Virgin aren't going to overbuild any existing areas with RFoG any time soon. RFoG runs DOCSIS anyways.
Some new build might get RFoG, but will have the same DOCSIS services running on it as existing equipment for now.
DOCSIS 3.1 isn't going to be a big 'thing' in production for a while yet. There is some work to be done on the physical networks, which is in progress, before 3.1 can really shine. Along with that the customer equipment, modems, set top boxes, isn't really there yet.
G.fast will be about in 2016 but delivered to a very, very few premises indeed on a commercial basis, and the form it'll come in is unknown. It may be based out of existing cabinets in which case unless you're very close to yours you're SOOL.
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Originally Posted by Mr K
So what would 200/300MB allow you to do that you can't do now? At some point it becomes pointless.
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Much of what you do now but more quickly.
In my own case things like when I want to purchase a PS4 game online in digital format, many of them are >40GB. Were I able to get an ultrafast service I would have more immediate gratification as 40GB at the speed 300Mb has been capped at in the trial would take 17 minutes.
At my current performance on my above-average VDSL it takes 5 times that.