Virgin Media

nicowa

My service has been slow lately so I called them up to tell them I was switching. They offered me a download speed of "up to" 240Mbps and download speeds of 24Mbps.

Does anyone here have that offer? What's your download speed like?

I'm in south county dublin and had the upc fibre optic broadband previously. They did say the one thing they'd need to do is send out a new router.

steveon

nicowa wrote: »

My service has been slow lately so I called them up to tell them I was switching. They offered me a download speed of "up to" 240Mbps and download speeds of 24Mbps.

Does anyone here have that offer? What's your download speed like?

I'm in south county dublin and had the upc fibre optic broadband previously. They did say the one thing they'd need to do is send out a new router.

Download speed is usually fairly good with UPC, but what most people who come onto boards don't seem to grasp is in order to get these speeds you will need a pc or laptop with a gigabit network card installed in your pc, otherwise max speed you will get will be 100mb.

On wireless this will be slower max 30-40 meg depending on again the type of wireless card in your laptop. For max speeds you will need an n range or ac range network card built into your laptop.

Virgin do not install network cards in anyones computers so you will need to check this for yourself and upgrade accordingly.

I personally have a 50mb download speed with Digiweb whom I have never had an issue with an I find this speed incredible for my needs so I often wonder why people complain they need any faster

icdg

Although Virgin Media is on topic here, by convention, if the question solely relates to broadband, we'll move it there where you are likely to get better answers

ED E

If you need a new modem then chances are you're on an old 30Mb package right now? If thats the case then its definitely worth upgrading as thats a really really old bundle.

wally79

I've got their horizon bundle and have noticed while streaming on Kodi that there was a definite slow down and increased buffering over the past few months.

There was also the whole Netflix quality issue. Not sure if that's been remedied

nicowa

icdg wrote: »

Although Virgin Media is on topic here, by convention, if the question solely relates to broadband, we'll move it there where you are likely to get better answers

Thanks, but that information about the network card will be really useful.

And I've got a tv, two computers and anywhere up 4 smartphones on the internet at any one time so 50mbps is not enough for all that.

ItHurtsWhenIP

nicowa wrote: »

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And I've got a tv, two computers and anywhere up 4 smartphones on the internet at any one time so 50mbps is not enough for all that.

<ahem> I've got a PC, 2xLaptops, 2xSmartphones, 1xTablet, 1xNAS, 1xMedia Player, 1xSmart TV and 1xSky Box and I've got 3Mbps download (yep ... three Mbps) :eek:

OK - the most going at any one time would be the PC and 2xLaptops. In the evening time (when the neighbours kids start to get busy on their connections) it would be little buffery to watch something on Youtube on 2 separate machines, but during the day, it's quite adequate.

You city folk with your fancy pants 50Mbps packages!!!

daveyjoe

steveon wrote: »

On wireless this will be slower max 30-40 meg.

You should be able to get more than that on an 802.11n connection. I can get about 180mbps but always get over 100mbps, even on the other side of the house.

Cuddlesworth

daveyjoe wrote: »

You should be able to get more than that on an 802.11n connection. I can get about 180mbps but always get over 100mbps, even on the other side of the house.

Doesn't work like that, with wireless you can't say I get x, so you should get y. Speeds in my houses vary significantly depending on the device, the AP and the interferance/distance involved.

daveyjoe

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Doesn't work like that, with wireless you can't say I get x, so you should get y. Speeds in my houses vary significantly depending on the device, the AP and the interferance/distance involved.

That's my point. Steveon said "max 30-40 meg". It will vary based on distance but that is definitely not the maximum you can expect if you have an 802.11n device.

ED E

daveyjoe wrote: »

That's my point. Steveon said "max 30-40 meg". It will vary based on distance but that is definitely not the maximum you can expect if you have an 802.11n device.

Wrong.

Try .11N on in the middle of an apartment block, lucky to breach 15Mb often enough. And lets not even get into the mixed mode topic...

OP is on A, UPC kit which has a crappy internal intenna since the 2425, and B. older kit so will only support 2.4Ghz. Quoted figures are very respectable for that setup.

daveyjoe

ED E wrote: »

Wrong.

You seem to have a different understanding of what the word 'maximum' means. I can consistently get over 100mbps using stock UPC gear even while in a different room to the router. I'm not saying that 100mbps+ is the average, I'm just saying that 30-40mbps is not the maximum.

Cuddlesworth

daveyjoe wrote: »

You seem to have a different understanding of what the word 'maximum' means. I can consistently get over 100mbps using stock UPC gear even while in a different room to the router. I'm not saying that 100mbps+ is the average, I'm just saying that 30-40mbps is not the maximum.

2.4ghz only, 20hz bandwidth, with congestion. 30-40Mbps would be the maximum.

colm_mcm

OP. what model do you have?