Hi guys anyone running 200meg virginmedia if so do you have any issues with it im due the upgrade

 

I was upgraded to 150meg, still can't tell the difference from when it was 50meg, same lag and low speeds no matter what meg I'm on

 

I run 150meg just now i get 93meg wireless on my samsung edge 6 have three of my kids play xbox one online

 

My issue is i just reead alot of people moaning that they upgraded and now have worse speeds

 

I suppose one of the main issues is people are more inclined to post something they are unhappy with on the net rather than what they are happy with.

I've had Virgin since they were Cable Midlands (i.e before they were Telewest), and yes, there have been times where I've had issues but they all got resolved...sometimes it took a three or four attempts, but we got there. I moved house and didn't want them to make a mess with installing, and the installation guys were very cooperative in helping me get the internal coax pre-wired correctly so they could pop in and just fit the equipment. he biggest drawn out headache was when my email got shut down after I moved, unfortunately I was handled by India, and they were insistent the problem was with my computer, which is impossible as any computer in the world couldn't access my email, so I had to give them remote control of a computer (one without anything important on and with it on a different subnet...yes I am that paranoid), they eventually worked it out it was their end and after that it was resolved in minutes...pity it took 40minutes of pratting about to get to that point.

Now contrast this to the two internet services at my places of work. One was via Onebill piggy backing off TalkTalk's network, the other is NT telecoms piggy backing off Griffin. Both are hopeless. Drop outs appalling speed and both reliant on OpenReach that have been tantamount to useless in addressing the ongoing SNR problems. The one office has just switched to Virgin Business - problems instantly sorted; stable connection and high speeds - its all we wanted that the ADSL providers could not give.

 

When mine supposedly went up to 50MB, it didn't. I rang Virgin, who sent a reboot message to the box, and it went to 54MB immediately. Sometimes the box lags.

Same thing happened when I went from 50MB to 150MB which I have now. New box, it refused to start properly, Virgin made it do it and away we went.

TBH, I'm unsure why we need these fast speeds, I don't stream, I only browse internet.......

 

Like most things...you'll be lucky if you get anywhere near 200meg, I think I average about 120 lol

 

My 150MB runs 156MB according to the sped test site I used.

Here: http://www.speedtest.net/

Just got 157MB and 10.12MB.

How do I find what my phone is getting? Same thing?

 

First week of the 200meg lightning quick then on the phone to them again yesterday. It would not steam YouTube from my iPad to my Marantz music streamer. Stalling cutting out etc all the kit is within eye shot of each other. For me no point having 200 if it can't do a simple task like that.

Any way phoned now on a new channel and won't experience the issue again. I have been with them from the ntl days my advice is any issue call them, as I think they have various channels and some can be over populated and drop out from time to time. Now running as it should but have always had my doubts about their hub, I have had it for a few years now and not sure if it was made to handle speeds as high as 100+ meg.

 

I used to get issues but none in about the last year just dont want to upgrade then have to fight them about dropping back down if its crap

 

Since I've installed IP CCTV I found the faster upstream speeds very handy for remote viewing. But even with a 200meg service, the 12Mbps upstream is still not enough (ideally it needs to be 80Mbps).

 

I have 3 kids gaming and on youtube and they get lag dont know if its our network or who they game with

 

Lag through wired or wireless? I'd check via a wired connection first, and possibly try using the superhub as a gateway in modem only mode and use a superior wifi router to manage the internal networks (like a Draytek or Asus RT series).

It's very easy to overload a wireless LAN router, wireless LAN by nature can only go as fast as the slowest device using it at that time. And the super hubs internal processing being shared between providing a internet gateway, LAN and WiFi could overstretched it if multiple people are doing high demand activities at the same time. That's why I prefer having my superhub configured to do one thing only; Internet. LAN and Wifi is handled elsewhere.

 

Ah ok that helps the one moaning is wireless

 

Not with VM, if you don't get the full speed, call up.

 

Getting 86mb on my phone

 

that's pretty good via a phone to be fair, imagine there is other traffic on your network at the moment too.

Are you on 100 now?

 

152mb just now with 2 kids playing cod online one lan 1 wireless i just got 86mbps

 

It's al down to the router, pay out for a good one and you will get your speeds.

 

That's a great speed. I usually get between 10 and 24 meg on my s5, even when using 5g.

 

On my phone: 112MBps by the router, with 12MBps upload, upstairs, down to 32MBps download and 10MBps upload.

According to a mate, the Virgin router is poor, I need an ASUS Dark Knight...or something?

 

So dont use new router and buy my own one to use then

 

Been there don't get me started
Granted these are on my phone 6s+, but had issues even wired with a laptop

 

Cute

 

pmsl

 

I get 208 with mine , not Had a problem since

 

mine a bit slow the night

 

That's Ping is quite high I normally get 8ms o virgin

 

Mine has been **** since my last 'upgrade'

 

What are you 50mb?