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Kushan · 18-10-2013, 13:46

Virgin have always lagged behind when it comes to upload speeds. Unfortunately, it's one of the most costly to increase and it doesn't really have a lot of marketing potential - average joe just doesn't know or care about it. Even BT, Sky, etc. rarely mention their upload speeds (Not sure I've ever seen a single advert mentioning it), despite being a good bit better than Virgin. It's just not worth Virgin's time, headline download speeds are much more marketable. As you say, even at 10:1 Virgin lags behind but I can't see them changing that any time soon, the only way they'll compete on upload speeds with FTTC is by releasing a 200/20 service.

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Kushan cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Warrington Posts: 4,737	Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed Virgin have always lagged behind when it comes to upload speeds. Unfortunately, it's one of the most costly to increase and it doesn't really have a lot of marketing potential - average joe just doesn't know or care about it. Even BT, Sky, etc. rarely mention their upload speeds (Not sure I've ever seen a single advert mentioning it), despite being a good bit better than Virgin. It's just not worth Virgin's time, headline download speeds are much more marketable. As you say, even at 10:1 Virgin lags behind but I can't see them changing that any time soon, the only way they'll compete on upload speeds with FTTC is by releasing a 200/20 service.