Virgin Media Discussion Thread

spoffle · 4 Oct 2015 at 16:51

thebennyboy said:
Virgin were a joke when i was in uni, always slowing to a crawl in the evenings. Certainly allows them to take the **** with the 'Up to' 100Mbps.

Anyone who genuinely believes they will get 200Mbps all the time is on another planet, Virgin is plagued with congestion and this will only make it worse.

BT is expensive and only offers 80Mbps but it seems to be something they actually have the capability to deliver, unlike Virgin.

Since I've had my upgrade I've been getting a pretty consistent 210Mb...

What planet am I on then?

Sparx said:
That was all of our misguided thoughts, after VM trialled 300Mb. However it seems they decided not to rollout 300Mb and went with the crap outlined already..

Crap?

HPTL7 said:
Oh well, Better then nothing
Or is it...

Than, not then.

chroniclard · 4 Oct 2015 at 16:53

Not too bad in my area, pretty much consistently get the full speed in all the years I have been with VM(and NTL previously).

Sparx · 4 Oct 2015 at 16:57

spoffle said:
Crap?

Crap meaning the 200Mb speeds when 300Mb was expected due to the trial.

Not that I care, I don't have Virgin cable in my area...

Finners · 4 Oct 2015 at 17:35

I have spells when my ping to my mumble server and a particular uk BF4 server I play a lot on is high. Lasts about a week and happens every couple of months on average.

Just done a trace route to my mumble server and is routing me through Europe it seems, what would cause this?

Tracing route to sherlock.mymumble.com [209.222.30.85]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 6 ms 8 ms 7 ms cosh-core-2b-xe-012-0.network.virginmedia.net [8
6.6.35.113]
4 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms brnt-bb-1c-ae17-0.network.virginmedia.net [80.3.
160.250]
5 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms ae10-xcr1.lnd.cw.net [195.2.9.149]
6 17 ms 18 ms 18 ms ae2-xcr1.hex.cw.net [195.2.24.158]
7 131 ms 129 ms 129 ms ldn-b3-link.telia.net [62.115.41.109]
8 139 ms 139 ms 143 ms vultr-ic-312912-ldn-b3.c.telia.net [62.115.58.26
]
9 131 ms 129 ms 128 ms 104.238.175.55.vultr.com [104.238.175.55]
10 129 ms 142 ms 128 ms sherlock.mymumble.com [209.222.30.85]

Different websites give me different locations based of the telia.net IP but they are all mainland Europe.

Any suggestions would be great, Dont feel like wasting my time ringing Virgin, I've done it in the past and they get me switching wifi channels even after I tell them im on a wired connection haha

Doug73458 · 4 Oct 2015 at 17:36

Has anyone else been experiencing really poor 3g connectivity of late?

Slam62 · 4 Oct 2015 at 17:39

Sparx said:
Crap meaning the 200Mb speeds when 300Mb was expected due to the trial.

Not that I care, I don't have Virgin cable in my area...

So why are you even in the thread?

Rabtech · 4 Oct 2015 at 17:39

I think I'll be phoning them for an early upgrade:
We’ll be in touch between July 2016 and December 2016 to tell you when your speed upgrade is ready.

Preston must be a gutter region to them these days.

neil_g · 4 Oct 2015 at 17:55

chroniclard said:
Dont bother with wired personally, everything wireless on the latest superhub ac is plenty quick enough.

PC has an AC adapter and maxes out the 150mb connection, waiting to see if it will max out 200mb

Range doesn't cover where my desktop is so rules out wireless from the hub.

spoffle · 4 Oct 2015 at 18:47

Sparx said:
Crap meaning the 200Mb speeds when 300Mb was expected due to the trial.

Not that I care, I don't have Virgin cable in my area...

It was expected based on rumours and trials. There was never anything officially stated. Trials are trials to see how it works.

300 would have great, but 200 is far from crap. I'm paying less than I have been for a few months for a faster connection.

RJC · 4 Oct 2015 at 18:49

Just had a look and my area should be ready by the end of November and hopefully be upgraded to 70mb.

Reality|Bites · 4 Oct 2015 at 19:25

Remember when we thought 1.5Mb was the business? lol

spoffle · 4 Oct 2015 at 19:28

Yes. I remember when I got my first "broadband" connection at 1Mb. I thought 120KB/s was ridiculous.

neil_g · 4 Oct 2015 at 19:44

ISDN was the dream.. Bonded was like utopia.

pokerking · 4 Oct 2015 at 23:21

Still on 100MB here, should change in November

dromi · 4 Oct 2015 at 23:43

So everyone on 100mb will get 150mb by default?

pokerking · 4 Oct 2015 at 23:46

dromi said:
So everyone on 100mb will get 150mb by default?

I think so, I downgraded from 150 2 months ago to save £13 a month, looks like im getting my old speed back

uvarvu · 5 Oct 2015 at 08:42

My postcode is ready which I found surprising and I've placed my order for the bump up to 200mb.

TwsT · 5 Oct 2015 at 09:48

Finners said:
I have spells when my ping to my mumble server and a particular uk BF4 server I play a lot on is high. Lasts about a week and happens every couple of months on average.

Just done a trace route to my mumble server and is routing me through Europe it seems, what would cause this?

Tracing route to sherlock.mymumble.com [209.222.30.85]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 6 ms 8 ms 7 ms cosh-core-2b-xe-012-0.network.virginmedia.net [8
6.6.35.113]
4 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms brnt-bb-1c-ae17-0.network.virginmedia.net [80.3.
160.250]
5 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms ae10-xcr1.lnd.cw.net [195.2.9.149]
6 17 ms 18 ms 18 ms ae2-xcr1.hex.cw.net [195.2.24.158]
7 131 ms 129 ms 129 ms ldn-b3-link.telia.net [62.115.41.109]
8 139 ms 139 ms 143 ms vultr-ic-312912-ldn-b3.c.telia.net [62.115.58.26
]
9 131 ms 129 ms 128 ms 104.238.175.55.vultr.com [104.238.175.55]
10 129 ms 142 ms 128 ms sherlock.mymumble.com [209.222.30.85]

Different websites give me different locations based of the telia.net IP but they are all mainland Europe.

Any suggestions would be great, Dont feel like wasting my time ringing Virgin, I've done it in the past and they get me switching WiFi channels even after I tell them im on a wired connection haha

This is my problem too but on CSGO.

I can connect to a Danish server at 25 ping
UK server i always play on 170 ping no choke no loss no variance just a couple of millisecond delay on shots registering.

I've done a trace route and I'm connecting via Germany at the moment.

I've re-installed windows and steam it's definitely not me

speed test and everything else is fine

Garfo · 5 Oct 2015 at 11:46

end of feb for me 200mb wooooooooooooooooo whooooooooooooooooooooo

happy days

Wingz · 5 Oct 2015 at 15:32

I was on the 300MB/20mb trial for 3 months but they ended it last week so i'm back to 152mb/10mb

Apparently I can upgrade to 200mb now but have to pay £5.99 delivery for the new superhub but i'm going to leave it for now.