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**Chris** · 15-04-2011, 16:25

The network might be capable of that, but it would be up to he ISPs utilising the network to decide the speed of the products they offer.

I can't see either Virgin or TalkTalk offering gigabit speeds if at any point they need to route traffic onto core networks that aren't able to offer that speed to an individual consumer. Furthermore it might make their marketing strategies more difficult - at present VM is happily bragging that it has the fastest broadband as it can offer 50 or 100Mb on its own cable network. I can't see it wanting to upstage itself by making far faster speeds available to a small minority of effectively off-net customers.

It's important to see this week's announcement for what it is - a headline-grabbing stunt designed to try to secure as much public funding as possible for the project.

15-04-2011, 16:25	#13
Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,295	Re: Virgin Media FTTP Via Fujitsu Fibre Network The network might be capable of that, but it would be up to he ISPs utilising the network to decide the speed of the products they offer. I can't see either Virgin or TalkTalk offering gigabit speeds if at any point they need to route traffic onto core networks that aren't able to offer that speed to an individual consumer. Furthermore it might make their marketing strategies more difficult - at present VM is happily bragging that it has the fastest broadband as it can offer 50 or 100Mb on its own cable network. I can't see it wanting to upstage itself by making far faster speeds available to a small minority of effectively off-net customers. It's important to see this week's announcement for what it is - a headline-grabbing stunt designed to try to secure as much public funding as possible for the project.