Education Virgin Doubling Speeds - For Frees!

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  1. keir

    keir S p i t F i r e

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    Also gets doubled.
     
    keir, 15 Jan 2012
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  2. MeddlE

    MeddlE Norwegian Blue

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    10:1 ratio, so 20mb down is 2mb up, 60mb down is 6mb up, etc.

    Going from 20mb to 60mb here, scheduled for feb/mar in my area.

    *edit to add* traffic management limits being increased also.
     
    MeddlE, 15 Jan 2012
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  3. Telltale Boy

    Telltale Boy Designated CPC Jetwhore

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    My download speed went up from 0.4Mbit to 1.2Mbit the other day.

    You guys make me jealous enough to take a bullet to the face. :waah:
     
    Telltale Boy, 15 Jan 2012
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  4. Gunsmith

    Gunsmith Maximum Win

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    bullets wont cut it, try this

    [​IMG]
     
    Gunsmith, 15 Jan 2012
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  5. Telltale Boy

    Telltale Boy Designated CPC Jetwhore

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    [​IMG]

    I think I'll just about pull through.
     
    Telltale Boy, 15 Jan 2012
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  6. bagman

    bagman Minimodder

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    I feel your pain. ADSL sucks balls, I always disconnect from games randomly.
     
    bagman, 16 Jan 2012
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  7. B1GBUD

    B1GBUD ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Accidentally Funny

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    B1GBUD, 16 Jan 2012
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  8. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    October onwards! So probably Christmas before I see any sign of it, tbh I'm happy enough with 10mb.
     
    steveo_mcg, 16 Jan 2012
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  9. Auxilliary

    Auxilliary Crashes into space stations

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    yay! April to July, up to 60mb nice :)
     
    Auxilliary, 16 Jan 2012
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  10. mrbungle

    mrbungle Undercooked chicken giver

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    april-july

    lol recently downgraded from 20 to 10 and now i get it back to 20 again :D

    Still hate their fair usage rubbish
     
    mrbungle, 16 Jan 2012
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  11. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    GreatOldOne, 17 Jan 2012
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  12. o1nk

    o1nk What's a Dremel?

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    And all the while spend a thought for others
    8 meg. 8 paltry meg.
    No cable, nor will they ever be here.
    BT have no plans to update our exchange to 21CN
    No plans at all for Fibre Optic from any of the companies

    The speed difference is the equivalent comparison to original broadband (512k) and dial-up(56k)
     
    o1nk, 17 Jan 2012
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  13. suragh

    suragh Derp

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    I am on a 2 MB connection with sky (they're !@?$ yes - went with them for the nice TV packages) I am actually considering moving to virgin later next week, even if I have to wait until March/April for it to be introduced in our area; I will get a higher download/upload connection and to top it all off it will be doubled! :D
     
    suragh, 17 Jan 2012
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  14. yodasarmpit

    yodasarmpit Modder

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    Why the 2meg connection? Or was that the max available on your exchange?
     
    yodasarmpit, 17 Jan 2012
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  15. suragh

    suragh Derp

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    Was the maximum speed I could achieve in my area with ADSL : /
     
    suragh, 17 Jan 2012
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  16. LennyRhys

    LennyRhys Oink!

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    Up to 60Mb for us in March-April, which is good. I'm not in any great rush as 20Mb is fine (except for the crappy "fair" usage policy), and it will be VERY interesting to see how I get on with 60Mb when downloading movies, and getting my new games from Steam. :D
     
    LennyRhys, 17 Jan 2012
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  17. yassarikhan786

    yassarikhan786 Ultramodder(Not)

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    The upgrade is in October for me as well. Happy with 30Mb atm anyway.
     
    yassarikhan786, 17 Jan 2012
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  18. B1GBUD

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    B1GBUD, 17 Jan 2012
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  19. TrevDX

    TrevDX Ah Who Cares Anyway???

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    I have a slight issue with this as I have the 100mb package and I only get 20% increase.... I hope they are planning to fully double up the 100mb customers for free once their infrastructure can handle it. Just had a further read through the link above to thinkbroadband and it looks like we're coming down in price so my issue is abated maybe I'll look into getting a Tivo box for my room....

    When it's all said and done though you don't turn down free stuff :thumb:
     
    TrevDX, 17 Jan 2012
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  20. ccxo

    ccxo On top of a hill

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    Was you're exchange unbundled by sky, as if not you are on sky connect which is one of the worst asdl packages to be on.

    Its all well and good Virgin increasing everyones speed but what about the backhaul as i doubt they will be increasing it massively.
     
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    ccxo, 17 Jan 2012
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