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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
As I understand it the 30Mb was to 'compete' with ADSL2+, not FTTC
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30Mb was expected to be "comparable or faster" than FTTC 36Mbps, they make no mention of ADSL2+ in their blurb. I don't see why they'd need to intro 30Mb to compete with ADSL2+ which being advertised at <=17Mbps, VM's 20Mbps already had a higher headline speed and in reality higher average speeds too (as long as you didn't use it at full speed for more than 15 minutes...).
VM themselves compare it to Infinity in their announcement (recall at the time 76Mbps FTTC had not yet been deployed):
http://www.virginmedia.com/informati...vmsrc=HP_30meg
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The new service offers unlimited downloads and with speeds cranked up to 30Mb, is expected to give customers faster average speeds than BT Infinity
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http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4...-to-30meg.html
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The product change is clearly aimed at attracting BT customers who are in a fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) enabled area as the 30meg speeds are similar to what many on FTTC would receive, and Virgin are undercutting BT on price.
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