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

Subliminal Aura · 14 Jan 2012 at 09:05

I vote better latency over higher speeds.

I'd rather have a 5meg connection with low jitter than these stupid speeds that serve no purpose other than fooling people

Ace Modder · 14 Jan 2012 at 10:10

https://community.virginmedia.com/t...-Broadband-email-sent-in-error/m-p/964951#M64

Freddie589 · 14 Jan 2012 at 10:20

Hello, I am looking forward to my upgrade to 69mbs :O, but I currently use a normal virgin media router, I looked up the model and found "The Hub (with stand fitted) – combined up to 20Mbps DOCSIS 2.0 wireless cable gateway" does that mean that I will need to buy a new superhub at some point or I wonder if virgin will send new ones out...

Glaucus · 14 Jan 2012 at 10:24

Freddie589 said:
Hello, I am looking forward to my upgrade to 69mbs :O, but I currently use a normal virgin media router, I looked up the model and found "The Hub (with stand fitted) – combined up to 20Mbps DOCSIS 2.0 wireless cable gateway" does that mean that I will need to buy a new superhub at some point or I wonder if virgin will send new ones out...

They've said people who need it will recieve free equipment.

Some people may need a new modem to make the most of the upgraded broadband speeds. If you're one of them we'll be in touch, so keep your eyes peeled for letters and emails from us.

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Castiel · 14 Jan 2012 at 11:34

Freddie589 said:
Hello, I am looking forward to my upgrade to 69mbs :O, but I currently use a normal virgin media router, I looked up the model and found "The Hub (with stand fitted) – combined up to 20Mbps DOCSIS 2.0 wireless cable gateway" does that mean that I will need to buy a new superhub at some point or I wonder if virgin will send new ones out...

You'll need a DOCSIS 3.0 Superhub.....which is a piece of ****.....get a decent router (I have an Asus) and put the Superhub into modem mode as soon as you get it....as a wireless router the superhub is really bad.

Kreeeee · 14 Jan 2012 at 12:01

If I don't get an email, does that mean I won't get an increase?

Atom · 14 Jan 2012 at 12:40

Is there really any need for more than 100m.. We are behind with upload speeds in this country and they need increasing.

Ace Modder · 14 Jan 2012 at 12:54

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

TNGL · 14 Jan 2012 at 13:06

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

Example:
So that annoying flat mate can seed torrents (they seed for increased download speeds from the torrent), but because of the higher upload speeds, they can do it without hindering every body else's connection speed.

Saundie · 14 Jan 2012 at 13:08

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

The main one that comes to my mind is uploading photographs and home movies to sites like Flickr and YouTube. Especially now with the prevalence of HD recording functionality being built into smartphones and compact cameras, the resulting file sizes are only ever going to increase.

I for one look forward to finally getting my 5mbps upload in April much more than the arrival of 100mbps in my area.

Duke · 14 Jan 2012 at 13:13

Tingle said:
Example:
So that annoying flat mate can seed torrents, usually decreasing download/upload speeds, without hindering every body else's connection speed.

Won't they just end up using the extra bandwidth available? Just cap them instead.

Atom · 14 Jan 2012 at 13:31

Saundie said:
The main one that comes to my mind is uploading photographs and home movies to sites like Flickr and YouTube. Especially now with the prevalence of HD recording functionality being built into smartphones and compact cameras, the resulting file sizes are only ever going to increase.

I for one look forward to finally getting my 5mbps upload in April much more than the arrival of 100mbps in my area.

That's it for me. I tried to upload my full family pictures folder (202gb) up to V-Stuff and it estimated 43 days and then throttled me for using VMs own servers..

Even BT are capable of 15mb up in some areas..

Subliminal Aura · 14 Jan 2012 at 13:38

Tingle said:
Example:
So that annoying flat mate can seed torrents (they seed for increased download speeds from the torrent)

They obviously haven't got the faintest idea of how to use p2p then :rolleyes:

1kbps max upload for me/all ports open/uPnP and I still get full speeds

Speed · 14 Jan 2012 at 13:42

Subliminal Aura said:
They obviously haven't got the faintest idea of how to use p2p then

1kbps max upload for me/all ports open/uPnP and I still get full speeds

I really hope you don't have it set like that 24/7. :rolleyes:

Subliminal Aura · 14 Jan 2012 at 13:44

Speed said:
I really hope you don't have it set like that 24/7.

Yep - IP address in trust. Tenner if you can hack it

Speed · 14 Jan 2012 at 13:47

Subliminal Aura said:
Yep - IP address in trust. Tenner if you can hack it

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.

TNGL · 14 Jan 2012 at 13:52

Well he could continue to upload and utilise all of the available upload bandwidth, but he could cap it and still get comfortable download speeds which he wasn't able to get before. Also, I don't use torrents, but I remember reading something which said some torrent hosters (something like that) may limit the download speed of some peers if all they're doing is leeching.

Speed · 14 Jan 2012 at 13:56

Phreaky said:
VM work on a 10:1 speed scale now, so when they double the download speeds the upload speeds will double as well. Its already been confirmed.

That is good to hear! If only they'd hurry up with my upload upgrade! :rolleyes:

Tingle said:
Well he could continue to upload and utilise all of the available upload bandwidth, but he could cap it and still get comfortable download speeds which he wasn't able to get before. Also, I don't use torrents, but I remember reading something which said some torrent hosters (something like that) may limit the download speed of some peers if all they're doing is leeching.

Indeed, when you are downloading you should at least be seeding at a semi decent speed though, unless you plan to seed at a later date to a decent ratio. I don't really use torrents very much anymore because people who don't seed ruin it for the rest of us. Most of my bandwidth usage is thanks to Steam sales! lol

Ace Modder · 14 Jan 2012 at 13:58

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.

Speed · 14 Jan 2012 at 14:00

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.

Nothing wrong with torrents, just the content they often supply. UKNova is about the only site I use these days for torrents.

But yes unless you are uploading large files like videos to You Tube or you do a lot of FTP work then upload isn't really worth worrying about above 1Mb.