Virgin Media Lays Groundwork for Faster Upload Speeds (Article)

[snozski]

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2022/08/virgin-media-o2-uk-lays-groundwork-for-faster-upload-s...

Great news if true 🙂  I saw some users on here have pasted stats showing 3.1 docsis upstream channels activated. 

I have maintenance in my area on Tuesday wonder if I'll receive these extra channels too 

[se1lad]

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@unisoft wrote:

VM Business packages have already had an uplift to upstream speeds. On the business 1GIG service upstream is listed/sold as 100mbps (provisioned higher).

https://www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk/connectivity/internet-access/business-broadband/

Given as it uses the same cabinets and cables as residential, this shouldn't be too long hopefully. The difference is there are far more residential customers on a cabinet than business customers and that maybe where a delay comes in to capacity plan for it.....

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As the 100 and 200 residential packages already got an unplift last year I presume they wont get any further upgrade this time round?  I wonder if the 350 package will be upgraded as it's already on a 10:1 ratio, or if they will only upgrade the 500 and 1gig packages?

[unisoft]

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@se1lad wrote:

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@unisoft wrote:

VM Business packages have already had an uplift to upstream speeds. On the business 1GIG service upstream is listed/sold as 100mbps (provisioned higher).

https://www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk/connectivity/internet-access/business-broadband/

Given as it uses the same cabinets and cables as residential, this shouldn't be too long hopefully. The difference is there are far more residential customers on a cabinet than business customers and that maybe where a delay comes in to capacity plan for it.....

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As the 100 and 200 residential packages already got an unplift last year I presume they wont get any further upgrade this time round?  I wonder if the 350 package will be upgraded as it's already on a 10:1 ratio, or if they will only upgrade the 500 and 1gig packages?

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When work is done, 500 could go to 52mbps but the other tiers would probably stay as they are. They normally have a 10:1 ratio - except for M125 where it was upped to 20mbps - mainly to counteract FTTC areas where 20mbps is maximum upstream if close to cabinet to prevent VM having to give a higher download package such as M200 or above during retention deals because the customer complained about upload speeds being more on cheaper FTTC packages.

[IPFreely]

10:1 seems a nice ratio for the higher products, less perhaps an upcoming multi-gig service that'll be more challenging to get to 10:1 and take longer as upstream spectrum ts moved from 3.0 to 3.1, doesn't it?

The RFoG areas I think might well have to go to XGSPON to see such goodies. They can't run 3.1 upstream channels.