50MB Broadband Help.

[Oasis]

I'll be honest I no pretty much fa about all this.

But today we got a thing threw the post saying we can get 50mb broadband for £28 a month,
I asked my mother how much we're currently paying with Virgin and it's £25 on there L package,
do you think it's worth the extra £3 a month for the 50mb? I'd call them up but people on here most probably no more. & would I see a big difference?

Thanks.

Btw, i just checked my speed currently.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/987766026.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Stephen!]

It would be worth it, but you will get about £70 worth of installation and activation charges on your first bill.

[LMS16]

Unless you're a hardcore downloader then no :) Not worth it tbh.

Lew.

[Richie]

Firstly I'm assuming you meant 50gb?


Unless you're a hardcore downloader then no :) Not worth it tbh.

Lew.

50gb isn't for hardcore downloaders lol, I barely download and I'm currently after using up about 60gb this month alone.

[Johno]

Firstly I'm assuming you meant 50gb?

50gb isn't for hardcore downloaders lol, I barely download and I'm currently after using up about 60gb this month alone.

No, he mean't 50Mb as in the speed of the line - not the download allocation.

It really depends on what you use the internet for, I'm lucky if I get like 5Mb/s and that does me just fine!

[Oasis]

Thanks. I don't really like the sound of the £70 installation fee.
How hard is it for them to fit it? o.O

[Stephen!]

Very easy. They just plug the new box they bring round in and call up VM to activate it. I think in some cases they do allow you to do it yourself for free.

[dbgtz]

Well you might wanna see if you will actually get 50mb (or higher then you do now), im on a 20mb line and I get 1.5mb at best.

[Stephen!]

Well you might wanna see if you will actually get 50mb (or higher then you do now), im on a 20mb line and I get 1.5mb at best.

Probably because you're on ADSL. 50MB is cable.

[Jam]

If you 'complain', eg. ring retentions they'll often do a deal for you. Otherwise, you can always ask for self install as Stephen said, although they do still charge about £10-£20 for delivery.

[matt$]

I think im on like 20mb and only get 10. check if your area even gets around 50mb then do it.

[Oasis]

I think i'll be upgrading.
We've got 4 laptops & 2 Xbox live accounts currently using it & you can see how slow it's starting to get.

[Recursion]

I think i'll be upgrading.
We've got 4 laptops & 2 Xbox live accounts currently using it & you can see how slow it's starting to get.

We have 6 PCs and no end of other devices connected to our 8Mb line (actually 6Mb) and we see no problems, so I'm not sure what you're getting at! :P