This is amusing though, from the newsgroups, the first post on the subject:
Think Broadband, comments on the news story
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Posted by Locky about 6 hours ago
no mention of upstream... typical even tho the fttc has a max of 10 meg i dont think virgins 100 meg will come close to that...
Posted by whatever2 about 4 hours ago
what's the upload?
Posted by doowles about 4 hours ago
Anyone know the upload speeds?
Posted by CARPETBURN about 3 hours ago
Agreed with others though upstream will also be important with regards to future fibre based services, Virgin now need to concentrate on that.
Posted by Drefsab about 2 hours ago
As a virgin customer the only reason I have their 50mbit line over say a 20mbit isnt the head line speed its the faster upload and lack of draconian traffic management policies.
I want to use my line when I want it not a fraction of a time a day. 50mbit means I can burst my usage when I need it and the rest of the month use not much at all. I will only switch for a significant upstream boost or to keep a clean connection.
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As I said above, 50Mbit -> 100Mbit downstream is just a willy wave for the press, 50 is ample at this time for all applications, it's the other direction where the most significant information will be and for those who aren't heavy newsgroup users will be the deal closer.
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
Well the DOCSIS 3 modems have 1Gb port, so it wouldn't be too difficult to swap bits over for a 50Mbit customer upgrading
Have a feeling though it's going to have to be something like the LAN over mains thing for anyone wanting the full speed
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I was thinking more of cost Ben. Not feasible as a tier uplift if you have to send tens of thousands of new routers out.