Virgin Media planning 100Mbit/s service

Shane

Shane

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What can i say? WOW :D

5 days old news yeah,But....

Virgin Media is to launch a commercial 100Mbit/s broadband service later this year, and has plans to trial a 200Mbit/s service.
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http://www.pcw.co.uk/v3/news/2258536/virgin-media-planning-launch

Not sure how fast you guys across the pond have internet access,probably alot faster than ours,especialy in the US... but atm 50mbit/ps is the highest ive seen some Internet service provders offer,I actualy done a trial for Virgin media on their 50mbit/ps line when it first was launched and its was so fast but it was too much at £50 a month :cool:

Whats your thoughts? I hate to see the pricing of this.:D
 
Nevakonaza said:
its was so fast but it was too much at £50 a month :cool:
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damn. with that amount of money, that could only get you a 12mbps connection here which is the fastest one in this country. and people who have it said they don't even get near the max speed. i'm paying $20 for a 1.5mbps connection. i hate this country. lol
 
It will only be available for like 5% of users, since the majority of the exchanges are from 1970's, they can barely handle 8MB.

I am paying 45 quid for 8mb and 110GB usage. Speeds never drop, and latencies are the best you can get in UK, fast.co.uk!
 
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Matthew1990 said:
It will only be available for like 5% of users, since the majority of the exchanges are from 1970's, they can barely handle 8MB.

I am paying 45 quid for 8mb and 110GB usage. Speeds never drop, and latencies are the best you can get in UK, fast.co.uk!
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mate your getting ripped off! I pay £35 for 20Mb Unlimited ....no download restrictions...and i get what i pay for....around 18-19mbits/ps most of the time....ping is quite good aswell in games.

Virgin media XL package.

I dunno,It could be because i live close to the exchange but its very good.

9:45 at night...still no slowdowns,the only downfall is the Upload,its horrible..But id rather have fast downloads speeds.

 
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Nevakonaza said:
mate your getting ripped off! I pay £35 for 20Mb Unlimited ....no download restrictions...and i get what i pay for....around 18-19mbits/ps most of the time....ping is very low.

Virgin media XL package.

I dunno,It could be because i live close to the exchange but its very good.
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My exchange is only 8MB, I used to be with virgin for like a year, My pings were 5 times bigger then they are now, I couldnt play any online games. I don't mind paying extra money for a good service.
 
I believe that they are also saying a very small amount will be able to get 200Mbps...

Bt came out with a statement that made me lol ...

A BT spokesman said: "Virgin are playing catch-up as customers are already using 100Mbps over BT's network. It is fair to say we are bigger than them and we are growing faster too."
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(from BBC Technology)

Can someone tell me where you can get BT 100Mbps broadband!? lol

I currently have £5 (plus line rental) with Sky 8Mbps and its rubbish, I have phoned them up so many times and half their support team doesn't even know how their network works!! I know more than a lot of them about it!

I had 2Mbps Virgin at uni and I got 19ms on a CoD4 server, same server on my sky I get between 60 and 90 on a good day.
 
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You can get 10Gb/s lines from BT if you're willing to pay the premium...

Maybe Virgin could sort their overcrowding before going after headline figures? Although the chance of them doing that is 76987598589907 * 0.
 
I'll bet getting a 24mbps service with 40gb a month for $40 AUD a month soon :D

It's only me, my dad and stepmum, they only get music off itunes and stuff so the rest is for youtube... and steam games ;)
 
I have 20mb Virgin Media XL package - unlimited downloads . Speed is ok but dont think the 100mb or 200mb will be available in my area soon. I dont think the 50mb service is available where i am at the moment either.
 
yeah Grand Rapids (somewhere around 30 miles from me) might get that Google high speed(I hope they do xD) 1 gbps is freakin insane and I'm moving there once I'm done with school! :D
 
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