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Title: As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: Mardoni on March 28, 2007, 12:12:37 PM
http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/existingcustomers/q2/speed.html

w00t :D

20mb down / 768kb up

Title: As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: redneck on March 28, 2007, 12:47:53 PM
and their on demand stuff is epic. there is soo much to choose from

their £30 a month bundle is awesome value.
Title: As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: Eggtastico on March 28, 2007, 14:33:23 PM
Quote from: redand their on demand stuff is epic. there is soo much to choose from

their £30 a month bundle is awesome value.

I prefer the £5 a month bundle using the line Im leaving & going to sky & getting a huge discount, while watching The Football through my DBox2
Title: As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: Mardoni on March 28, 2007, 16:09:26 PM
^ Does that mean youre leaving Virgin for Sly and not going to be able to get 20mb BB (or are you on a dirty modem) ?
Title: As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: Eggtastico on March 29, 2007, 19:35:24 PM
Quote from: Nimrod^ Does that mean youre leaving Virgin for Sly and not going to be able to get 20mb BB (or are you on a dirty modem) ?

I have no interested in leaving Virgin TBH, why would I, when they have the most open/hacked system in Europe?
 just I had a problem with my modem packing in. They couldnt get an engineer out to me for a week so I said cancel my account, I can get sky installed quicker than that. - All I wanted was the modem dropped off & told them im more than capable of installing it. Luckily, NTL share the same depot as me for returning faulty parts, so I managed to arrange with them to release one out of their stock.. I said that will do until my 28 days notice is up. They then put me on hold & a minute later offered me 1/2 price for 6months.

Thing is, Im paying 1/2 price for 2mb but getting 10mb speeds :-D
I think my last bill was £22 for 3months as I forgot to pay for 2months & they chucked on £10 late payment fee!

I dont have a dirty modem, but do I have several dirty TV Boxes.
Ill be setting up a dirty modem when the house is ready. Its only going to be used purely for VOIP though. - But im also getting Sky HD when the house is ready... I WANT MY FOOTBALL IN HD!
Spoke to Sky & they tested my VOIP Line & Said that it will work fine with a Sky Box :-D
I have no intentions of having a standard Telephone line as I dont use the phone often. I have 600mins a month free on mobile & I barely use 100mins
Title: Re:As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: moony1234 on March 30, 2007, 08:06:47 AM
I work for Virgin Media and all I can say about this upgrade is that in quite a few areas its a very bad idea....

<15 year old network and sighs>>
Title: Re:As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: noob on March 30, 2007, 17:17:21 PM
whats a dirty modem?
Title: Re:As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: Beaker on March 30, 2007, 18:02:58 PM
Quote from: noobwhats a dirty modem?
hcked firmware ot give you maximum bandwidth available.  Im told you can make them Syncronous(SP) as well.  I cant see its worth the risk when they do upgrade the network and put decent monitoring software in.  
Title: As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on March 30, 2007, 18:03:00 PM
hacked... cracked... just like you get chipped NTL boxes, you can get chipped modems that allow you to access cable for free.

You dont need a subscription just need to have a cable terminating in your house. :)
Title: As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: Eggtastico on March 30, 2007, 18:32:29 PM
Quote from: M3ta7h3adhacked... cracked... just like you get chipped NTL boxes, you can get chipped modems that allow you to access cable for free.

You dont need a subscription just need to have a cable terminating in your house. :)

Theyre not chipped or hacked. They Clone the Config of a subbed modem
Title: As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on March 31, 2007, 09:58:06 AM
So yea... moony :) uk police... ask for IP logs of tekforums to track down eggtastico, and voila :) bad guy in the pot! :D
Title: As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: Eggtastico on March 31, 2007, 10:17:55 AM
Quote from: M3ta7h3adSo yea... moony :) uk police... ask for IP logs of tekforums to track down eggtastico, and voila :) bad guy in the pot! :D

I think they should go look at their own installation engineers (or whoever the work is subcontracted out to) - the one around here will supply & install 2x dodgy boxes (the new PVR ones as well!) for £150!
Title: Re:As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: crazylegs on March 31, 2007, 12:46:06 PM
i rung VM up yesterday and mentioned about the channels we lost and they reduced by monthly bill by £3 (hardly amazing) but also upgraded me from 4mb to 10mb for free, which in may will be 20mb nice!!

does anyone have a link to a FAQ for the Dbox stuff that Egg mentioned?

cheers
Title: Re:As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: Eggtastico on March 31, 2007, 16:25:12 PM
Quote from: crazylegsi rung VM up yesterday and mentioned about the channels we lost and they reduced by monthly bill by £3 (hardly amazing) but also upgraded me from 4mb to 10mb for free, which in may will be 20mb nice!!

does anyone have a link to a FAQ for the Dbox stuff that Egg mentioned?

cheers

search ebay for dbox eurovox dreambox eurobox replaybox etc.
Title: Re:As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: Eggtastico on April 16, 2007, 09:38:37 AM
Screw May, mines been rolled out overnight :-D
Currently transfering data @ 2.5mb per second


Im gonna need more HDDs.
I bet I could probably burn an ISO on the Fly
 :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:
Title: As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on April 16, 2007, 10:07:38 AM
roflmao! :D
Title: As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: Mardoni on July 17, 2007, 14:33:06 PM
Well they rolled it out here a few weeks ago and I cannot bloody well use it :(

My SB4100 modem crawls up its own bottom and dies if I try to dl @ 20mb for > 5mins constant :( By the feel of the modem it is over heating :(

I put in a request for a new modem 3 weeks ago but I have still not heard anything AND Virgin have now moved their Cable support line over to a premium rate number :(
Title: As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: Sweenster on July 17, 2007, 14:43:53 PM
It isnt the modem

Virgin seem to be clamping down on number of connections, if you have lots of connections open (ie torrents connecting to lots of people) the connection throws a wobbler

Also with the new limits on downloads the remote settings change on the modems is causing random modem problems as some of the older modems dont like having the settings changed alot
Title: Re:As no-one else has mentioned it...NTL/Virgin Media XL upgrade to 20mb !
Post by: Beaker on July 17, 2007, 15:59:36 PM
Im moving in 2 weeks, I just got the BT line activated, and im putting my order into Be Unlimited when the phone line is live.  Bye Bye Virgin, you your company used to be good.
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