Cable Forum - General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)

They could be but i've only been told upto 250mbs 1 unnamed company is testing 1gbs down 1gbs up with a potential to increase it to 2.5gbs if tests go well.
250mbs could be VMs nationwide testing and maybe 1gbs, 400mbs in big cities such as London.

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Maybe vm are the unnamed company my source is refering too.

Sorry should have said 1.5gb

http://about.virginmedia.com/press-r...able-broadband

DaMac

20-05-2015 13:02

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35778949)

What exactly do we need those kind of speeds for currently ?

Netflix hope add to 4k this year with HDR and atmos won't exactly require 250mbps but 30 meg wont cut it at peak times.

muppetman11

20-05-2015 13:10

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Originally Posted by DaMac (Post 35778964)

Netflix hope add to 4k this year with HDR and atmos won't exactly require 250mbps but 30 meg wont cut it at peak times.

Agreed however I was thinking on VM , 152mb is more than adequate for that , with the addition of vectoring on Openreach more and more will be able to handle that my connection already will easily.

passingbat

20-05-2015 15:06

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35778900)

VM's killer attraction is its broadband speed which its competitors don't match,.

That was true when VM were the only gig in town with fibre, but that is no longer the case.

True, faster BB is useful for families, but most providers of fibre offer those speeds. Above, is useful for some, but for the majority, very fast speeds are only of use to them for bragging rights.

For me Tivo is a massive plus point, but I do wonder how many people care about extra functionality, as long as they have some kind of PVR?

The many years of fault free and excellent service keeps me with cable, but that is of no significance to new customers.

theone2k10

20-05-2015 15:18

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35778949)

What exactly do we need those kind of speeds for currently ?

Hosting servers etc.
Personally 38mbs does me perfectly it streams no problem, online gaming no problem etc.

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Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35778957)

Sorry should have said 1.5gb

http://about.virginmedia.com/press-r...able-broadband

One thing is for sure there are certainly exciting times ahead regarding broadband and online tv etc.

Ultimate.Conj

20-05-2015 15:44

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There was talk of a Sony PS4 partnership with Virgin Broadband, does anyone know what became of if?

The use of Netflix over PS4/PS3 is quicker than with Tivo.

denphone

20-05-2015 16:03

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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35779012)

There was talk of a Sony PS4 partnership with Virgin Broadband, does anyone know what became of if?

The use of Netflix over PS4/PS3 is quicker than with Tivo.

As usual we see some smoke signals for a while then suddenly they disappear for a eternity.

theone2k10

20-05-2015 16:40

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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35779012)

There was talk of a Sony PS4 partnership with Virgin Broadband, does anyone know what became of if?

The use of Netflix over PS4/PS3 is quicker than with Tivo.

Talks broke down.

Ultimate.Conj

20-05-2015 16:44

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Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35779036)

Talks broke down.

I thought they announced it because the partnership was in place. Seems unusual for VM to announce something without finalising the so-called partnership.

Never mind lol

TAZMANUK

20-05-2015 20:40

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I asked a while ago on the Sony partnership and it was just for the ps4 launch and that's it, I challenged them on the articles that I read one which states benefits for customers.

Virgin's not giving out any details as to what being an official "ISP partner" of a video games machines actually means for us lot, though, simply saying:

"What does that mean exactly? Well, there’s going to be loads of exciting benefits for our customers but we have to keep the details under wraps for the time being. Watch this space for more details."

False promises, as when questioned on it again the only partnership was the expo that's it nothing more.

Media Boy UK

21-05-2015 20:20

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35778566)

Base on information we have seen over this past weekend:

-Six V0-- channels have started to test with audio.
-Some more V0-- channels are testing with no audio.

Latest info we seen says all no longer broadcasting.

blue666666

21-05-2015 20:21

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How many channels are testing altogether now mediaboy?

Media Boy UK

21-05-2015 20:24

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Originally Posted by blue666666 (Post 35779214)

How many channels are testing altogether now mediaboy?

Only Arabic Hafla and Nat Geo Wild HD testing.

blue666666

21-05-2015 20:55

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cheers for answer

Media Boy UK

22-05-2015 10:36

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Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35778289)

The box, smash hits, kerrang, kiss will be moving to the m pack in the summer (rumour)

News to us - thanks for rumour.

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Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35778765)

I don't know whether this deserves a new thread or not but what do we all think would have happened if ntl and telewest had never combined?

If Virgin Media did keep the idea of ntl (Going after channels right away) I count 50+ more channels would be broadcasting on Virgin Media right now.

But the bosses want for Telewest idea of working (Going after channels when broadcasts deal for up).

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We are secondary to BT even now and will soon lose our killer attraction to virgin media (free bt sports)

Maybe Virgin will reuse the money save if BT Sports goes "add on channel" to go after more channels from Universal, Sky, Viacom and Sony or give us Premier Sports on XL.

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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35778829)

So cast your mind back, Vince. How many channels did you have with Telewest?

When Digital TV Started on Telewest in my area only 75 channels was broadcasting.

-Only local Radio Channels from launch (UK Wide Radio launch later on).
-Back then you pick your own channel numbers.
-Some channel called "Travel Deal" from Travel Channel was last on list.

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