr 2012 at 21:56

12ms jitter is poor.

LewisStuart · 24 Apr 2012 at 23:07

KnightStalker said:
Right guys, according to the VM site, we have been upgraded to the 100mb, got the superhub already and i have rebooted it, still not showing as 100mb in any speedtest or downloading, still maxing out at 50mb - 5up, is there anything else that needs to be done that ive missed? Using the DIR 615 aswell so not sure if that affects it.

Mine was the same, its now just went to 100mb without reboot (Glenrothes ubr)

still on 5mb up tho.

Wyrdo · 25 Apr 2012 at 08:45

MilanoChris said:
12ms jitter is poor.

Good for Virgin though

marc2003 · 25 Apr 2012 at 08:53

5ms here.

mrk · 25 Apr 2012 at 08:54

3ms here..

Martynt74 · 25 Apr 2012 at 09:39

marc2003 said:
5ms here.

Does it depend on location? As i see you're much closer to the server than me. Either way i'm happy enough with mine (not that i can remember the individual scores)

KIA · 25 Apr 2012 at 10:37

Marvt74 said:
Does it depend on location? As i see you're much closer to the server than me. Either way i'm happy enough with mine (not that i can remember the individual scores)

Ping, yes, jitter, not really.

A congested UBR will increase the amount of jitter.

Nexus18 · 25 Apr 2012 at 11:14

This is mine:

Using the superhub and a TL-WN722N adapter.

Should be getting 60MB download but anything connected wirelessy isn't, only get around 20-30MB

, thanks to the crappy superhub no doubt.

spaceman · 25 Apr 2012 at 21:00

it looks like Tilbury got the doubled speed in the last day or two.

will the upload be doubling again? i'm only on 60mb, but still with the 3mb upload i had with 30mb.

Nymins · 25 Apr 2012 at 21:10

The upload will be doubled shortly after the download.