NTL / UPC / Virgin Media Broadband (2 Viewers)

[pete]

 

[dudley]

Apart from the desire to give Virgin more of your money, what do you actually need all that speed for?

 

[pete]

Apart from the desire to give Virgin more of your money, what do you actually need all that speed for?

BECAUSE IT'S THERE

 

[HMD]

BECAUSE IT'S THERE

Are you with them long? What are they like? Will they shop you to Imr*?

 

[pete]

Been with them years now. No complaints.

 

[pete]

A few times a week I pull down 30-40 gigs of server backups. It's now almost practical for me to grab a full image of the server - you wouldn't be doing that every day, but it's doable in an emergency.

 

[HMD]

Been with them years now. No complaints.

Duh, i just realised i'm also with them as they were UPC. Must look into getting the upgrade. Do you need to horizon box?

 

[pete]

Duh, i just realised i'm also with them as they were UPC. Must look into getting the upgrade. Do you need to horizon box?

no i don't think so - they shipped out a new LiteOn router even though i have the horizon one

 

[HMD]

no i don't think so - they shipped out a new LiteOn router even though i have the horizon one

Whats the wifi like on that? I got a new router from them a few months ago and it's rubbish for streaming within the network.

 

[pete]

Whats the wifi like on that? I got a new router from them a few months ago and it's rubbish for streaming within the network.

ok so far on 2.4ghz - can't get the 5Ghz going at all

 

[quaidox]

can existing customers get any of these speed upgrades for free, like we used to be able to in years gone by??

 

[pete]

can existing customers get any of these speed upgrades for free, like we used to be able to in years gone by??

you need to sign up for a new contract, but it shouldn't cost more. i think.

 

[quaidox]

cheers, pete, those free upgrades that used to pop up from time to time must be a thing of the past now. don't watch enough tellybox to pay more for horizon and get the upgrade....

 

[pete]

cheers, pete, those free upgrades that used to pop up from time to time must be a thing of the past now. don't watch enough tellybox to pay more for horizon and get the upgrade....

They ship out a separate liteon router for the 360mb, instead of using the one built into the horizon box which doesn't support the higher speeds available with the newer version of the docsis standard or whatever. So in other words you should be able to upgrade your phone & broadband bundle.

 

[pete]

Maybe

 

[Theseus Mock]

 

[pete]

Yay!

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I have UPC in my new gaff but I'm at the opposite end of the house to where the router is and the signal is a bit shit - youtube is glitchy. Is having a usb wireless receiver at the end of a 5m usb cable likely to make it a bit crapper than no cable? Are some wireless receivers better than others? There isn't enough space under the doors for a network cable...

 

[Theseus Mock]

Wouldn't hurt to try but the general consensus with the new UPC boxes are that they're pretty poor. (of course, you might have an old one, a pre-UPC horizon one).

 

[pete]

So far the new liteon router seems worse for wifi range than the horizon box, but i haven't really tested it properly yet