Hi i have just joined virgin on the 8th april 2008 on the 20mb service , as you mentioned the distance does not affect your speed like it does adsl , i just left adsl as i was having same issues as you.
I did a speed test and got 19.2mb speed rating ,so you might get anywhere between 18-20mb rating , so all good there , you must also realise that whe nyou d/l it depends alot on where you are d/l form to achieve the 2.4mb/sec speed , you can only recieve as fast as they can send you so some sites you will not see that kind of speed.
Only thing is i just recieved my free wireless router netgear model WGR614 which is only a 54mbps model , and it also did not arrive until today the 18th april due to some mix up.
I did assume being on the 20 mb service it would be a 108mbps model.
No Downtime as of yet btw , so all in all its a relief from adsl i can tell you.
Oh and dont forget if someone who has virgin already recommends you and you take the broadband you both get 30 pounds of your bill
SO if you do, remember to get my details for when you order
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Originally Posted by The Jackal
Have you tried bethere.co.uk ?
If you can get it I will happily swap it for this useless 20meg XL 'bored'band that I currently have 
ps If you get 20meg Virgin 'bored'band you can use it for about an hour before you are traffic managed down to 5meg. |
you do realise that what ever isp you use on adsl uses a bt phone line and thats the biggest problem , the bt phone lines suck ,after constant drop outs and slow speeds , i used to get 6mb and the line has got worse , they came out and checked it managed to find the only 2 wires from 2 lines coming into the house , one from each line and merged them , now the line can handle 2mb
the service you get is only as good as your bt line no matter what ever the isp says. Different for some people i know but thats my experience ^^