Virgin Media Discussion Thread

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I'm torn between the offerings from Virgin, i'll be on my own, 1 computer, 4 devices on WiFi, wired Apple TV, 2 wired TV's. I do a lot of downloading and gaming, wondering if the VIVID 50 will be enough or whether i should go for the VIVID 100.
If you do a lot downloading you might find 50Mb limiting, I know I would. 100Mb is the lowest I would want to manage with.
 
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Yeah i download games often when i uninstall for space saving as they are gettting hefty these days even a 500gb ssd fills up in no time as a game drive. I also download files which weigh in at 50-70gb sometimes and even on 200mb i find it quite slow going!
 
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Yeah i download games often when i uninstall for space saving as they are gettting hefty these days even a 500gb ssd fills up in no time as a game drive. I also download files which weigh in at 50-70gb sometimes and even on 200mb i find it quite slow going!
Yes, exactly this. Gone are the days of 1GB game downloads and DVD installs.
 
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Don't need 500Mbps download, even 350Mbps is more than enough for most, it is the upload speed need to increase.
Definitely, which thankfully we've just had a small bump to 35Mb. I'm off to Sweden soon where for years they've had synchronous down/up so 400Mb upload as well as download and they pay comparatively around the same as us.
 
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https://www.virginmedia.com/shop/bundles/vip

Vivid 500 exclusive V.VIP bundle. Sad times

Does that mean you need all the other extra crap too to get it? I echo the comments of the others that they need to up their upload game.
I'm only on the 350Mbps package because the upload is the lowest I would deal with.

BT need to lower their SuperFast prices too as I would have switched if they could offer a decent deal on the 330MBps package, but VM was still cheap on the retentions deal.
 
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Well I'm on Vivid 350 and while my download doesn't seem to have changed I'm getting 35Mbps upload

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Well I'm on Vivid 350 and while my download doesn't seem to have changed I'm getting 35Mbps upload

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The download speed won't be changing for us 350mbps subscribers, the 500mbps tier is an additional tier above, the V'VIP package only.

For me, I'm not bothered about the extra 150mbps, I barely make use of 350 as it is.
 
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Well I'm on Vivid 350 and while my download doesn't seem to have changed I'm getting 35Mbps upload

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Same here, although I had to reboot my SH3 and then also change my QoS settings in the 3rd party router to make it work!

https://www.speedtest.net/result/8222892402.png

I'm glad they've upped the upload. Not that I use it much but when I stream stuff from Plex at least I know I'll have more bandwidth. I'd rather sacrifice some download to increase the download:upload ratio.
 
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The download speed won't be changing for us 350mbps subscribers, the 500mbps tier is an additional tier above, the V'VIP package only.

For me, I'm not bothered about the extra 150mbps, I barely make use of 350 as it is.
My download has actually increased slightly. Not to 500, but instead of the modem syncing at about 370, it's now just over 400.
 
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I don't know what to do with 150-200mbps or whatever I'm on 500mbps is mad. If you could convert unused bandwidth to currency I'd be a millionaire.
 
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I don't know what to do with 150-200mbps or whatever I'm on 500mbps is mad. If you could convert unused bandwidth to currency I'd be a millionaire.

That's what Virgin (and most other networks) do. They sell you the headline speed, expecting and planning that you won't use it all for 99 percent of the time, and that if you do, 99 percent of the other people with it won't be using it at the same time as you. If everyone did, the network would grind to a halt, hence over subscription meaning whole areas aren't getting the speed they are paying for.

It's Virgin that are making millions by selling that bandwidth and expecting it to be unused.
 
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