Saturday 18 June 2011

Virgin Media - Faster upload speeds

Virgin Media are rolling out upload speeds of 10% of your broadband download speed.
Ipswich (including Felixstowe) are due to get it next month.

More info here:
http://shop.virginmedia.com/help/discover-broadband/broadband-speed/upload-speeds.html?buspart=DD_31

Looks like we're due to get 100Mb downloads in September :)
http://shop.virginmedia.com/content/dam/allyours/pdf/100Mb%20rollout%2003%2006%2011.pdf

3 comments:

  1. Update posted on 14/09/11 now indicates Nov 11 for the 100Mb update. Ipswich is now listed as such rather than Copdock:
    http://shop.virginmedia.com/content/dam/allyours/pdf/100Mb%20rollout%2014%2009%2011.pdf

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  2. Got it installed on 28/12/11.
    Not terribly impressed with the Superhub, but the speed seems to be better than the 50Mb connection.

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  3. I found an issue with the configuration - The default config was trying to use two 2.4GHz channels, but even in rural Felixstowe, I couldn't get a stable config and the default "auto" setting for the channels ended up meaning we had real issues with speed and connectivity. The channels kept changing, and I couldn't find a stable pair of channels to use.
    In the end, I toned it down to one channel, supporting a maximum throughput of 144MBs, and now see close to the theoretical 100Mb down\10 Mb up speeds. I'll do a speed test when the kids aren't gaming, streaming or downloading!
    :)

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