Up to 30MB with Virgin?

Marvel1

I'm currently on Broadband L (up to 10MB) and Phone M for £28.90 (inc line rental)

Did a test and it's 9.49MB downlaod, they are doubling up speeds but not done by area yet.

Anyway was looking at their site:
Broadband up to 30MB and Phone M = £28.40 :eek:

Going to phone tomorrow, but is it possible to get this speed? I mean would I need a new router?

James_Lahey

We were getting 12mbps on bt standard - I upgraded to bt infinity because I wanted unlimited downloads and it was no more expensive than standard speed.

They predicted I'd go to 40-60 mbps after the upgrade (not really essential 12 was always fast enough for us anyway - we were just exceeding our 40gb monthly limit, due to HD netflix/lovefilm.)

Since the super fibre infinity upgrade (and after their 2 week settling period) we are now running at an an amazing 14mbps! - so don't get your hopes to high!

Nilrem

With VM the line always syncs at the "headline" rate (IE if you go for 30mb the line will sync at 30mb minimum - they usually have it set slightly higher), but you can run into problems with too many users in your area, which means that whilst your sync might be great, the actual download speed can be lower.

For 30mb depending on your current modem you may need a replacement (VM will supply it), and also depending on your router you may need a new one of those.

James that 14mb doesn't sound right for infinity, as you should be connecting to a much closer cabinet, have you checked that out fully with BT? (and checked all your internal wiring etc), I don't think I've heard of anyone on infinity getting that low before.

macman

What modem/router are you currently using?

COLOURBOUNCE

If it helps, I have done just this in the last week. I was on 10mb and with the upgrade went to 20. I was having speed issues for about 3 weeks prior and contacted VM. They put me up to 30 as a 'sorry' but my current modem could not take it. To the point, a new super hub was installed, this is a modem /router in one, and I can work wireless and speedtests come in at 30-32 every time.

James_Lahey

Nilrem wrote: »

With VM the line always syncs at the "headline" rate (IE if you go for 30mb the line will sync at 30mb minimum - they usually have it set slightly higher), but you can run into problems with too many users in your area, which means that whilst your sync might be great, the actual download speed can be lower.

For 30mb depending on your current modem you may need a replacement (VM will supply it), and also depending on your router you may need a new one of those.

James that 14mb doesn't sound right for infinity, as you should be connecting to a much closer cabinet, have you checked that out fully with BT? (and checked all your internal wiring etc), I don't think I've heard of anyone on infinity getting that low before.

It has been 25 at times but most checks show around 14 - tbh as 12/14 is plenty fast enough and BT customer support has in the past left me a little stressed I haven't bothered.

Might look into it in the future if I'm at a loose end - thanks for post. Afaik we are pretty close to the cabinet.

prowla

I'm on a Virgin "doubled up" rate of "up to" 60 Mbps, but I'm getting under 20.

Incidentally, comms line speed is usually given in Mb (Mb/s or Mbps), ie. megabits per second. Writing them as "mb" or "MB" is incorrect: MB is megabytes (per second), which is 8x more than Mb, and mb would be millibits, which isn't possible.

James_Lahey

prowla wrote: »

Incidentally, comms line speed is usually given in Mb (Mb/s or Mbps), ie. megabits per second. Writing them as "mb" or "MB" is incorrect: MB is megabytes (per second), which is 8x more than Mb, and mb would be millibits, which isn't possible.

Yes correct - I have read that mentioned in the past however too lazy to type it that way, I'd imagine most people (you included) figure what we mean when talking in relation to providers speeds.

prowla

Sure - I'm just in the correct notation police.:)

But actually I work in IT, and it can be important to state the requirements correctly, or somebody could get the wrong result!

For instance, one of the above posts also mentions the monthly 60gb limit, which I think is 60 GB of content, as opposed to 60 Gb of throughput. What if you thought you could have 10 movies (60 GB, assuming 6 GB per movie for simplicity) and then you found it was only 1 movie's worth (60 Gb)?

James_Lahey

prowla wrote: »

Sure - I'm just in the correct notation police.:)

But actually I work in IT, and it can be important to state the requirements correctly, or somebody could get the wrong result!

For instance, one of the above posts also mentions the monthly 60gb limit, which I think is 60 GB of content, as opposed to 60 Gb of throughput. What if you thought you could have 10 movies (60 GB, assuming 6 GB per movie for simplicity) and then you found it was only 1 movie's worth (60 Gb)?

Good point - as a carpenter/cabinet maker we work (when metric) in millimetres, unfortunately schools teach kids to think in terms of centimetres. As a result I've seen a huge number of things made ten times larger than needed - causing many problems and a large amount of lolz.

prowla

James_Lahey wrote: »

Good point - as a carpenter/cabinet maker we work (when metric) in millimetres, unfortunately schools teach kids to think in terms of centimetres. As a result I've seen a huge number of things made ten times larger than needed - causing many problems and a large amount of lolz.

That's quite funny - do you often observe "That is a very nice piece for your dolls house, madam."?