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Ignitionnet 01-12-2015 09:16

Virgin Media no longer sell ultrafast
 
Ofcom just redefined ultrafast for the purposes of their reporting as 300Mb+.

Quote:

For this report, we have defined ultrafast services as those delivering a download speed of 300Mbit/s or more. We will continue to monitor the coverage of these faster services and may, if appropriate, refine our definition as the market evolves.
Somewhat awkward until VM release 300Mb.

qasdfdsaq 01-12-2015 10:41

Re: Virgin Media no longer sell ultrafast
 
Did VM ever sell Ultrafast? I thought the previously defined term was "next-gen" or "Superfast" at ~24-30Mbps+ depending on who you asked.

Incidentally the U.S. doesn't define anything below 30Mbps as broadband at all.

I'd guess the definition of "ultrafast" being 300 or more got worked up in the days where 300 or more was an indicator of pure FTTP services. So it could be just as awkward once VM release 300Mb and un-doing that distinction again.

Ignitionnet 01-12-2015 17:57

Re: Virgin Media no longer sell ultrafast
 
VM advertised it as ultrafast.

Ultrafast was traditionally >= 100Mb

Hugh 01-12-2015 18:44

Re: Virgin Media no longer sell ultrafast
 
http://about.virginmedia.com/press-r...?tag=ultrafast

qasdfdsaq 03-12-2015 01:28

Re: Virgin Media no longer sell ultrafast
 
Eh, someone calling itself ultrafast 4 years ago, not exactly a widely-accepted definition.

Ignitionnet 03-12-2015 03:44

Re: Virgin Media no longer sell ultrafast
 
Well there's that and there's the government's definition from the digital communications infrastructure strategy.

qasdfdsaq 03-12-2015 12:17

Re: Virgin Media no longer sell ultrafast
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet (Post 35811159)

Nice one.


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