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Virgin Media 50Mbps Broadband Rolled Out |
goldenface
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Virgin Media broadband speeds up
Virgin Media is widely expected to unveil a 50 Megabits per second (Mbps) domestic broadband service today.
It doing so it will be the first UK ISP to roll out a next generation broadband service that runs far faster than most others available to UK web users.
So far no word has been given on pricing or which parts of the country will be the first to get it.
Currently, the fastest domestic broadband speed available from Virgin Media is 20Mbps.
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arien617
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YES!
Fingers crossed for a free upgrade to 20mb for us 10mb users.
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paul101
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i have the 20mb broadband from virgin, that is fast
50 mb will be 
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pmerryman
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Its no use having 50mb broadband if your going to be throttled, in no time at all. I am on 4mb, and get throttled to high heaven.
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fluke9
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On 2008-12-15 20:59:20, pmerryman wrote:
Its no use having 50mb broadband if your going to be throttled, in no time at all. I am on 4mb, and get throttled to high heaven.
Same here on 10mb and its strangled.
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voda_jon
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am lucky where i live is a bit out of the way and not many young couples so am on the 20mb and get really quick speeds.... roll on january so i can get the 50mb upgrade....
oh and they arent upgrading ppl free of charge like before this is a new xxl package so u will stay on 10mb unless u pay the extra!
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yea g
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OMG!!!! I have 2mbps! stupid New Zealand broadband
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arien617
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On 2008-12-15 22:11:44, voda_jon wrote:
oh and they arent upgrading ppl free of charge like before this is a new xxl package so u will stay on 10mb unless u pay the extra!
ahhh damn, was kinda hoping it would be a free upgrade. :'(
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thomas93
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Throttleing sucks, and the 50mb isn't exactly cheap.
Worse still myold house had FO this one only has ADSL :'(
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goldenface
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Some questons answered here.
It certainly isn't cheap however I think you are more likely to get something like the speed you are paying for with cable.
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paul101
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what would you use 50 meg broadband for?
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Downloading warez of course!
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Krubach
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In the article mentioned theres a reference to the usage of DOCSIS 3.0 standard.
This means these 50Mbps connections are cable connections, not ADSL nor fiber optic...
ADSL tops at 24Mbps (with ADSL2+)
So from the copper wiring you will only get this, unless operators start deploying VDSL hardware, which would the be able to get near 100Mbps.
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Trev1982
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upload speed i bet its still poo |
Neo-Tech
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Trev, I think so. In the UK it's absolutely s****. Virgin, can you give us our full 10MB us users ask for and then release bigger MB's. It;s like you don't give a crap about us.
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Posted: 2008-12-15 09:49
