Yeah, me too, in 2001. 512kb did seem blistering!

My first internet was AOL, 17 quid a month, 28,800 baud modem and 5 hours free and extra charges after that.

Yup, the best broadband ever - before the oversubscription of service. The latency was so sweet .... It all went downhill since then. I physically cut the crappy fibre to my house approximately 10 years ago and am content with the VDSL2 service I'm currently getting - The latency is much better than VM will ever have

Appreciated - thank you!

You still wont get the full 1Gb speeds as the HUB 4 only has 1 gig ports. You would need a 2.5 gig port and be wired to get the full speed they claim which is 1130mbps. So they are intentionally bottlenecking its customers by the inferior hardware they are providing, therefore you will never get the full 1130mbps on a HUB4. Only the new HUB 5 will be able to handle these speeds.

@@dazaman19 Using my Asus gt-ax11000 with it's 2.5 Gig port from the modem mode Hub 4.0, I frequently get 900mb's over wifi, so the very minor loss of half a hundred mb is perfectly acceptable in my eyes... But yeah, will wait until the HUB 5 gets out of it's trials and becomes more 'mainstream' for consumers.

@@JynxedKoma Yeah they should not be claiming '1130mbps' when the actual Hub 4 cannot attain those speeds. You can do a workaround with balance rr and use 2 ports on the HUB4 to boost a connection to the 1 gig speeds, however as the Hub4 does not support LACP-IEEE 802.3ad you need to buy additonal hardware which no one should have to do and about 99% of the customer base has no clue about.

@@dazaman19 I bought an Archer AX10 WiFi 6 ages ago but no idea how to set it up as I don't want to be left with no Internet. I'll have to check some videos as the Hub 4 is trash my Hub 3 was more stable.

This is only bul

Thisis is only money..

Sorry, I should have mentioned that. There will be a new WIFI network and password which is included on a small card in the box with the Hub 4. It’s always recommended to change the password once you get in though. Thank you for the comment though, I’m trying to work out how to get better at this KZfaq gig 😀

The actual max througput is basically half of that, the link rate isn't the same as the data rate.

Yes. I’ve just looked into this and it does support VOIP.

I always use a 3rd party router, I had the 500mb on hub 3 and got maybe 400 max in the same room, I left the room and I'd get dead zones everywhere, since getting a 3rd party router, I never got less than max almost everywhere. I'd suggest looking at getting a different router maybe

@@rayfields4574 u cant use a different router, but use hub4 in modem modem and connect yours

@@petrub27 That would be then using a 3rd party router, putting the hub 4 into modem mode then using a 3rd party router, I probably didn't word it right haha

You still have issues? Usually the virgin hubs are stupid. I changed mine to NetGear and always get the full speed

@@Mabs89 did you switch the virgin box to modem mode ?

Wait how do you get 900 upload

I actually hit speed mentioned by you on my WIFI6 router bro

Yeah I was hoping for a bit more too. Reassuring to know I’m not the only one!

@@OliBedford1 The bad news is I've connected the deco M4 mesh and now get 400mb right next to the router.

Honestly it's amazing your getting 500. WiFi just is not that good. Your expecting to much. It is not like your phone could even process 500. Also your macbooks lan card can properly not handle 1gb

@@njipods I don't think its that amazing. I've bought an asus ax86u router and will try that in a few days. If I paid for a 500mb plan I could understand.

@@zaibash1758 you paid for a 1gb line. The WiFi speeds are totally unrelated. Even if you paid for 50 meg you would still get the same WiFi speeds

That's because you're now on a 650mbps package for free (Virgin upgraded everyone) and speeds can also be limited by cables, wifi etc etc

Plus testing almost instantly after activating is a stupid idea

It’s not bad using Ethernet but the WiFi on the hub 4 is garbage. I bought a mesh network and it’s leaps and bounds better for wifi

@@TwistedGamingKZfaq yes I was upgraded to 600 from 500 but now I’m on 1gig

I look very forward to it. My contract ends Feb 22, then bye bye VM! I was waiting for this moment over 6 years :-D

I've got it , I chose Vodafone, very happy about them so far. Got symmetrical 1Gig and FTTH. Game changer! 😄

Yh ^^ try 5ghz band.

@@mmgmcnatt he did

The average ping will drop when virgin upgrade the upstream channels to DOCSIS 3.1. At the moment they have only upgraded the downstream channels which is why it's so asymetric. Will be a fairly decent upgrade to pings when they do - not so much a significant drop in ping time but definitely more stable. This is because active queue management (AQM) on DOCSIS 3.1 will prevent bufferbloat. In addition they will have way more upstream capacity to use if they want e.g. the 1 gig service will likely be boosted at least to 100mb upload.

@@starmole5000 I got VM's 500 package on September 1st and when I do speedtests, I get 7-8ms ping. Mine appears to be FTTP RFoG due to the large Omnibox on my wall as well as the fact that the white box in my bedroom has to be plugged into a socket. That might be why. I put my Hub 4 into Modem Mode and had a check and it says I am on DOCSIS 3.1.

@@VanillaVictini super stuff! Yes your downstream will very likely be DOCSIS 3.1! That means at a maximum VM will be able to offer you about 6gb/s! What does it say on your upstream channels? I imagine it says 3.0 but curious. The next upgrade for you will be coming when they switch over those upstream channels to 3.1 and then you should see same minimum ping but the ping will be much more stable (it should basically hardly ever go above 100ms, and for the most part stay low even when lots of users in the local area are downloading/uploading). Bear in mind there is no 'correct' ping to have - it depends on how far away/how many connection points you are from the server you're pinging. The stability in gaming etc. comes from the stability of that ping and a certain proportion of that stability is determined by the network between your house and VMs 'head end' (equivalent to the exchange in BT world I think). Because you're on FTTP there's essentially no connection points between you and the head end. But then the way the head end deals with packets up and down becomes more important and that's what the 3.0 to 3.1 upgrade will improve for you! That improvement should already be there downstream - I'd be interested to know for example whether if you do a large download from a server that can supply you with 500mbit+, does it impact your voice chat for example? It definitely does on mine - but 3.1 should help to resolve this because the modem can tell the head end that downstream traffic is getting a bit too much and so the head end will back off a bit to let the modem breathe again. At least that is my understanding of how AQM works! If VM ever go to DOCSIS 4.0 that will come with LLD - "low latency DOCSIS" and that would come with a really significant drop in pings and even more stability! Look it up it's really cool tech. It would provide pings from premises to the head end of less than 1ms even under load! Don't think that's going to be on the cards though - think they're gonna switch to XGS-PON which is fine by me! That's the thing most ppl don't appreciate really, truth is fibre in itself doesn't mean an excellent quality connection, it's the underlying network protocols and how they manage the traffic coming in/out that makes the difference.

@@starmole5000 I'll have to check my Hub 4 upstream channels tomorrow since I've gotta use a wired connection to check it in modem mode, and that's assuming I remember. But you are correct that the downstream is DOCSIS 3.1, because I remember seeing it. My connection's been solid thus far.

@@VanillaVictini no worries. Enjoy that 3.1 goodness! I find that accessing the modem admin page is terribly hit and miss on the hub 3 I've got. Like 90% of the time it will just time out, other times it's fine. Not the best piece of kit by any means but at least it gets the job done in modem mode.

Your not going to get a 1gb connection with WiFi 5 it’s impossible.

@@MrAckers75 HUB4 uses WIFI in AC standard, to get full 1gb you need to buy on your own WIFI 6/AX router.

Dear customer. Due to circumstances out of our control, your monthly debit has risen by 10%. KR Virgin Media Customer Service 😂

I bought NetHear NightHawk Wi-Fi 6 router and currently run hub 3 in router mode because when Virgin upgraded me from M500 - M600 without asking my speeds became slower and erratic, tbf they sent me a new hub 3 but no different, will be interesting to see how the hub 4 performs stand alone and in router mode.

My iphone Xs tests for 650dl speed

There is, its called the Upload speed being on Docsis 3.0 and not 3.1 like the download speed is.

@@EpicXProtocol Docsis 3.0 allows upstream up to 200Mbit/sec , so why VM gives only 52Mbit/sec ? Or why they didn't move whole down and up stream to Docis 3.1 technology ? Because they are proper bullshiters.

@@michalk5262 Or maybe it's because changing a whole entire infrastructure isn't just as easy as flicking a switch???

I agree with you vm upload is *********

ASUS ZenWiFi AX (XT8)

Don't forget the signal is going through a few brick walls, one of those will be insulated with Rock Wool if built in the last 40 years, this is one of the worst things for affecting the signal. Personally I would have run a cat 6 cable to the garage and put in a 5 GHz router as an access point, if he needs to have good access.

so true

The key’s in the name mate. A contract’s a contract 🙄

@@leonmatthew7 haha 😂 exactly

50mb up is plentiful tbh

@@s._81 yeah it is

@@s._81 but virgin is trying out 2200 mbps down 200 up and maybe new wifi pods with wifi 6 I’m not sure hopefully there will be a wifi 6 pod but I do know about the 2,200

@@choosingmusic11488p there'll definitely be wifi 6 pods, even if there isn't, i use an asus rog wifi 6 router already anyway, but i love the idea of 2gbps

@@s._81 same I will be getting a different router when 2gig comes out and hub 5 2.5gb Ethernet port