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Vivid 100 Optical Fibre from Virgin
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DavyJones61
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I have supposedly been upgraded to Vivid 100 Optical Fibre from Virgin Media.
I do get > 100mbs speed but my modem/router is still the same and the cable has not been replaced.
It is still the same cable as from when it was installed > 10 years ago though the router/modem is only 2 years old.
Am I getting Vivid 100 Optical Fibre?
I do get > 100mbs speed but my modem/router is still the same and the cable has not been replaced.
It is still the same cable as from when it was installed > 10 years ago though the router/modem is only 2 years old.
Am I getting Vivid 100 Optical Fibre?
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VM use coax to the property. Optical Fibre to their equivalent of the cabinet.Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230
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If you upgrade (or downgrade) speed , they don't change the 'cable' , and as others have said, it's not an optical fibre cable, it's a co-axial cable...AFAIK they may need to change the router/hub in some circumstances, Vivid 100 is just a marketing name.0
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I've got the Virgin 325 Mbps broadband running on the cable originally installed by Cabletel over 20 years ago when you had to buy your own 3M modem and a router. Then it was NTL for a while, now Virgin with various hub upgrades over the years. Now with Hub 3 and my own Archer 3200 router as the Hub 3 wifi is pretty poor (weak range and starts drops connections when other devices log on). Doubtful that the cable will ever need re-laying for any speed unless it gets damaged.0
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