Originally Posted by gunner45 (Post 35935246)

The problem for operators such as Sky is that their broadband is based on inferior technology compared with the cable of Virgin Media. Sky may have very good LLU coverage but is reliant on Openreach. I probably cannot get more than 40mbps from Sky due to factors such as the distance between my house and the cabinet in which the DSLAM is installed and how Openreach configured the VDSL2 in the cabinet. In contrast, I get more than the promised 200mbps from Virgin Media's VIVID 200, and I have confidence that Virgin Media can deliver its service as it controls the optical nodes and line cards in the hub sites where contention can occur.

Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 35935279)

I thought I'd seen something mentioned about this before, thanks sp,the thing is, would they let Sky use Virgin's existing BB service to facilitate their new dish free offering, which would obviously result in Virgin losing customers, but at a cost to Sky?

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35935281)

Openreach are now rolling out ultrafast. 100Mbps guaranteed minimum speed.

Originally Posted by gunner45 (Post 35935285)

I find it hard to believe that Ofcom would allow Virgin Media to block Sky's traffic.

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Is this G.fast? If so, I'd be amazed if Openreach will invest in cabinets in my area.

Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 35935279)

the thing is, would they let Sky use Virgin's existing BB service to facilitate their new dish free offering, which would obviously result in Virgin losing customers, but at a cost to Sky?

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35935297)

It will be a mixture of FTTP and G.fast initially. With 10M FTTP connections by 2025

https://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/hom...fibreaccess.do

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42902064

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35935298)

Maybe. But why on earth would anyone want Sky if they can get cable? ;)