Had a letter from Virgin Media today to say that my 30mb broadband has now been increased to 60mb with no extra cost to me.
I was dubious at first but just visited a couple of speed test websites and it even hit 61mb

This is especially good being as I am using wireless rather than ethernet. Luckily, my MacBook Pro has the latest wireless card and is able to link to the wireless hub on the 5ghz frequency.

5ghz frequency doesn't have as big a range but is virtually immune to interference from other devices like cordless phones. Never had any trouble with the range in any case.

Anyone else been upgraded free with Virgin Media. Or are some of you unlucky enough to be using dial up still?  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
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No my broadband is with sky, I'm on the 20mb but get around 12

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Surprised you hadn't heard of this scheme it's been well publicised for months now. I'm on 60m BB from Virgin. Although the 'double your speed' programme has not got to Norwich yet after speaking to them about their new packages I got enhanced phone, upgrade from 30 to 60 Mb and a reduced monthly fee.

I like Virgin Media!

Just wait till 4g is out, there are talks of 40meg download on a mobile device. Which will really the providers off as they will loose business

4G will be mega money and the providers will be behind it anyway, the losers will be the man on the street who thinks he needs those speeds and pays for it.

I am being upgraded to 60mb in June but need an engineers visit for an uprated modem/router. I hope to move home a few weeks later so will need to go through the same performance. I also like Virgin media but would like to ditch the TV package.....wonder what it will cost me then? Currently £85 to £90 a month inc land line..... JT Upgraded to an ex demo, 7 mth old, Rimini Red/Ebony Napoli Auto HSE on 28th Jan 2011, added roof rails, mudflaps and side strips.
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Apple have had to change the new iPad 4g to iPad cellular too!

landy19840 wrote:

Just wait till 4g is out, there are talks of 40meg download on a mobile device. Which will really the providers off as they will loose business

No cable - local exchange only has BT wholesale with no other LLU's - I'm lucky if I can get 2Mbps on my upto 8mbps BT line

Think yourself lucky... Do you live down a road with a bunch of old peeps and technophobes? Virgin is notorious for have high contention ratios do to actually achieve what you have been promised is impressive Freelander 2 TD4 Auto, SE, Narvik Black, Alpaca full leather, Rear Headrest Entertainment System, 6 CD, 18 HSE Wheels, Privicy tints

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I pay less than £60 for tivo, extra v+, anytime landline, voicemail, caller ID, 60M BB, XL tv - do you have films or sports channels as add ons?

There's nothing complicated with adding a super hub to your system you don't need a visit as the instructions supplied are quite simple.

RichardK, no extras and minimal phone calls..... I have been with them a long time so may be on an outdated package. I will check but last time I phoned I spoke to an agent who could not understand me/me him due to language (somewhere in Mumbai?) Upgraded to an ex demo, 7 mth old, Rimini Red/Ebony Napoli Auto HSE on 28th Jan 2011, added roof rails, mudflaps and side strips.
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The Doctor wrote:

Had a letter from Virgin Media today to say that my 30mb broadband has now been increased to 60mb with no extra cost to me.
I was dubious at first but just visited a couple of speed test websites and it even hit 61mb

Have you no consideration for us country folk . I live about 20 miles from B'ham city centre and I just manage 2mb on a good day. You cant much more than surf the net with that speed. I have to laugh though - I keep getting all this junk mail from BT about Infinity etc - what a joke. Until BT can doing something about the overhead copper cables my internet isnt going any faster.