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Originally Posted by Kushan
To be fair, Virgin has never really been known for having faster upload speeds. Before the 10:1 rollout (which isn't even complete in some areas), upload speeds were pretty limited. The 10meg had a measly 512kbps upload and the 20meg did 768kbps. Even the 50meg only had 1.5Mbit upload.
Meanwhile, just about anyone on ADSL2 could get about 1meg up, with the odd ISP offering 2Meg. Sure, there's the usual issues of distance and stuff, but the point is it was never really something Virgin tried to grab headlines with.
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It is only relatively recently that VM decided that they needed to improve their upload speeds to 10:1 having offered 1.5Mbit upload or less for many years. ADSL2+ users with a short line length have been able to achieve around 1Mbit upload and some, on Be Pro for example, have been able to achieve better. FTTC roll out is starting to change that and BT Wholesale ISPs are imminently going to be pulling away from VM with near 20Mbit upload speeds. The next few months, once 80/20 is released, will possibly be the first time that VM's upload speeds will have been significantly less than products available from multiple competitors.