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 work....I 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<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://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/> > -- Regards Javad
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