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Old 12-11-2017, 17:09   #1
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Phoned up VM to talk about upgrading my broadband from 200 to 300 not really for the downstream but the upstream after about 15 minutes of talking to the rep i decided to go for it only £1.15 extra per month which is good value. Now all i am waiting on is the newer superhub (arriving Fri 17th)

Anyway i logged into my account to pay this months bill and got a nice surprise i am getting the vivid 350

My next step is to see if i can get the voip service.
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Old 14-11-2017, 20:20   #2
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Re: Upgrading

there is another thread to do with a trial atm which sounds like it is for voip. Normally, they trial it to a very small pool of customers, do some updates/patches/fixes, do some more testing and then make it available to the customer base (which will be after xmas) so it isn't something which you will be able to sign up for any time soon.
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Old 22-11-2017, 13:43   #3
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Re: Upgrading

I rang up last week to cancel my phone & TV as I dont use the TV, and the phone line is just spare, so just keep the broardband.

They rang me back today and offered me the phoneline for £1 a month, plus upgrade me to the "300" as Gamer 200 is no longer available.

I took the offer.

Checking my config now, my download setting is 402500000 (about 380M).

Testing it directly into the PC, I got about 370.
Sadly my router can only do just under 250, but its an improvement on before.
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Old 22-11-2017, 13:58   #4
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Re: Upgrading

I regularly get 378mbits in speedtests and it is also reflected in real world speeds. I have hit and sustained 45.8MB/sec quite a few times when downloading bits.
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Old 22-11-2017, 18:17   #5
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Re: Upgrading

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I rang up last week to cancel my phone & TV as I dont use the TV, and the phone line is just spare, so just keep the broardband.

They rang me back today and offered me the phoneline for £1 a month, plus upgrade me to the "300" as Gamer 200 is no longer available.

I took the offer.

Checking my config now, my download setting is 402500000 (about 380M).

Testing it directly into the PC, I got about 370.
Sadly my router can only do just under 250, but its an improvement on before.
That's the "350m" profile, so looks like you're on 350
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Old 22-11-2017, 20:08   #6
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Re: Upgrading

Are you guys out of contract? I've asked a few times now and it's always been an extra £20 a month to go from 200 gamer to 300.
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Old 22-11-2017, 20:15   #7
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Re: Upgrading

I was when i upgraded. I went by the homeworks website and expected to pay an extra £10/month but when i rang up they said i could have it for free and £4 off a month. I was over 2 years out of contract.
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Old 23-11-2017, 13:08   #8
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Re: Upgrading

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Are you guys out of contract? I've asked a few times now and it's always been an extra £20 a month to go from 200 gamer to 300.
I've upgraded several times whilst in contract:

200mbps to 200mbps gamer
200mbps gamer to 300mbps
300mbps to 350mbps

I even saved money with some of these upgrades!
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Old 23-11-2017, 16:55   #9
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Re: Upgrading

I've been speaking to them on live chat, maybe that's the issue
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Old 23-11-2017, 17:26   #10
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I've been speaking to them on live chat, maybe that's the issue
No, that's education.
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Old 25-11-2017, 17:33   #11
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Re: Upgrading

Finally rang up, got 300 (350/380) for the same price essentially.

392 on speedtests, well worth the call.

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nice, good things come to those who wait.
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Old 25-11-2017, 18:23   #13
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Yup, now we just need a 10:1 ratio on that package
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Old 25-11-2017, 18:53   #14
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Re: Upgrading

Yup, that needs to be the new big thing. Forget anymore downstream upgrades until they have got docsis 3.1 in place and focus on making all tiers 10:1. It should be achievable if they are making 3 or 4 channels available in a bonding group AND making them qam64.
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Re: Upgrading

I had a look at the offers available to me and was surprised that I can move from 150mbps to 200mbps for only 14p per month. But it specifies the new 500Gb Tivo when I'd rather keep the 1Tb one I have now. Would I have to accept a SHUB 3 rather than the SHUB 2AC I have now?

I'll give them a call next week....
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