Virgin Media increasing broadband speeds by 20 - 200% starting February

Subliminal Aura · 14 Jan 2012 at 14:16

Speed said:
Not the point I was making, Tingle's flatmates may not know how P2P works but at least they are seeding the torrents they download.

Leech not seed.... Seeders ruin broadband services for the rest of us. :mad:

RomanNose · 14 Jan 2012 at 14:17

Ace Modder said:
Ah, well I despise Torrents so upload doesn't really bother me.

I'm on VM 100mb service, no idea what the upload speed is, nor do I care to be honest. I don't upload enough to warrant needing faster.

I do upload photo's to the net, but as its a small file it takes seconds, even on just a 1mb upload service.

I need upload quite a bit as I stream upnp over my home vpn.

Dist · 14 Jan 2012 at 14:20

I use amazons free cloud drive for cloud backup (and the hope that amazon cloud player for my music will be available in the UK at some point), so for me if my connection goes from 30/3 to 60/6 then that will make a big impact on how long it takes me to backup.

bloodhunter · 14 Jan 2012 at 14:21

We just received an email from VM stating ours will be upgraded to 100meg so all i have to do now is wait.

TNGL · 14 Jan 2012 at 14:24

High upload speeds are also good for remote backup (as said above) and especially for home-workers who require a VPN to connect in to work.

Subliminal Aura said:
Leech not seed.... Seeders ruin broadband services for the rest of us.

No seeders = no file for people to download.
So it's a good job for torrent users that not everybody has the same approach to them as you do.

Speed · 14 Jan 2012 at 14:25

Tingle said:
No seeders = no file for people to download.
So it's a good job for torrent users that not everybody has the same approach to them as you do.

+ 1

I thought you knew how P2P worked Subliminal Aura! :confused:

simon22 · 14 Jan 2012 at 14:28

Awesome! I'm already on 10Mb/s but to be upgraded to 20 is fab.

10 for me is enough for everything. Only thing that sometimes bothers me is the throttle, but that's going to be increased now with the upgrade right?

Subliminal Aura · 14 Jan 2012 at 14:33

Tingle said:
No seeders = no file for people to download.
So it's a good job for torrent users that not everybody has the same approach to them as you do.

Because they're stupid enough to be breaking the law ? Must 'downloaders' are unaware of what they're actually doing.

If you want to download - use usenet - anyone with half a brain cell knows that.

If you want to seed use your own private network not flipping home broadband :rolleyes:

Speed said:
+ 1

I thought you knew how P2P worked Subliminal Aura!

-1

Yes I know how p2p suckers innocent people into doing something that they shouldn't be

mrk · 14 Jan 2012 at 14:36

This might be interesting for local people to me (PO12 area) but I was pumping my car tyres up 30mins ago when a VM van pulls up behind waiting to use it too, I asked one of the engineers when the double speed rollout is happening in this area and he said March.

Now this is a LOT earlier than what the double speed website says (it says October 2012 onwards).

I'm more inclined to believe the engineer knows when they're going to be going round updating people in the area and that the website is just covering its ass and being quite conservative with the dates.

Kreeeee · 14 Jan 2012 at 14:40

Ace Modder said:
I have never understood, why people want such fast upload speeds? I very rarely need to upload data.

Just because you don't, that doesn't mean others don't.

I upload a lot to drop box and youtube, play a lot of P2P (xbox 360) games and use splashtop to stream media when I'm working away from home.

mrk · 14 Jan 2012 at 14:42

Youtube is my main factor and I have 10GB of webspace that I regularly upload files for people to so having a fast upload is essential.

3Mb is very good, being able to upload at +400KB/sec at the moment is nice but having double that means my Youtube videos will upload twice as fast \m/

Irish_Tom · 14 Jan 2012 at 15:09

June onwards for me.

Currently on the L package, so will be upgraded to 20Mbps — wonder if it's worth upgrading to XL to get the free upgrade to 60Mbps...

BlackAle · 14 Jan 2012 at 15:23

According to the VM site, I'll get upgraded October 2013!

Speed · 14 Jan 2012 at 15:31

BlackAle said:
According to the VM site, I'll get upgraded October 2013!

Out of interest, was your upload upgrade one of the first to be done?

Ace Modder · 14 Jan 2012 at 15:38

Im due October 2012. 100mb to 120mb

I'm more interested in the £10 discount from April

My bill will drop from £77 to £67

Glaucus · 14 Jan 2012 at 15:38

Ace Modder said:
I have never understood, why people want such fast upload speeds? I very rarely need to upload data.

You will with cloud services becoming more mainstream. I back up everything on Dropbox, so upload speed is very useful.
Also for anyone who hosts game servers or websites.
And films to things like YouTube.

Ace Modder · 14 Jan 2012 at 15:40

What is the space size you get on dropbox?

Glaucus · 14 Jan 2012 at 15:43

Ace Modder said:
What is the space size you get on dropbox?

50Gb, using 39GB ATM. This will drastically increase once windowz8 is out and I start buying more films online.

Pc.robb · 14 Jan 2012 at 15:48

30 to 60

July onwards

Speed · 14 Jan 2012 at 15:48

Ace Modder said:
What is the space size you get on dropbox?

Depends if you pay or not and how much you pay. Free accounts get 2GB and can be increased by referring people up to 10GB.

You get can get a 50GB and 100GB accounts for an X amount a month/year or even higher for businesses etc.