Cable broadband has always seemed to be out in front in comparison to ADSL and that gap looks like its going to get even bigger with the latest news that Virgin Media will be offering 100Mbps broadband to its 4.1 million customers. That’s a staggering 24 times faster than what any of its current competitors can offer.
I currently subscribe to their 50Mbps which after a few teething problems getting my network up and running, has been outstanding. At first I didn’t really notice much difference between it and it’s 20Meg service but now it’s running smooth I can’t wait to see the full potential I’ll get when i can upgrade again. In theory at 100Mbps downloading will be lightning quick. 30 seconds for a HD TV programme and 7 and a half minutes for a full HD movie. Not to mention the speed for online gaming.
Company CEO Neil Berkett said: "There is nothing we can't do with our fibre optic cable network, and the upcoming launch of our flagship 100Mbps service will give our customers the ultimate broadband experience.” There’s already talk that Virgin Media are starting to test and pilot 200Mbps in the South West and the Midlands……………BRILLIANT!
ok... I am on their 20mbit - as well to be honest, I don't see the point in upgrading as they will still give us their shit upload speed... 50mbit has 1.5mbit upload rate - so going off that 100mbit will have 3mbit upload 100/3 is pathetic - I will subscribe to their 100mbit lines if it is 100/100. Virgin media don't understand their customers want a decent upload speed, for gaming, uploading to youtube ( and the obvious - torrenting - but we don't tell them that part ).
Posted on March 16th, 2010 at 8:15 pm