Virgin Media Speed Upgrades: FAQ

JonnyGLC · 28 Jun 2007 at 20:11

Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 20480000
Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 768000

InsomniaCalls · 28 Jun 2007 at 21:05

Deluxe1 said:
Newcastle area has just been done.

Woot

Journey · 28 Jun 2007 at 21:09

Yep solid 2.38MB coming in here.

waso_dude · 28 Jun 2007 at 21:21

getting 500kbps connection speed now,

and guess what i'm on hold to them now, what a surprise :cool:

doodah · 29 Jun 2007 at 22:10

Can someone enlighten me please. Last i checked we were on 2mb and then got upgraded to 8Mb (just checked router, says 8128 Kbps for downstream).

Im looking at this traffic shaping malarky: M, L & XL - where does 8Mb package fit into that?

When i enter our post code in Virgin's website - says we can get BB and offers either 1Mb or 8Mb - no M, L or XL

Contridicting themselves surely?

tolien · 29 Jun 2007 at 22:12

Sounds like you're on ADSL rather than cable.

doodah · 29 Jun 2007 at 22:16

Ooopps, made a bit of an idiot of myself there! Thanks again tolien

(When did you become a don?)

So all this stuff is for ex ntl/cable people?

Thing is, for an 8Mb package im getting ridiculous speeds since i came back from uni. Half the sites i try from will do <50k sec, some around 70K sec, few times in the hundreds. All my previous holidays back from uni werent this bad!

Yet when i use FlashGet - seems to behave its self a LOT more

tolien · 29 Jun 2007 at 22:20

dbappa said:
(When did you become a don?)

It's been a week :eek:

So all this stuff is for ex ntl/cable people?

Yes.

Werewolf · 29 Jun 2007 at 22:39

riddlermarc said:
Testing right now and I'm getting 3mbps if I'm lucky.. something is definitely weird :/

I read on a different forum that sometimes your router can make a difference, think I will try plugging straight into the back of my modem without the router and see..

it can make a difference if it's an older router or has only got a 10mb WAN port.

What's your router?

riddlermarc · 29 Jun 2007 at 23:19

Werewolf said:
it can make a difference if it's an older router or has only got a 10mb WAN port.

What's your router?

WRT54GS, a look at the specs shows the wan side is 10/100 so it should be alright

Seemingly I can push 1500kbps if I download two or three big files at a time, but I can't find a single file to do it.. even from the MS servers or various mirrors :/

dbmzk1 · 30 Jun 2007 at 16:18

Anyone on Baguley (Stockport) been done yet? I'm still on 10mb but I see a few people are saying Manchester is done, but no one says if thats Manc or Baguley!

LewisStuart · 25 Jul 2007 at 17:51

Looks like Edinburgh/Glenrothes is done, maxing out 20mb here with no issues

I needed to reboot my modem to get the config file.

Trixxy · 25 Jul 2007 at 18:30

yep, got the new config when I rebooted my modem this morning. Finally, been waiting for months (Dundee).

2007-07-25 06:41:53 - SW Download INIT - Via Config file cm-20480-768

Big Kev · 25 Jul 2007 at 21:14

At last I'm now on 20mb and have just downloaded at a peak of 2.32mbps, nice.

markk · 26 Jul 2007 at 00:40

Im in Birmingham and i am now on 20mb

BFCTom · 27 Jul 2007 at 00:07

Don't think I've got the upgrade yet, I'm in Barnsley and it says the Sheffield area has been done. I guessed that would have been me

Shin Gouki · 27 Jul 2007 at 16:12

Why is there no info on the Dudley area?

Vertigo · 27 Jul 2007 at 19:16

Dudley might come under the banner of Birmingham (which has now been done) or Wolverhampton (which has not). If you're still on 10Mb I suggest you're classed as Wolverhampton by VM.

afraser2k · 28 Jul 2007 at 09:39

Got my new modem from VM this morning and got through to their MAC address registration people straight away so only took a couple of minutes to install. Everything seems fine and downloading a Debian DVD iso from ftp.blueyonder.co.uk @ ~2100 kB/sec so I'm happy.

Trox · 28 Jul 2007 at 17:57

ignore i just read the first post