Virgin Media 50MB's Installed!

Hey,

Well couple days ago I was told Virgin Media would be around to install my 50MB's today and WOO they just left about 30mins ago and I must say it's even more amazing than their 20MB package which was also amazing.

Just done a speedtest as well and as usual getting the full speed:

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Lol they also had 2 vans for my house:

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The little modem is amazingly sexy and the Wireless-N router is amazing as well. We also got their TV intalled Movies on demand is immense it all is! :D

Anyone else have their 50MB package if so you like it and had any problems?

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Wow I wish New Zealand had that sort of internet, brilliant. And I couldn't stop laughing at the van parked on the wrong side of the street.

Awesome mate, congrats.

I'm currently waiting for the 50mb to be avaliable in my area still. Not sure how long it's going to be.

Nice, lucky nout

I'm waiting for cable to come to my area ¬¬

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Wow I wish New Zealand had that sort of internet, brilliant. And I couldn't stop laughing at the van parked on the wrong side of the street.

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Yeah one pulled up than like 5mins later the other guy pulled up and came in I was like :O I get two people :P

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Awesome mate, congrats.

I'm currently waiting for the 50mb to be avaliable in my area still. Not sure how long it's going to be.

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Thanks! Yeah I remember when I saw the advertisement on TV I checked as well to see if it was available in my area than like 2-4 weeks later I got the beloved e-mail saying '50MB's In Available In Your Area' and was like "Mum..." I think you know the rest :P

Are you with them now? If so which package?

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Originally Posted by YabbereR

Nice, lucky nout

I'm waiting for cable to come to my area ¬¬

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Thanks! Who are you with now and what speeds?

Nice internet but Virgin TV sucks, get Sky+

Very nice indeed, shame 50MB isn't in my area yet :(.

Congrats! ;D

I'm sill waiting for it to come in my area, despite living in central London. ;|

Nice one, even if cable did come into my area I doubt I'd end up switching to it. Especially something as extravagant and costly as a 50mb package, although it'd be nice to have a half decent upload speed. Currently on BT's so called 8mb package, which is untrue and overpriced, so we'll soon be moving to Sky when the contract ends at some point this year. This might sound like the fools question, but how can you justify a 50mb package for regular internet usage?

You're internet speed is exactly 16.6 times faster than mine, and I'm on the fastest package for my area (3MB)

Oh, I will be getting 50MB by the end of July. It's like waiting for big present!

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Nice one, even if cable did come into my area I doubt I'd end up switching to it. Especially something as extravagant and costly as a 50mb package, although it'd be nice to have a half decent upload speed. Currently on BT's so called 8mb package, which is untrue and overpriced, so we'll soon be moving to Sky when the contract ends at some point this year. This might sound like the fools question, but how can you justify a 50mb package for regular internet usage?

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Aye no cable in our area >.<
With Sky get 2mb but I'm quite far from the exchange so I'd say it's ok due to distance. :P

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Originally Posted by Voiding

Nice internet but Virgin TV sucks, get Sky+

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Yeah I mean their TV is ok and their films on demand and iPlayer on their is ok but I think sky is better of sky have loads of HD channels as well.

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Very nice indeed, shame 50MB isn't in my area yet :(.

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Aww! I remember the annoying wait waiting for it to come to my area as well. You with them at the moment on another package?

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Originally Posted by BeanEgg

Congrats! ;D

I'm sill waiting for it to come in my area, despite living in central London. ;|

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Wow. I would of though London being so "upper class" and so on most areas of it would have 50MB's.

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Originally Posted by mat64

Nice one, even if cable did come into my area I doubt I'd end up switching to it. Especially something as extravagant and costly as a 50mb package, although it'd be nice to have a half decent upload speed. Currently on BT's so called 8mb package, which is untrue and overpriced, so we'll soon be moving to Sky when the contract ends at some point this year. This might sound like the fools question, but how can you justify a 50mb package for regular internet usage?

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Nah not at all I'd say 2mb would suffice for someone who used normal internet like browsing and stuff but I do alot of gaming so I like a rather good ping and I do an awful lot of downloading which is why I moved to it because I like speed and also wanted to download my films and so on at a nice speed and because their is no useage or capping limits.

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You're internet speed is exactly 16.6 times faster than mine, and I'm on the fastest package for my area (3MB)

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Ouch! You live in a quiet rural area?

Trying to convince my Dad to get it. Hopefully should have him calling virgin within the next week :8

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Originally Posted by Sam

Trying to convince my Dad to get it. Hopefully should have him calling virgin within the next week :8

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WOOT! Good luck :P

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Yeah I mean their TV is ok and their films on demand and iPlayer on their is ok but I think sky is better of sky have loads of HD channels as well.



Aww! I remember the annoying wait waiting for it to come to my area as well. You with them at the moment on another package?




Wow. I would of though London being so "upper class" and so on most areas of it would have 50MB's.



Nah not at all I'd say 2mb would suffice for someone who used normal internet like browsing and stuff but I do alot of gaming so I like a rather good ping and I do an awful lot of downloading which is why I moved to it because I like speed and also wanted to download my films and so on at a nice speed and because their is no useage or capping limits.



Ouch! You live in a quiet rural area?

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Live in Dublin, the capital of Ireland so not really rural lol

urgh, i have parents who think that all internet speeds are the same
doubt i'll be getting 50MB's :(

The 50Mbps package is available where I live, but we can't be affording that :P.

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Wow. I would of though London being so "upper class" and so on most areas of it would have 50MB's.

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I would of thought that. LOL
There's barely anything in central London, its more in the outskirts.

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Originally Posted by Kevin

You're internet speed is exactly 16.6 times faster than mine, and I'm on the fastest package for my area (3MB)

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I get 2.0 mbps, so your even luckier than me!

The fastest package in my area is 2MB. Joy. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by N!ck

The 50Mbps package is available where I live, but we can't be affording that :P.

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What you got at the moment?

Thats some speedy internets sir.

Can't believe you got 2 vans though! We have to ring up and practically say we're going to end the contract before they'll even send one out to fix our television box which permanently breaks!

is it still £50pm? if so ill never get it :( lol

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Thats some speedy internets sir.

Can't believe you got 2 vans though! We have to ring up and practically say we're going to end the contract before they'll even send one out to fix our television box which permanently breaks!

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Yeah I was quite shocked as well :P
Which box you got the V+ or the standard? Hope ours dont keep breaking.

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Originally Posted by Alkaz

is it still £50pm? if so ill never get it :( lol

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Yeah it's £51 p/month.

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I did think the modem was huge from the pictures on google but it's pretty small not tiny but small :P

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Originally Posted by N!ck

The 50Mbps package is available where I live, but we can't be affording that :P.

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Same with me lol, surprised my area has cable really. Might try get parents switch to 10mb Virgin from 2mb orange ahaha

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Yeah I was quite shocked as well :P
Which box you got the V+ or the standard? Hope ours dont keep breaking.



Yeah it's £51 p/month.

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Couldn't edit first post so had to put here took some more pictures.

I did think the modem was huge from the pictures on google but it's pretty small not tiny but small :P

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*shudders* Netgear!

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*shudders* Netgear!

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:O! Why? Who would you say was a good make for routers and so on equipment?

Please don't say Belkin.

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Just done another speedtest to see now they've gone and i've been throttling and downloading as much as I can to see if I get capped and have iPlayer streaming and random things like steam and xfire open.

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I love it when you get what you pay for. (Not to be smug)

Watch it go down over the next few weeks LOL.

I prefer Cisco personally.

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*shudders* Netgear!

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Watch it go down over the next few weeks LOL.

I prefer Cisco personally.

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Netgear along with Linksys make to best home consumer networking products. Cisco is a business brand, way too OTT for home use. Linksys, as you probably know, are a dumbed down version of Cisco anyway.

Netgear wireless routers have a brilliant range.

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Watch it go down over the next few weeks LOL.

I prefer Cisco personally.

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Nothing wrong with Netgear considering my Linksys did die on me, it was my only choice and I must say it was the best choice I made in a long time. Nothing wrong with their products. That modem is rather sexy, I have the black V+ Box. :P.


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To the person who had to threaten to get someone out, wow, really? We had a problem with our telephone. They came out within the next day or 2 to find the problem. The guy was nice enough so we didn't have to pay and blame it on the company :P.

Nothing wrong with netgear, ive had a router for 2 years and it hasn't failed me yet.

Nice internets, only 7 months before our contract with AOL expired and we can move to something nicer, I think mum was talking about sky cos its cheaper. We'll have the phone service and we already have the TV so yknow.

The Vbox is disgusting, although I dont like the v+ box, it is alot nicer than that.

Virgin has a sexy on demand and iplayer though :(

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Virgin has a sexy on demand and iplayer though :(

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Yeah I thought that as well almost brought a film and watched it before the guys had even left our house. Shame they didn't put the effort and style they put into their Modem into their V box.

i didnt say that alex i said the vbox is skank, the V+box is skank but nicer

24mb ftw.

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24mb ftw.

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I guess your with the one and only Be* :)

Alas, im stuck with my measley 20mbps.

50mb came to my road a few weeks ago, so it depends whether or not i can convince my dad to get it.

Mines only 2MB which Virgin have now forced me to upgrade as they're discontinuing, but they just offered us the VIP package at a discount (We've been with them for like 10 years (Telewest) ) so I think I'm getting 10MB.