[ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband
Hello all, just in case it is of interest. I am a virjin media costumer with 5mb broadband (good enough for me). I just had a call home offering the double up for free. But the offer is only if you upgrade or are using their 30 meg package. 5 is enough for me but 60 meg is very tempting. But after a long conversation i had to decline: a) it involves changing modem to a new home hub that they claim to be compatible with linux. (Risky as i did not check details and did not sound convincing) B) you would get home security that is not compatible with linux c) you would get 10gb of online storage that is not compatible with linux. I really do not need any of it but i still felt left out. I have been a costumer since 2006 (with telewest). So after the coversation I requested for feedback to be submitted so that we (linux users) could have support in future. If i could kindly ask to do the same if you are offered that would be great. They did offer a samsung galaxy ace with enough minutes, text and megs for £15 a month. Not a very double rainbow offer as it could have been. Regards, Andres. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband
On 03/02/12 14:10, Andres Muniz wrote: But the offer is only if you upgrade or are using their 30 meg package. 5 is enough for me but 60 meg is very tempting. But after a long conversation i had to decline: That's not true. http://my.virginmedia.com/customer-news/articles/speedupgrade.html If you’re currently on up to 10Mb, up to 30Mb or up to 50Mb broadband, we’ll double your speed. If you’re on up to 20Mb you’ll be tripled. And for those on Broadband 100, we’ll be boosting you up to a mighty 120Mb – a new benchmark as the UK’s fastest widely available broadband. a) it involves changing modem to a new home hub that they claim to be compatible with linux. (Risky as i did not check details and did not sound convincing) It's a Super Hub. I have one. It's just a custom netgear device with a cable modem internally. Some people have had issues with it, but that's nothing to do with Linux. B) you would get home security that is not compatible with linux Don't need it. c) you would get 10gb of online storage that is not compatible with linux. Yeah, that's a shame. I tried using the VStuff app in WINE but it didn't work, but I didn't spend long trying. There's plenty of Linux compatible options like Ubuntu One, Spideroak, Dropbox :) Cheers, Al. -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy alan.p...@canonical.com http://ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendations for a printer?
I want to update the list regarding my printer. I decided to go for the Epson Stylus Photo PX730WD after all, and it arrived this week. I just set it up today, and installed drivers I found online. The printer driver was specific for this printer, the scanner driver is Image Scan for Linux. I have tested printing from Ubuntu, all worked well. I also scanned in a photo which went well. I have not explored all the options yet, but it seems that this printer works perfectly in Ubuntu and the print quality on plain paper is of a high standard, and the scan quality is also very good. Installing the software was very easy and I had no hassles at all. Just as it should be. I looked at the printed instructions for installing in Windows which looked fairly straightforward, but after having found the drivers online already, installing in Ubuntu was probably easier than I expect it is in Windows. I can certainly recommend this printer to anyone who is looking for something similar. It has the ability to print straight from a memory card which I tried and got good results. David King On 04/01/12 00:08, David King wrote: I also found the Epson Stylus Photo PX730WD which has what I want. I just need to know if it will work fully with Ubuntu. David K -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband
On Fri, 2012-02-03 at 14:26 +, Alan Pope wrote: If you’re currently on up to 10Mb, up to 30Mb or up to 50Mb broadband, we’ll double your speed. If you’re on up to 20Mb you’ll be tripled. And for those on Broadband 100, we’ll be boosting you up to a mighty 120Mb – a new benchmark as the UK’s fastest widely available broadband. I can trump that. After three years of sharing Virgin internet with my neighbour (both of us paying full price of course) they are actually going to replace my cable (severed by a gas board contractor - I don't have gas). I don't even have to wait in umpteen days for the engineer. My neighbour might be hallucinating his conversation with Virgin of course. When they say Doesn't support ... I think that usually means We can't help with ... . Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband
On 2012-02-03 14:26, Alan Pope wrote: It's a Super Hub. I have one. It's just a custom netgear device with a cable modem internally. Some people have had issues with it, but that's nothing to do with Linux. So it's a router+modem? Has NAT and all that? Can it present a public IP to my own router downstream of it, as my current Virgin modem does? Regards, Tyler -- Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds, which follows from the advance of science. -- Charles Darwin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband
Had a letter yesterday informing me that there kicking me from 50Mb upto 120Mb...apparently due to them thinking that I am such a good customer. Have to wait until june though :( I havent had much of an issue with the superhub...wireless seems a bit slow at times but no problems when I'm on the hardwired desktop. The online back software does workI had it running under wine in Crunchbang Better stop now before I get shot for mentioning Crunchbang :D Michael On 03/02/12 14:26, Alan Pope wrote: On 03/02/12 14:10, Andres Muniz wrote: But the offer is only if you upgrade or are using their 30 meg package. 5 is enough for me but 60 meg is very tempting. But after a long conversation i had to decline: That's not true. http://my.virginmedia.com/customer-news/articles/speedupgrade.html If you’re currently on up to 10Mb, up to 30Mb or up to 50Mb broadband, we’ll double your speed. If you’re on up to 20Mb you’ll be tripled. And for those on Broadband 100, we’ll be boosting you up to a mighty 120Mb – a new benchmark as the UK’s fastest widely available broadband. a) it involves changing modem to a new home hub that they claim to be compatible with linux. (Risky as i did not check details and did not sound convincing) It's a Super Hub. I have one. It's just a custom netgear device with a cable modem internally. Some people have had issues with it, but that's nothing to do with Linux. B) you would get home security that is not compatible with linux Don't need it. c) you would get 10gb of online storage that is not compatible with linux. Yeah, that's a shame. I tried using the VStuff app in WINE but it didn't work, but I didn't spend long trying. There's plenty of Linux compatible options like Ubuntu One, Spideroak, Dropbox :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband
im being free upgraded from 10mb to 20mb On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:51 PM, michael ubu...@bigmassiveheed.co.uk wrote: Had a letter yesterday informing me that there kicking me from 50Mb upto 120Mb...apparently due to them thinking that I am such a good customer. Have to wait until june though :( I havent had much of an issue with the superhub...wireless seems a bit slow at times but no problems when I'm on the hardwired desktop. The online back software does workI had it running under wine in Crunchbang Better stop now before I get shot for mentioning Crunchbang :D Michael On 03/02/12 14:26, Alan Pope wrote: On 03/02/12 14:10, Andres Muniz wrote: But the offer is only if you upgrade or are using their 30 meg package. 5 is enough for me but 60 meg is very tempting. But after a long conversation i had to decline: That's not true. http://my.virginmedia.com/**customer-news/articles/**speedupgrade.htmlhttp://my.virginmedia.com/customer-news/articles/speedupgrade.html If you’re currently on up to 10Mb, up to 30Mb or up to 50Mb broadband, we’ll double your speed. If you’re on up to 20Mb you’ll be tripled. And for those on Broadband 100, we’ll be boosting you up to a mighty 120Mb – a new benchmark as the UK’s fastest widely available broadband. a) it involves changing modem to a new home hub that they claim to be compatible with linux. (Risky as i did not check details and did not sound convincing) It's a Super Hub. I have one. It's just a custom netgear device with a cable modem internally. Some people have had issues with it, but that's nothing to do with Linux. B) you would get home security that is not compatible with linux Don't need it. c) you would get 10gb of online storage that is not compatible with linux. Yeah, that's a shame. I tried using the VStuff app in WINE but it didn't work, but I didn't spend long trying. There's plenty of Linux compatible options like Ubuntu One, Spideroak, Dropbox :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ukhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband
On 03/02/12 15:48, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On 2012-02-03 14:26, Alan Pope wrote: It's a Super Hub. I have one. It's just a custom netgear device with a cable modem internally. Some people have had issues with it, but that's nothing to do with Linux. So it's a router+modem? Has NAT and all that? Can it present a public IP to my own router downstream of it, as my current Virgin modem does? Regards, Tyler Nobody is getting special treatment, this is a blanket upgrade for all VirginMedia cable customers. I'll see an upgrade from 30MB to 60MB in October. The SuperHub (modem and wifi router) can be put into 'modem only' mode. This is how I have mine set so that I can use my own Cisco/Linksys wifi router running dd-wrt. Generally, when VM works, it's great. When it goes tits-up, their CS can be a bit pants. Cheers, Iain -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband
If you’re currently on up to 10Mb, up to 30Mb or up to 50Mb broadband, we’ll double your speed. If you’re on up to 20Mb you’ll be tripled. And for those on Broadband 100, we’ll be boosting you up to a mighty 120Mb – a new benchmark as the UK’s fastest widely available broadband. I seem to be in up to 5Mb. That is why they made a list of ifs and did not say: all our broad band customers I agree there are plenty alternatives for online storage (but since i am paying for vstuff...) and we do not really need internet security packages in a similar degree that windows does. But would like linux to be taken into account : i had to spell out linux to the salesperson. At the end he thanked me for the added knowledge. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband
On Feb 3, 2012 2:07 PM, Andres Muniz andre...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, just in case it is of interest. I am a virjin media costumer with 5mb broadband (good enough for me). I just had a call home offering the double up for free. But the offer is only if you upgrade or are using their 30 meg package. 5 is enough for me but 60 meg is very tempting. But after a long conversation i had to decline: a) it involves changing modem to a new home hub that they claim to be compatible with linux. (Risky as i did not check details and did not sound convincing) B) you would get home security that is not compatible with linux c) you would get 10gb of online storage that is not compatible with linux. I really do not need any of it but i still felt left out. I have been a costumer since 2006 (with telewest). So after the coversation I requested for feedback to be submitted so that we (linux users) could have support in future. If i could kindly ask to do the same if you are offered that would be great. They did offer a samsung galaxy ace with enough minutes, text and megs for £15 a month. Not a very double rainbow offer as it could have been. Regards, Andres. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Hi, I am a virgin media customer on the 100mb package. They are upping me to 120mb and giving me a discount. I can confirm that although they don't offer linux 'support' all services with the exception of installable software is completely linux compatible. Bodsda -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband
On 03/02/12 18:20, Bod Soutar wrote: Hi, I am a virgin media customer on the 100mb package. They are upping me to 120mb and giving me a discount. I can confirm that although they don't offer linux 'support' all services with the exception of installable software is completely linux compatible. Bodsda I'm on 30Mbit at the moment, what sort of discount are they offering on the 100Mbit package? I was on the 50Mbit package before I moved, and I was mulling over upgrading, but don't know if I can get the 100Mbit package in my area yet (Torquay). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband
On 03/02/12 14:10, Andres Muniz wrote: Hello all, just in case it is of interest. I am a virjin media costumer with 5mb broadband (good enough for me). I just had a call home offering the double up for free. Do you have Virgin media cable (i.e you have a box on the front of your house with a thick cable coming out of it, most like a TV aerial or satellite cable) or do you have a modem or router which plugs into your phone line? If you're getting Virgin Broadband over a phone line (i.e. their 'National Service') I gather they won't be upgrading this, just the cable broadband customers. The Super Hub will work fine though. You can with the newer firmwares set it to work as just a cable modem (I believe it uses the first ethernet port) and then provides the static IP to whatever is plugged into it so you can use your own router, or even a PC etc as a router. Personally I just leave it in NAT mode, seems to work okay now (used to be really bad but seems to have improved over the past year). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] I'm not a Virgin customer
As stated, you will only get the advertised higher speeds with a Virgin Optical Fibre connection.When virgin cabled our nearest town, 3 miles away, they did not cut in to our village of 6000.BT will provide broadband to a cabinet, less than a 1/4 mile away so when it happens, we shoulddo better than the 2.5 megs that we have already.Optical fibre should be laid into every address, but the too political, who pays policy remainsunresolved.Currently, Virgin seen to offer the best available speeds, as long as you have their optical fibreinstalled at your address.For me, it remains a waiting game. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm not a Virgin customer
On 03/02/12 20:20, Michael Daniels wrote: As stated, you will only get the advertised higher speeds with a Virgin Optical Fibre connection. When virgin cabled our nearest town, 3 miles away, they did not cut in to our village of 6000. BT will provide broadband to a cabinet, less than a 1/4 mile away so when it happens, we should do better than the 2.5 megs that we have already. Optical fibre should be laid into every address, but the too political, who pays policy remains unresolved. Currently, Virgin seen to offer the best available speeds, as long as you have their optical fibre installed at your address. For me, it remains a waiting game. Well from what I understand later on this year folks who have fibre to the cabinet from BT will be able to get up to 80Mbit downloads and 20Mbit uploads, and even more interesting is that it seems that BT will possibly be offering the option to opt for a full fibre connection, although the article I read on ThinkBroadband.com suggests that it could possibly be quite expensive to start with... http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5016-fttp-on-demand-for-those-who-want-it.html A friend of mine is really gutted, he has Virgin near where he lives, there is a Virgin connection 2 doors up from where he lives but as his house was built after Virgin installed their cabling they won't cable up his house. In Devon Eurobell (prior to Telewest taking them over) cabled up Exeter, Newton Abbot, Torquay, Paignton and Plymouth but left out Teignmouth, Dawlish, Starcross and some of the other towns in the area. I never did understand why, but it looks like Teignmouth at least is getting fibre to the cabinet in the next year. As it happens I believe BT have a 110Mbit fibre service available which is just slightly quicker than Virgin, presumably that's why Virgin are upgrading to 120Mbit. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband
On Feb 3, 2012 6:36 PM, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: On 03/02/12 18:20, Bod Soutar wrote: Hi, I am a virgin media customer on the 100mb package. They are upping me to 120mb and giving me a discount. I can confirm that although they don't offer linux 'support' all services with the exception of installable software is completely linux compatible. Bodsda I'm on 30Mbit at the moment, what sort of discount are they offering on the 100Mbit package? I was on the 50Mbit package before I moved, and I was mulling over upgrading, but don't know if I can get the 100Mbit package in my area yet (Torquay). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Rob, They will discount me to the cost of a 50mb package. Bodsda -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband
On 03/02/12 20:56, Bod Soutar wrote: Rob, They will discount me to the cost of a 50mb package. Bodsda Interesting, so that makes me wonder if customers could upgrade to 100Mbit just before the changes, get the discount and then the free speed upgrade? :-) I dunno what I'd do with 120Mbit... heck I said that when I had 512Kbit 10 years ago :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm not a Virgin customer
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 20:45:52 + From: r...@esdelle.co.uk To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm not a Virgin customer On 03/02/12 20:20, Michael Daniels wrote: As stated, you will only get the advertised higher speeds with a Virgin Optical Fibre connection. When virgin cabled our nearest town, 3 miles away, they did not cut in to our village of 6000. BT will provide broadband to a cabinet, less than a 1/4 mile away so when it happens, we should do better than the 2.5 megs that we have already. Optical fibre should be laid into every address, but the too political, who pays policy remains unresolved. Currently, Virgin seen to offer the best available speeds, as long as you have their optical fibre installed at your address. For me, it remains a waiting game. Well from what I understand later on this year folks who have fibre to the cabinet from BT will be able to get up to 80Mbit downloads and 20Mbit uploads, and even more interesting is that it seems that BT will possibly be offering the option to opt for a full fibre connection, although the article I read on ThinkBroadband.com suggests that it could possibly be quite expensive to start with... Yes, but BT has not scheduled our area yet and as the local network is copper, we should be able to achieve a reasonable speed.A 1/4 mile of optical fibre cable will probably be cost-prohibitive to non-business customers, I am not sure what benefits will be achieved from higher speeds when Microsoft download speeds can be as low as 46k, slower than a dialled connection.We will see higher speeds soon, but optical cable providers will focus on business users, not much money to be made fromdomestic customers.Gone are the days when two unloaded pairs were needed for a 2megs PCM link, with regularly spaced regenerators,watching streaming video on a data link that sat on a telephone line, allowing phone service and high-speed data was never a consideration.Each transmission system has limitations, if every customer watched streaming video, the system might fall overunless huge buffering was incorporated. Theoretically, each connection may receive 80megs or more data,but in practice, maybe not all at the same time.Will be interesting to see the developments of the next few months. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5016-fttp-on-demand-for-those-who-want-it.html A friend of mine is really gutted, he has Virgin near where he lives, there is a Virgin connection 2 doors up from where he lives but as his house was built after Virgin installed their cabling they won't cable up his house. In Devon Eurobell (prior to Telewest taking them over) cabled up Exeter, Newton Abbot, Torquay, Paignton and Plymouth but left out Teignmouth, Dawlish, Starcross and some of the other towns in the area. I never did understand why, but it looks like Teignmouth at least is getting fibre to the cabinet in the next year. As it happens I believe BT have a 110Mbit fibre service available which is just slightly quicker than Virgin, presumably that's why Virgin are upgrading to 120Mbit. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
