Broadband speed

[Fireman on a Storm]

Please don't get too technical!

I have virgin 10mb broadband. (virgin modem and belkin wireless router)

I can pay £45 and get a virgin wireless Super hub
2 pc pluged in the other iMac and iPhones etc wireless

OR pay £14 per month and get 60mb broadband and the Hub thingy free.

will just the hub help or will I wonder how I ever coped before I had 60mb

Your views please

[Wicky]

As a p/t website designer/developer I cope with a 10mb Virgin connection approx £14.50 per month - stream purchased apple itunes movies etc no problem - Have a MacPro and PC connected by ethernet directly to a ethernet/WIFI router (*belkin F5D823 £20). Virgin will be upgrading connection later this year to 20mb which will be more than plenty for my business/personal usage.

* http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI. ... 1445wt_907

Unless you have a household perpetually downloading stuff 24/7 wouldn't worry about spending more than necessary. Also Virgin don''t have dl caps, provide reasonable service and didn't dob in customers to ACS:Law in the scandal unlike other providers BT, Sky etc. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... tomer-data.

Looking at the Vigin site theupgrade to from a 10 mb to a 30mb connection( > 60 mb) will get you the combined Modem/Router SuperHub so you can ditch your existing Belkin for £18.50 a month with free installation. Though as a existing customer when I try and upgrade to that package through their website it comes up as

£105.00Total one-off costs
£30.00Added to your next month's cable bill
£30.00 Broadband activation
£75.00Pay by credit or debit card now
£75.00 Virgin Media Super Hub



Spoke to them on the phone and they could do 10mb > 30mb (60mb) for an extra £4 a month though they did want to charge me £20 delivery for the free superhub! Asked them to excuse that hidden cost as I had a day last week when I didn't have any broadband service which they duly did.