Virgin Media Discussion Thread

megatron · 16 Dec 2008 at 19:15

HEADRAT said:
Really looking forward to 50Meg, I always get 20Meg out of my current connection

I always download everything overnight.

Where do u download from? I've only seen speeds approaching 2000kb/s a couple of times.

Speed · 16 Dec 2008 at 19:17

Gamershell is pretty good at maxing out download speeds. There are quite a few places with good servers, you just need to find them.

Really wish the upload was more than 1.5Mb on this package. But I could see it coming miles off.

C64 · 16 Dec 2008 at 19:24

megatron said:
Where do u download from? I've only seen speeds approaching 2000kb/s a couple of times.

news.virginmedia.com +alt binz +nzb site

Duke · 26 Feb 2009 at 21:05

For anyone having speed issues with the Netgear dongle they provide, there is a driver update available - http://www.virginmedia.com/driverupdate

HEADRAT · 15 May 2009 at 07:48

Had my connection upgraded to 50Mbps, yummy:-

Astraweb seems to like

HEADRAT

OCdude · 15 May 2009 at 08:19

Hate you!

I'd upgrade, but i'm currently getting 20Mb for £25 and i don't think I can really warrant doubling my monthly broadband costs

HEADRAT · 15 May 2009 at 08:45

Well I have a phone line from them, the upgradge from 20Mbps to 50Mbps cost me £4.

Gavin · 15 May 2009 at 09:21

HEADRAT said:
Had my connection upgraded to 50Mbps, yummy:-

Astraweb seems to like

HEADRAT

which server you using for that, i cant get anything over 3MBps

Gavin · 15 May 2009 at 09:22

HEADRAT said:
Well I have a phone line from them, the upgradge from 20Mbps to 50Mbps cost me £4.

how so?

ive got the tv and phone and 20mb at the moment and it would cost me £15 more a month

deuse · 15 May 2009 at 09:52

HEADRAT said:
Well I have a phone line from them, the upgradge from 20Mbps to 50Mbps cost me £4.

I tried to get the 50Mb and I have XLTV with V+ box/XL phone
and 10Mb..they said £25 to me

I will try again today.

EDIT= Plus £30 for the modem.

wesley · 15 May 2009 at 09:57

I'm in st helens, anyone have any idea when 50mb be ready for my area

HEADRAT · 15 May 2009 at 11:28

Gavin said:
which server you using for that, i cant get anything over 3MBps

eu.secure.news.astraweb.com

Gavin said:
how so?
ive got the tv and phone and 20mb at the moment and it would cost me £15 more a month

No idea, I was paying £45.20 for some phone services and XL, this will rise £50 with XXL.

CK61938 · 15 May 2009 at 11:47

Virgin 50Meg is amazing...I loves it

currently I pay under £50 a month for it...and its all I use...no need for the TV and phone...

HEADRAT · 15 May 2009 at 14:43

Alex74 · 15 May 2009 at 14:52

HEADRAT said:

Nice..2.8 stars though?

HEADRAT · 15 May 2009 at 14:58

I guess that's an overall rating of the ISP, I've never had any bother with them.

davetherave2 · 15 May 2009 at 15:38

well I had mine upgraded a week or so ago and I get this connection

it's always nice to see stuff downloading at 6MB/s

Lemons_Mufc · 15 May 2009 at 15:44

Damn, im currently on 20meg and thats extremely fast, couldnt imagine 50meg :eek:

Phemo · 15 May 2009 at 16:08

Glad it's ok for some people

I've had it installed just over 2 weeks now and it's absolutely pathetic for me. Haven't seen speeds over 900KB/sec for 2 weeks and now I'm just left with severe packet loss rendering the connection useless. Will be cancelling it later since nobody at Virgin seems to be able to give me any idea of what's going on. The worst thing is this exact issue seems to be very very common across the country, though clearly it doesn't affect everyone.

HEADRAT · 15 May 2009 at 16:09

Speedtest ain't too reliable is it