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Cable News · 25-02-09, 12:00 PM

Over 2.6 million Virgin Media customers will be getting an upgrade to 10 Mbps, as this is going to be the lowest broadband connection speed offered by the company following the cancellation of the up-to-2 Mbps service.Virgin Media says that this upgrade will allow households to take advantage of high bandwidth services like the catch [...]

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skweezer · 25-02-09, 05:20 PM

cant wait for this. im gunna have 10mbps bband

harry_bham · 25-02-09, 05:28 PM

ye this looks like a good move any one know when exactly it will be complete

Jimdefruit · 25-02-09, 06:20 PM

I hope they reduce the price for existing 10MB customers.

jet · 25-02-09, 07:07 PM

May, i thinks

bertles86 · 25-02-09, 07:28 PM

They've already upgraded 2-4, and 4-10 last year so is another upgrade?

Seldom · 25-02-09, 09:42 PM

Yes but when is my 20meg getting upped to 50meg, i bet they charge me......the robbing bastards.........bearing in mind i was paying £50 quid for 1meg when it first came out.........gggrrrr.

mortmaru · 26-02-09, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimdefruit

I hope they reduce the price for existing 10MB customers.

There not and they are doing trials so looks like even more traffic management.

sidz · 26-02-09, 07:42 PM

i find on mine (payin 25 quid a month for 10mb far as i remember) seems to download at around 1mb speeds 60% of the time , it used to only be between 6 and 10pm but its more often than not these days

AciidSn3ak3r · 27-02-09, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bertles86

They've already upgraded 2-4, and 4-10 last year so is another upgrade?

2mb never got upgraded to 4mb.
Since ive had broadband which has only ever been with NTL/Virgin. They have upgraded me from 128k (OMG lol) to 256K to then 1MB with 3gb capping then they removed that cap to a "Unlimited" cap. Then i got upgraded to 2mb and its been like that for ages.

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Cable News Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 271 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Virgin Media boosts broadband to 10 Mbps Over 2.6 million Virgin Media customers will be getting an upgrade to 10 Mbps, as this is going to be the lowest broadband connection speed offered by the company following the cancellation of the up-to-2 Mbps service.Virgin Media says that this upgrade will allow households to take advantage of high bandwidth services like the catch [...] More: Virgin Media boosts broadband to 10 Mbps

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Seldom Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 74 Thanks: 7 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Virgin Media boosts broadband to 10 Mbps Yes but when is my 20meg getting upped to 50meg, i bet they charge me......the robbing bastards.........bearing in mind i was paying £50 quid for 1meg when it first came out.........gggrrrr.

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sidz Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Virgin Media boosts broadband to 10 Mbps i find on mine (payin 25 quid a month for 10mb far as i remember) seems to download at around 1mb speeds 60% of the time , it used to only be between 6 and 10pm but its more often than not these days

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