Virginmedia expected to make their 50mb announcement today

sja360 · 23 Jan 2009 at 18:50

malef!c said:
Its quite amusing - all through the newsgroups when the 50Mb was announced, the so called management were in there saying no throttling would be introduced as it was on the new docsis so the network would be fine.....

And now we read all the posts in here......classic VM.

as far as i know they arent managed yet. all the posts in here seem to lead towards issues getting the 50Mbp in the first place.

Ice Tea · 24 Jan 2009 at 00:32

@Meatball

Did you sort your speed issues ?

Drukk · 24 Jan 2009 at 14:00

Its blatantly obvious they will introduce throttling for 50mb. Why would they not? Don't see the point in having a 50mb connection. I save my money and just download over night with a 10mb line.

Jabbs · 24 Jan 2009 at 14:08

Atm i am getting 20 meg for £22 a month i can't see the point in shelling out £30 more for 50 meg, my con here is fantastic full speeds all the time apart from stm.

Meatball · 25 Jan 2009 at 10:39

Ice Tea said:
@Meatball

Did you sort your speed issues ?

Yeah things seem to have settled down now. Getting 45mb-50mb average throughout the day now.

Ice Tea · 25 Jan 2009 at 10:44

Did you have to call Virginmedia to sort it out or did it settle down on it's own as my friend is on the Hayes server and he has the same problem with speeds jumping about.

snakeater · 25 Jan 2009 at 14:13

Can't get it where I live, but at that price, I wouldn't be shelling out for it anyway.

I'm not even sure our wireless G router could cope with it?

Dave85 · 25 Jan 2009 at 17:05

hence they send you a wireless N router free

Meatball · 25 Jan 2009 at 19:31

Ice Tea said:
Did you have to call Virginmedia to sort it out or did it settle down on it's own as my friend is on the Hayes server and he has the same problem with speeds jumping about.

It seems to have sorted itself out. Just done a test now (Peak time) and got:

40ms ping
50201mbit download
1650mbit upload

so spot on what I should be getting. I've been testing every now and again everyday and different times and have been getting solid results for a week or so. I think it was an initial teething problem.

snakeater said:
I'm not even sure our wireless G router could cope with it?

You get a Netgear router Wireless-N

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Ice Tea · 25 Jan 2009 at 22:51

Thanks Mr MeatBall

I've told him to give it a week or so and see how it goes before calling Virginmedia.He also has a ping over 40ms i'm not sure if thats correct for 50mb but it can't be good for gaming.

I get my 50mb installed next week

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Daegan · 25 Jan 2009 at 23:19

Ice Tea said:
He also has a ping over 40ms i'm not sure if thats correct for 50mb but it can't be good for gaming.

40ms is fine for any kind of gaming.

Ice Tea · 25 Jan 2009 at 23:21

seems high when you consider 20mb was 10ms ?

yashiro · 25 Jan 2009 at 23:40

Who gets a 10ms ping to the actual server?
It's usually 10ms to your UBR before you even leave Virgin.

Meatball · 25 Jan 2009 at 23:51

My ping always averages around 40ms, although I am using wireless

. Can't see that making too much of a difference.

Ice Tea · 26 Jan 2009 at 06:23

i'm an idiot i'm thinking of the ping to Virginmedia via the UBR and not the ping to sites/servers outside the network.

QlimaxUK · 26 Jan 2009 at 17:14

theres mine (20mb) nice 15ms ping but have seen it at 10ms before though (rare)

EDIT:

done it! 10ms

but slow d/l speed for some reason

Rab · 26 Jan 2009 at 20:17

just ordered the 50mb today, £10 more aint that bad

QlimaxUK · 26 Jan 2009 at 20:38

IT IS BAD!