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Actually yes I can hit 20mb "most of the time" and I'm pretty sure they're using Docsis 3.0 for 50mb, so it shouldn't interfere with other services (I could be wrong on this).

Do your research before spouting such ****.

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Thanks for the personal attack hope your happy on 50mb when it comes out then more bw on 10 or 20 for the rest of us :) and can i suggest you go and do some RESEARCH on cable networks not just docsis3.

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I have had cable broadband since the month it came out and have ALWAYS had the service i pay for. I can ALWAYS max out my 20mb connection so i am looking forward to the 50mb option.
IMHO there are too many people who mistake the shortcomings of websites and download severs for a failing on the part of the ISP.
When ever i download binaries from usenet i get 2.4-2.6MB/s so i know my connection is fine.

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same mate, i think people just come on here, see all the problems and assume virgin are a terrible isp.

Ive also been with them since about 2001 - broadband has been second to none. I reckon theres a LOT of people out there with excellent connections with vm, but the minority on here see only the complaints and guess vm customers dont get the speeds they pay for.

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I don't believe that is the case.

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Well you think about it vm have 3 million customers and they all dont read cf and complain about there speeds. So please doback up your comments

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I bet quite a few of those 3 million don't actually get what they pay for whether they know it or not. I know I don't. But then again I'm more concerned with the actual quality of my connection and not the outright speed, as I don't feel the need to try and download the internet.
Unless I contact all those customers personally then you will just have to accept that is my opinion on the matter. I guess all the dissenters on here represent what is going on generally in all those individual areas, and I would suggest most of the cable network is now seeing speed/quality issues certainly where there is a decent sized population density.

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I undrstand what your saying but saying something without figures is a bit far fetched I can see that people have problems but if VM network was that bad then they would have gone out of business a long time ago

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I wouldn't have thought it needed backing up since it's so obvious - We have CF members from all around the country complaining, you can assume that if one person is experiencing poor speeds in an area, everyone is.

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No you can't.

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Why can you not? It's all the same network, I'm sure the bandwidth is divided equally (relative to what tos you're on)

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It may be all the same network but not everyone is connected to it in the same way.

For starters it may be a pc problem that's causing a speed problem.

It may be an installation problem.

It may be an old router.

There are any number of this that could cause speed problems, not just one.

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So what about the people that do have an ideal setup, that are complaining about speed issues? Surely other people with ideal setups will also be experiencing issues if the problem is network congestion, which in most cases it is..

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But that's not what you said.

You said that because ONE person is experiencing poor speeds EVERYONE is.

Which is incorrect.

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I'm not suggesting that one person is the cause of the problem, rather a symtom. I'm saying that this symtom could be suggestive of other people experiencing similar problems.

And I didn't mean Everyone quite as litteraly as that, but you can assume that most people are experiencing similar issues to the person with an ideal setup that is eperiencing problems.