Virgin Media Discussion Thread

[KnightStalker]

I know certantly a few years ago you had to, but seen as other companys do internet on their own, so i cant see why Virgin wouldnt to be honest.

 

[Ph4lanx]

I might be interested if that's the case.

 

[KnightStalker]

I might be interested if that's the case.

Actually looking at the site, You can have it without any phone or TV but you pay a lot more than a customer with the phone/tv.

On its own

*
Broadband XXL

£33 a month
for 3 months
£38 after that*
But looking again the star then leads to this *Plus a Virgin Phone line for £11.99 a month. Very confusing, best to ring and ask them to be honest.

 

[Danger Phoenix]

When I ordered mine a few months ago, I found it was cheaper for the first 12 months to actually order the phone line too - the socket is there but no phone plugged in

 

[snow patrol]

service is amazing thus far. as i type this utorrent is downloading at 5.6 MB/s and internet browsing is still lighting quick!

 

[Psycho Sonny]

service is amazing thus far. as i type this utorrent is downloading at 5.6 MB/s and internet browsing is still lighting quick!

what settings do you use in utorrent?

 

[Ph4lanx]

What kind of speeds to you reckon I can expect? I'm on a package at the moment which is supposedly up to 24mbit/sec but I usually get from 8-10mbit/sec from it due to my distance from the exchange. Would I get a decent speed from Virgin?

 

[SinaiSound]

What kind of speeds to you reckon I can expect? I'm on a package at the moment which is supposedly up to 24mbit/sec but I usually get from 8-10mbit/sec from it due to my distance from the exchange. Would I get a decent speed from Virgin?

The speed is pretty much a given

In so much that if you can find a source that will give you 50Mbit, that's what you'll get

The most I can get on mine is 5.98MB/sec when I should theoretically be getting 6.4MB/sec, but cba with complaining

 

[snow patrol]

what settings do you use in utorrent?

120 global connections and 80 per torrent. But i'm using trackers which have very fast uploaders...

 

[Rainmaker]

The most I can get on mine is 5.98MB/sec when I should theoretically be getting 6.4MB/sec, but cba with complaining

I wondered about this too, until I realised different news clients gave different speed readings - even from the same server, on the same NZB, at the same time of day. From what I could gather from the devs, it comes down to a difference between mebibytes/sec and megabytes/sec.

5.98 mebibytes/sec is equal to 6.27 megabytes/sec, aka 50.16 megabits/sec, which is bang on what we should be seeing. This is why some news clients (eg Newsbin Pro) show 6.x MB/sec whereas others (eg Newsleecher, AltBinz) show "only" 5.9 to 6.0 MB/sec. What they actually mean to say is 5.9 MiB/sec (mebibytes). Simples. Sort of... LOL

 

[Ph4lanx]

Wow, I had no idea cable broadband could be so much more reliable than ADSL. So basically if you sign up for 50mbit, you get 50mbit?

 

[mp260767]

It's been **** in Telford recently

oh don't say that, in the process of looking at buying somewhere here.

tho admitadly the virgin website lists the house to the left and to the right with availability but doesnt have the one i'm looking at on there .

 

[Ph4lanx]

I am so tempted to get this service. So do they throttle the lines in the slightest? I mean, is there a download cap or something and then you get punched down to a slower speed? Or is it just the usual acceptable use system?

 

[Rainmaker]

I am so tempted to get this service. So do they throttle the lines in the slightest? I mean, is there a download cap or something and then you get punched down to a slower speed? Or is it just the usual acceptable use system?

Lower products (20Mbps, 10Mbps) have traffic management/throttling, called STM, yes. The 50 meg product however has no limits of the kind. We're regularly munching through 500GB to 1TB a month with no issues, and get 50 megs 24/7.

 

[oli356]

Lower products (20Mbps, 10Mbps) have traffic management/throttling, called STM, yes. The 50 meg product however has no limits of the kind. We're regularly munching through 500GB to 1TB a month with no issues, and get 50 megs 24/7.

Pretty much.http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/internet/traffic.html

Shows the traffic management for the 10Meg and 20 Meg users. As it shows 50 has none. And no monthly download limit so .

Dad rang up VM today - they couldn't do anything without raising the price. So in the end it was either the 20 meg or the 50 meg.
20 for umm £82 ish or the 50meg for £90. So 50 is being fitted next Thursday with a £30 installation and free router etc (might get rid of current N one then, not to sure)

So deal made with dad is i got to pay the £8 difference from the 20meg to the 50.

The guy was amazed how much we downloaded. He said 873GB in the last something, guessing its year... then 120GB in the last month. Was like no idea what you could be downloading, never seen that.
I started to laugh lol -

 

[Rainmaker]

The guy was amazed how much we downloaded. He said 873GB in the last something, guessing its year... then 120GB in the last month. Was like no idea what you could be downloading, never seen that.
I started to laugh lol -

Are you sure? I often download that per DAY.

 

[oli356]

Are you sure? I often download that per DAY.

Haha he was gutted, said most people dl 10-20gb p/m

What made me lol is that he was surprised about how its possible (pc) im like uhh 1tb hdd *** lol

Hope the 50 meg is worth it

 

[MiNxYyY]

Im on 50mb, i dont get any capping, and i have full speed 24/7

Currently downloading from giganews at insane speeds.

 

[beermonster]

My 50meg is coming tomorrow, whats the wifi router they supply is it any good?

 

[Werewolf]

IIRC at the moment it's a dlink dir 615