Virgin Media Discussion Thread

[oHUTCHYo]

Whats that? I looked at bt infinity, due to my area end of dec. sorely tempted i must say

 

[Locky]

tbh I think that FTTC is far far better than anything that VM can offer, their service looks extremely poor.

 

[Efour]

tbh I think that FTTC is far far better than anything that VM can offer, their service looks extremely poor.

VM is only crap cos in most areas the infrastructure is ~20 years old.
Im not defending them. Moving in a heartbeat when i can.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

VM is only crap cos in most areas the infrastructure is ~20 years old.
Im not defending them. Moving in a heartbeat when i can.

I don't know anybody who has a problem in Stoke On Trent and an 'engineer' told me it was because we were still using the old Cable & Wireless infrastructure which is superior for some reason.

 

[Sp00n]

 

[KIA]

Vote with your feet.

 

[Locky]

VM is only crap cos in most areas the infrastructure is ~20 years old.
Im not defending them. Moving in a heartbeat when i can.

Nothing that upgrading the back-haul wouldn't fix, end of the day fibre is fibre and coax is...

 

[j_walsh]

Be suprised if Virgin ever upgrade their back-haul. Seem to just spread the load - im shocked people not in contract put up with it tbh.

 

[SkeeterUK]

tbh I think that FTTC is far far better than anything that VM can offer, their service looks extremely poor.

I may be wrong but i assume VM is using FTTC with coax from the cabinet to the home which isnt much different from BT except they use a normal copper phone cable instead of coax tho coax isnt that much different i think is it.

 

[KIA]

I may be wrong but i assume VM is using FTTC with coax from the cabinet to the home which isnt much different from BT except they use a normal copper phone cable instead of coax tho coax isnt that much different i think is it.

We're talking available bandwidth.

 

[j_walsh]

Virgin is fibre to the node, and then coax to local cabs / homes.

 

[ChrisD.]

If you go over 5gb before 9pm you will be speed capped...

Wasn't anywhere near 5GB mate.

Getting 4.3MB at the moment from Usenet, hardly downloaded anything today.

I'm starting to get fed up, ADSL24 is looking ever tempting.

 

[Sp00n]

I wish I could change to adsl, but I can't go back to 2mbit

 

[Locky]

there is nothing wrong with how virgin deploy the connection (fibre and coax) it's their policy on letting people rot on crap connections, low available bandwidth and no back haul upgrades, and tell customers to do one when they complain or flob them off with never ending fix dates.

 

[ChrisD.]

I wish I could change to adsl, but I can't go back to 2mbit

It wouldn't be ADSL, it's be one of their Fibre packages.

Someone posted a Thinkbroadband shot of their connection and it looks sublime. Also peak usage figures are in black and white on their website, off peak is unlimited.

 

[englishpremier]

If you go over 5gb before 9pm you will be speed capped...

I just signed up with VM on their XXL package.

I thought that is isn't any traffic shaping at all on this package?

http://help.virginmedia.com/system/...R_TYPE=Cable&CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=2781

 

[MOOGLEYS]

I just signed up with VM on their XXL package.

I thought that is isn't any traffic shaping at all on this package?

http://help.virginmedia.com/system/...R_TYPE=Cable&CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=2781

It all depends how subscribed your area is. If there are a lot of users it will be managed heavily.

Virgin's T&C are the biggest lie on the internet if you ask me...

 

[KIA]

I thought that is isn't any traffic shaping at all on this package?

All file sharing traffic is shaped at certain times.

 

[englishpremier]

but video traffic such as iplayer, or VPN traffic isn't shaped?

 

[MOOGLEYS]

but video traffic such as iplayer, or VPN traffic isn't shaped?

Its on total download amount not type. If you go over what they feel is a fair usage amount it will be capped.