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Old 18-07-2015, 16:25   #20
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Re: Virgin Media dropping fibre internet ad for Docsis 3?

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Originally Posted by Kushan View Post
I think the problem is obvious, for years Virgin were allowed to advertise as "Fibre-optic" despite the last mile being coax, much to BT's complaints. However, now that BT can also use the "Fibre" term, Virgin needs something else to differentiate the technology.

Fibre used to be a USP, now it's not.

I agree that's the problem they're trying to solve. But as someone mentioned earlier, won't people now say "isn't fibre faster than DOCSIS?".
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