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Runadumb

3:48 PM on 15 July, 2009

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Yeah, thats really fast...till they cap the hell outta you for daring to use it. My 10Mbit line rarely feels faster than the 250K line I was on 4 years ago. What can I say, Steam, Iplayer, Gametrailers and PSN suck up a gigs before breakfast so I must be punished

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TheDean

3:54 PM on 15 July, 2009

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I thought that sounded too good to be true! It is! It's not £28 with a Virgin phoneline, it's £35!!! £50 without a phoneline.....This is according to the website of course, unless this has yet to be updated :/

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Icey

3:58 PM on 15 July, 2009

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I'm not sure about Part One - considering I just checked on the Virgin website and I still can't get 50mb.

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Ben 3

4:40 PM on 15 July, 2009

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@Runadumb - there is not and will not be any STM on 50Mbit

@TheDean - the new price is from the 1st September for all 50Mbit customers

@Icey - The rollout should be finished at the end of the month

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jett

4:47 PM on 15 July, 2009

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Just upgraded from a 20Mbit service so it turns out £2 p/m cheaper ... at the cost of £50 fees (£30 installation, £20 for a new modem, or vice versa)! So a couple of years down the line this will have hopefully been worth it.

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deecee

4:51 PM on 15 July, 2009

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From the start of september...

http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=205406&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1307695&highlight=

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BOFH UK

4:52 PM on 15 July, 2009

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@ Runadumb - the 50MB service is currently uncapped but if your 10Mbit line is feeling as slow as a 250k connection in general use then something's wrong somewhere. I'm on a 10Mbit service at the moment and it's returning just about that speed provided I don't go over the bandwidth caps.

@TheDean - considering the article said it used to cost £50 without a phone line I'd suggest that the website hasn't updated yet.

As for me, I'm seriously tempted to upgrade to the 50Mbit service even if only to get away from the cap on the lower service. Well, that and geek bragging rights obviously. Actually, I'm hoping they drop the cost of the 20Mbit service as that'd get me a bandwidth cap I'm happy with and be more than fast enough.

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Gordon394

5:12 PM on 15 July, 2009

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@TheDean think you interpretted "with" wrongly. It is £28 when taken out with a Virgin line.

@Runadumb - as mentioned here there the 50Mbit service is completely uncapped. Whether this roll-out changes that remains to be seen but since it runs on a different part of the network to all over Virgin packages it should have plenty of bandwidth.

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Runadumb

6:04 PM on 15 July, 2009

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@BOFH-UK Yeah like I said im capped alot so my speeds are not great. I share my line with my flatmate who is also a heavy user so I guess I shouldnt be to hard on virgin. Still, uncapped sounds really nice to user's like us

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DanRogl

6:11 PM on 15 July, 2009

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Still using an old old modem from Comcast days (before NTL bought them) and it's only got a 10Mbit network port.... yay!

V-interested (oh the pun!) in the upload, anyone know what the current upload limits are?

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Ben

6:48 PM on 15 July, 2009

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Are Virgin even actively rolling out their network (i.e. extending it's reach)? I've lived in a few parts of the UK but never had access to cable...

So I really couldn't give a damn.

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Ben 3

7:14 PM on 15 July, 2009

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@DanRogl

The current XXL upload is 1.5Mbit, and the XXL modem has a Gigabit network port on it

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TheDean

11:25 AM on 16 July, 2009

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@Ben - Are you sure about that gigabit ethernet port?! If true, I'm definately going for it...I recently sent in a question to Virgin to see what model of router they supply with the 50MB line, but they have yet to come back to me.

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n1ps

12:34 PM on 16 July, 2009

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I pay £50 for the 50Mb at the moment, so a price drop to £38 is very welcome to me :) (isn't that roughly what the 20Mb is at the moment?)

Traffic management isn't in place on 50Mb at the moment, but Virgin hasn't ruled it out and I'd imagine they'll put something in place once more people take up the service.

I'm a fairly heavy downloader and I had no issues keeping to the traffic management when I was on 20Mb so I'm not 'too' fussed if it's brought in (though obv. I'd rather they didn't)

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n1ps

12:39 PM on 16 July, 2009

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Oh,

The modem specs:

EuroDOCSIS 3.0/DOCSIS 3.0 Operation

EuroDOCSIS/DOCSIS 1.0/1.1/2.0 Compatible

Supports four channel bonding

Ethernet Interface (RJ-45)(10/100/1000 Mbps compatible)

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TheDean

11:47 AM on 17 July, 2009

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Hi TheDean,

Thanks for your email to Virgin Media about the make and model of the

wireless router which we provide with 50 Mb Broadband.

We provide "N" wireless router with our Broadband size XXL (50 Mb)

package.

Here are some details about the wireless router:

Make - Netgear

Model - WNR2000

TheDean, if there's anything else we can help with, please send us a

letter, email or call our team free on 150 from any Virgin Media phone.

Or on 0845 454 1111* from any other phone. You can call us Monday to

Sunday from 8 am to Midnight.

Kind regards,

Sachin Zunjar

Customer Service Advisor

Virgin Media

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