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Old 23-01-2023, 11:13   #1
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ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99

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Old 23-01-2023, 14:38   #2
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99

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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99

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New Customers only ?

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As usual, new customers can expect to receive an included wireless router (usually a HUB 5), 18-month minimum contract term, unlimited usage, internet security / parental controls, free setup and email. Customers can optionally add their new STREAM TV service (set-top-box) too for a one-off cost of £35. The new offer will run until 5th February 2023.
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Old 23-01-2023, 16:02   #4
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99

As I mentioned on another thread, I am an O2 customer who signed up with Virgin last month, and had my service installed and start about a week ago.

I am paying £38/m for Gig1 plus some weekend call package (which I don't want and am not using).

Given that I was previously paying BT £62.66 for an out of contract fttp service (albeit with 100mb up) I am pretty happy.
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99

I always find the "average speeds of 1130Mbps down" amusing Who, at home, has 2.5Gbps ethernet backhaul or 1Gbps+ capable WiFi devices
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I always find the "average speeds of 1130Mbps down" amusing Who, at home, has 2.5Gbps ethernet backhaul or 1Gbps+ capable WiFi devices
It's more than my ZX81 can cope with that's for sure...
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99

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I always find the "average speeds of 1130Mbps down" amusing Who, at home, has 2.5Gbps ethernet backhaul or 1Gbps+ capable WiFi devices
Me.

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Pixel 7 Pro and Xiaomi 12 both max out 1gbit wirelessly.
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Me.

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Pixel 7 Pro and Xiaomi 12 both max out 1gbit wirelessly.
As yes, the "average" Virgin Media punter

Asus RT-AX86U £250 to £300
Pixel 7 Pro £750 to £850
Xiaomi 12 £500+
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Old 24-01-2023, 16:38   #9
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I always find the "average speeds of 1130Mbps down" amusing Who, at home, has 2.5Gbps ethernet backhaul or 1Gbps+ capable WiFi devices
That would be because VM don't advertise it as average to 1 device its average to the hub, and the average joe just uses the hub well as a hub, so if kids are maxing a 1 gig port out downloading a mass game on steam so on it leaves a good 150-200meg free for another port / wifi to use at the same time so really they aren't wrong nothing stopping average joe achieving those speeds, but yes i also agree a fair few of us here aren't average joe an can indeed max it on 1 device lol
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That would be because VM don't advertise it as average to 1 device its average to the hub, and the average joe just uses the hub well as a hub, so if kids are maxing a 1 gig port out downloading a mass game on steam so on it leaves a good 150-200meg free for another port / wifi to use at the same time so really they aren't wrong nothing stopping average joe achieving those speeds, but yes i also agree a fair few of us here aren't average joe an can indeed max it on 1 device lol
I'd argue that for most of the people upgrading/taking the 1G service, its a useless number given the wireless devices most people have. The main reason I point this out is that they could then ring up VM and complain they are "not getting the speeds they are paying for"

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The Gig1 broadband service offers average download speeds of 1,130Mbps – 22 times faster than the national average – which enables households to do more online at the same time and on multiple devices.

Share files in a flash

With download speeds averaging 1,130Mbps and upload speeds averaging 52Mbps, you’ll really feel the difference when you download, send and share even the biggest files.
It's a bit naughty ...
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99

The biggest benefit of 1 gigabit for me, is I dont need to shape my downstream traffic, I can do multiple things at once without a care in the world.

When I was on VDSL, if I downloaded a game, it felt like I was been ddosed, twitch would keep buffering and be stuck in 480p or below, netflix similar etc. Secondly grabbing games even though I might be hitting my wifi cap (on consoles), 300mbit of wifi bandwidth is still way faster than what I was getting on VDSL, and steam comes down at close to the full gigabit over ethernet on my PC.

Finally gig1 gives you a degree of protection from docsis downstream congestion as the 3.1 DS channel is exclusive to gig1 customers. I am noticing considerable upstream congestion, but I can do the full gigabit around the clock even mid evening.

With that said I wouldnt have ordered at the normal £62, it was high enough to scare me off. Luckily I got the O2 volt deal (£41 total monthly cost including O2). I will say the O2 gig1 deal is better as you getting a mobile sim for only one extra pound, but this is still a good offer for the standalone gigabit.
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99

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I always find the "average speeds of 1130Mbps down" amusing Who, at home, has 2.5Gbps ethernet backhaul or 1Gbps+ capable WiFi devices
I do, so do a good few of my friends. No point in paying for it and leaving it crippled, and I wanted the flexability to use Gig2 or whatever comes next.

For some odd reason fast.com now thinks I get 1.7-1.8Gbps down, which is funny as its not that fast in real world use.
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"Originally Posted by ianch99 View Post
I always find the "average speeds of 1130Mbps down" amusing Who, at home, has 2.5Gbps ethernet backhaul or 1Gbps+ capable WiFi devices"

I DO!"

My PC has a 2.5Gb/s NIC and WIFI 6E, my phone is also WIFI 6E and I have a USB C to 2.5Gb/s NIC I can plug into it.
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99

But what do you do on your internal network that requires that speed?
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Re: ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99

The other point is can the whole route support those speeds? The bottleneck may not be on the final hop to the hub.
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