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Originally Posted by Qtx
Are you suggesting that VM may call their hybrid network fibre but Sky and BT may not? The others followed VM's lead.
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Err no, I cant see how I suggested that. Simply pointing out the hypocrisy of said ISPs.
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The images are wrong from the start as it says cable is a superior technology. DOCSIS has a lot of limitations and VM's network is more susceptible to things like congestion at local nodes compared to Openreach based fibre which has so many Gigabit links or something from the cabinet. Then there is upload speeds where VM is far inferior. The only thing they have is top download speed over FTTC really.
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The images are no completely wrong. For example the distance point is a good point as VM more often than not deliver advertised speeds, while on FTTC there are always massive variations. As for congestion, it does point out that fibre deep access can be split as demand rise, which I assume as a simpleton is when they split the node. The reports of network congestion are nowhere as common as they were some years ago, even at greater speeds and no STM on downloading.
The bandwidth point is another good point of how cable can deliver HD, VOD, BB and more without affecting your internet speed. As for upload speeds, if VM return to their 10:1 ratio then their top upload speed would only be 4Mb lower than FTTC. There's also DOCSIS 3.1 around the corner with promises of greater upload speeds.