Caporegime
Thought so. One was built with public money back in the day, the other is completely private is my understanding.Correct, it's a different line.
Thought so. One was built with public money back in the day, the other is completely private is my understanding.Correct, it's a different line.
Question for you guys. Currently have FTTC with BT (68Mbps downloads). When I check the Virgin Media website for my address, apparently I can sign up for the 350Mbps package. How is it that they can offer approx 5x the speed of BT over what is essentially the same line?
Ahh! I didn't realise that!It's not the same line. Virgin have their own networks, their own lines and boxes down your street and into your house. It's made of different cables and operates differently from BT, (and all the companies that operate over Openreach's ex-BT infrastructure).
Tried to cancel through their text service, but no dice. Just got through to their call centre and cancelled - They offered me the exact same offers as before. She said to call back 2 weeks into my cancellation period and ask if there are any further discounts available, as she said it is likely they could offer something better...
We shall see... for the time being, I’m now on my 30 days cancellation period.
@ik9000
For anyone that's interested how this turned out...
I got a call yesterday from Virgin Media, and I've gone with their offer of £36.00 for 350Mb Broadband. Saving myself £20 a month and getting an upgrade to 350Mb! Pretty happy with that
Thanks. Out of interest, in your area if you had to switch to another provider, what are your options?
I've notice Usenet being a lot slower recently; also on the 350Mbps package. Before COVID-19 (about 10 months worth of experience) usenet would always saturate my connection. Now it struggles past 10MB/sec (circa 85Mbps raw); number of connections, destination doesn't seem to alter this.
I wouldn't be suprised if VM are applying policies based on traffic; I'm 99% confident the issue is north of my modem.
Likewise, then realised I still had speed issues so had to play around with the ports.I moved Usenet provider instead
What upgrade
A paid for upgrade on your package or a free speed bump? The latter is due soon (its been mentioned on ispreview) but not heard anything concrete yet.
Sorry, should have explained. I called them up for a better price and I am moving from 100Mb to 350Mb.