Virgin Media appears to be getting ready for an upload bump

[Mark.J]

I did speak to a couple of my sources and there's currently no obvious upstream boost on the horizon for 2022, but they might not always be informed about every development.

 

[FencingFanatic]

I also have now got a 3.1 upload channel and an extra 3.0 listed compared to what I remember having. I didn't when OP started the thread as I checked then but have now. Area 31.

 

[Tarzion]

I got the 3.1 US channel yesterday and I am in the KT13 area.

 

[Flagrag]

How is congestion for you? Been so long since I used VM as Leicester historically has suffered from over subscription on VM, so curious if things have improved.

My parents are in Birstall and VM is awful with evening download speeds often 120Mbps on the 600 package they won’t even allow them to have Gig1 as they know the service cannot be offered.

VM have tried lots of things like reseg the network,lighting more fibre to cabinets, giving the new Hubs that can bond more channels but all to no resolution.

They are very unfortunate that they live on the Gates estate which has over 750 houses which has no FTTC or CityFibre so it’s basically VM or ADSL. Both Openreach and CityFibre have said they are going to put full fibre but are very slow at doing so

 

[Mark.J]

What router are those with the 3.1 upstream channels on?

 

[FencingFanatic]

What router are those with the 3.1 upstream channels on?

Hub 4 and we have the 100mb DL package.

 

[cg0]

What router are those with the 3.1 upstream channels on?

I'm using the Hub 4, gigabit plan.

 

[Mark.J]

I didn't think the Hub 3 could even see D3.1 channel assignments? But I've not had one myself to play with.

Did everybody seeing this change previously also have just the four D3.0 US channels, but now they've got one extra D3.0 US channel and one extra D3.1 US channel?

Does seem a lot to me like a phased rollout, readying the network for faster uploads further down the line. There are too many people seeing it in different areas for this to be the usual localised testing.

 

[Tarzion]

I didn't think the Hub 3 could even see D3.1 channel assignments? But I've not had one myself to play with.

Did everybody seeing this change previously also have just the four D3.0 US channels, but now they've got one extra D3.0 US channel and one extra D3.1 US channel?

Does seem a lot to me like a phased rollout, readying the network for faster uploads further down the line. There are too many people seeing it in different areas for this to be the usual localised testing.

I had 4 D3.0 US channels.

One user thinks this is a trial from VM, before proper roll out.

3.1 upstream channel?

Hi, VM are doing some work in my area and I lost my internet connectivity briefly today only to find now I have 5 x 3.0 upstream channels and 1 x 3.1 upstream channel. 3.0 Upstream channels Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) Symbol Rate (ksps) Modulation Channel ID 1 23600000 40.770599 5120...

community.virginmedia.com

VM seem to have been caught sleeping and are now rushing to stop the exodus of customers to altnets.

 

[PaulR]

A little while ago VM did some work in area 22, TN24 postcode and gained 2 extra upstream D3.0 channels, no extra 3.1 upstream channels though.

A friend that lives in the BR8 postcode has no update yet

 

[GreenLantern22]

Upgraded my package to 1gb and got a Hub 4.0 router and on first sync it showed 3.1 channels (I am on SE9 post code):

 

[snozski]

I had maintenance today and now have a new upstream channel

HUB5 does not report if DOCSIS 3.0 or 3.1 though

Upstream bonded channels

Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) Symbol Rate (ksps) Modulation Channel ID

0	49600000	47.3	5120	QAM 64	1
1	43100000	46.8	5120	QAM 64	2
2	36600000	46.3	5120	QAM 64	3
3	30100000	46	5120	QAM 64	4
4	23600000	45.8	5120	QAM 64	5

 

[Kazak]

Hey all, came across this thred and quite pleased it exists, ive just checked my hub in the Blackburn area, BB2 and noticed that i have no DOCSIS 3.1 Channels for upstream, but do have 1 for downstream, i then went into the more advanced view and it says locked, should i be worried or it that normal? Posting some pics below. I do have my hub in modem mode as i use my own Asus RT-AX82U router

 

[JaffaMeme]

On DOCSIS 3.0 on a Hub 3 and have found I now have 6 upstream channels rather than 4.

 

[JaffaMeme]

On DOCSIS 3.0 on a Hub 3 and have found I now have 6 upstream channels rather than 4.View attachment 3203

(Virgin Media warned of maintenance last night or the night before)

 

[Matt_2k34]

should i be worried or it that normal?

Completely normal

What we're looking at is the extra DOCSIS3.1 upstream channels, the reason this has sparked interest is it'd give each customer more upstream bandwidth available (more upload speed)

What you have there is totally normal. (See other images in the thread to see "Locked" for example). You are unfortunately in the same boat as me currently


edit: looks like some people are getting an additional 2x D3 channels or 1x D3.1 channel, interesting. I'm still not expecting miracles...

 

[Kazak]

Completely normal

What we're looking at is the extra DOCSIS3.1 upstream channels, the reason this has sparked interest is it'd give each customer more upstream bandwidth available (more upload speed)

What you have there is totally normal. (See other images in the thread to see "Locked" for example). You are unfortunately in the same boat as me currently

Okay lovely thanks for replying Matt, appreciate it Im very keen for more upload speed, so have been keenly watching this and other spaces

 

[Matt_2k34]

If VM do bump upload, I wouldn't expect a huge hike. I'm only expecting them to move in line with BT (~110mbit up) though difficult to tell how much they'd get from the channels people are reporting.

 

[Kazak]

If VM do bump upload, I wouldn't expect a huge hike. I'm only expecting them to move in line with BT (~110mbit up) though difficult to tell how much they'd get from the channels people are reporting.

Oh id be very pleased with that, double the upload speed will suffice for the services i run at home, media stuff and games servers

 

[Matt_2k34]

just my speculation I'm afraid based on what's sensible
This is VM .... might not be a sensible reason or outcome.