VM 20 > 30 meg upgrade

[~Divine~Wind~]

A while back I remember reading that VM would be increasing all 20mb customers to 30mb.

Did this rollout ever happen or is it still planned?

Just wondering as the lack of a BB line is starting to get annoying and I dont know if I can wait another month for the rumoured sky friends n family offer

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

arghs timing lol
Anyone got a link to the press release?

EDIT: Just checked their website, can no longert order 20meg only 30meg

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Hmm,

So free upgrade but you gotta pay for the modem.
I suppose it makes people ready for the further increases and of course will mean those that had modems that were struggling with speeds like the older ones get a better modem and also docsis 3 ready afaik.

Has anyone confirmed it includes the 3Mb up?
might also be worth checking if doing this upgrade also ties you into a new contract.

Superhub
How much does it cost?
New and existing customers:
Free when you add or upgrade to 30Mb broadband,
50Mb broadband or 100Mb broadband
£75 when taken with 10Mb broadband

From:
http://shop.virginmedia.com/broadband/broadband-extras/wireless-routers.html

For those that like arguing with VM CS

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

It won't be much of an argument. That's quite clearly only for new customers.

Clearly ...

How much does it cost?

New and existing customers:
Free when you add or upgrade to 30Mb broadband,
50Mb broadband or 100Mb broadband
£75 when taken with 10Mb broadband

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Im tempted to order BB and a line from them but hang back on TV.

Also can anyone confirm the 3meg up upgrade for NEwcastle, NE16 please?
I can't view PDF on this shoddy tethered connection


Apologies for contracty Q..

If I phone at a later date and add the TV (if the sky thing doesnt happen) would they start a new contract or would I have a 2nd contract for TV only? OR would they allow me to up and down apckages without penalty within my contract as long as I don't go under my original package?

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Getting more and more tempted, just checked the STM info, tbh it seems fair, I do a fair whack of downloading and uploading but I dont mind setting it til after midnight tbh.

Think the only time it would be of an inconvenience is say theres summit on steam I want pay and download there and then, thats about it tbh.

Hows everyones superhubs treating them?

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Ah so still able to give it a good bashing

Any discount floating about at the minute lol or any of you lot work for VM shy bairns and all that jazz

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

No it was capped at my old upload rate of 768kbps. Besides the issue is that it cripples browsing for ages after I've closed the blummin thing down! I can understand it doing it whilst torrenting when no bandwidth limits have been set, by why on earth is browsing affected for such a long time afterwards?

Tried altering you conncetions and globals?

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Yeah,
My old sky router would seed away without problem.
But when I upped the connections it fell over even when uploading relatively little