This is what I'm thinking, surly there must be a price reduction though for us on 50mb.
Virgin Media increasing broadband speeds by 20 - 200% starting February
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This is what I'm thinking, surly there must be a price reduction though for us on 50mb.
50mbit and 100mbit are both going to be 120mbit based on this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/16/virgin_media_email_error/
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I'll stick to my 16Meg 02 ADSL then, thanks for the info
I'm strongly considering moving to VM and getting their 50Mb package. Is there any sort of site that can give you an estimation of the speed you'll get? I know basically nothing about VM and how the speed is altered (like the way ADSL speed drops off the further you are from the exchange). Do they implement traffic shaping/throttling at all on Usenet and torrents on their top tier packages? I've checked on their site and it says that they don't throttle or traffic shape, but it's not clear what it's in reference to.
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You get what you pay for. There are no issues with distance etc.
There are usage limits after which you get speed capped - http://www.virginmedia.com/images/tm-table-su-large.jpg
http://help.virginmedia.com/system/...R_TYPE=Cable&CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=2781
There are several people on here who've had their service for many many years and been very happy with their service. Some areas have problems with over subscription, but the vast majority have no problems.
Read the email
They sent the "you're on 100mb and we're making it even faster" email to everybody - including the people that werent actually on 100mb like us (you and I both have 50mb right ?)
Looking forward to 120/12 internet. Wonder if the year was part of their marketing idea 
Was considering upgrading from 50 to 100 but did not want to be locked into another 12 month agreement (you never know what might happen with their quality).
Was considering upgrading from 50 to 100 but did not want to be locked into another 12 month agreement (you never know what might happen with their quality).
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How i read the page where it tells you when you upgrade........is 50meg customers get speed increase to 100 meg........and folks currently on 100meg get a reduction in payments in line with current 50 meg customers.......so the folks on 100meg dont automaticly go onto 120meg........
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Cabled areas only. Fastest broadband download speeds widely available to consumers according to 2009 - 2011 Ofcom reports. 100Mb customers will see price-cut instead of speed doubling.
and also theres this:
If you have our up to 100Mb connection, you've already got the fastest widely available broadband in the UK. So we'll be taking a bit off your monthly bill, instead. And as an extra thank you, we'll be boosting your speeds up to 120Mb. Your upgrades start this summer. We'll be in touch to let you know.
Important information
Cabled areas only. Fastest broadband download speeds widely available to consumers according to 2009 - 2011 Ofcom reports. 100Mb customers will see price-cut instead of speed doubling.
and also theres this:
If you have our up to 100Mb connection, you've already got the fastest widely available broadband in the UK. So we'll be taking a bit off your monthly bill, instead. And as an extra thank you, we'll be boosting your speeds up to 120Mb. Your upgrades start this summer. We'll be in touch to let you know.
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Im struggling what to use my 100mb connection for or even the 10 up? Does anyone have good legitimate uses for it ? After pulling down a few tbs of various media etc im now wondering what to do.
