hello need help please.

Hello all.
thinking of comeing back to VM on 20MB broadband service, but would like to know if they are still as bad as what they where when i was with them last year,i never got any where the 20MB & think that was due to haveing an over subscribed UBR, is there anyone in my area Camberwell SE5 7PQ that has the 20 MEG service n if so is it ok now.
thanks for any help.

the only problem with VM is that the traffic management, you speed will slow down during day/evening.....

i'm gonna stick to it for a bit as i'm only paying 26 per month incl fone. i hope it improves. I do get full 20mb in the nite and mornings

[V]irgin Media20mb Belkin 7633-4

Sarf Lunnen UBRs haven't been upgraded yet so probably no improvement on your experience last year.
And it's quite likely that congested areas will only improve once VM get DOCSIS3 working, around the end of the year or maybe 2009.

thanks for that guys , ronaldo what part of uk u from, i never got anywhere near 20mb maybe 13 if i was lucky in day n 6-7mb at night.

how can i find out when it will be upgraded, dont want to get stuck with a 12 month contract for something that dosnt work right half of the time.only stayed with them for 2 weeks last year cancelled then had a bill for £60 odd pound then they sent that on to debt collection agency, didnt get anything out of me cause i cancelled in first 30 days,

Short answer: you can't.

Long answer: you could monitor VM's 4Mb-10Mb upgrade schedule but it doesn't include much advance information, the dates are all (very!) "subject to change" and the page isn't regularly updated.
Alternatively you could try to find the maintenance bulletins put out a week in advance but I've only found them on VM's (closed) newsgroups.

And even then, folk are still reporting speed and connection problems *after* their UBR has been upgraded...

I'd stay with ADSL until the end of the year, if I were you.

Thanks a lot for that ceedee,im with bulldog at moment n i get a solid 13MB connection all the time, only pay £10 for broadband n £10 for phone, because i stayed an xtra year with them but come June it will go back to £35 for everything unless i can get a deal from them again, a bit guted that they havn't improved since i left as i was hopeing to get a bit more speed, thanks all your help mate, might have to stay with bulldog untill end of year or give Sky a go.

hey i am from London nw . I was with bulldog for many years and happy with 13-14mb but had loads of phone issue which they kept saying was ok on line test so after 3 or years of their service i left about a month ago to virgin, got a good offer over the phone. just finally got free wifi router today.

i dont download all the time (used to) but want fullspeed when i need it but downloaded about few Gigs today at fullspeed i think it will be capped after i do 6GB or so....

[V]irgin Media20mb Belkin 7633-4

What sort of speed you geting with new wireless router.