View Single Post
Old 18-08-2015, 10:58   #42
Kushan
FORMER Virgin Media Staff
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Warrington
Posts: 4,737
Kushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appeal
Kushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appealKushan has a bronzed appeal
re: Virgin Media 70, 100 & 200 Mb Upgrades

Quote:
Originally Posted by Perfect Choice View Post
VM ahead of BT plans then and happy to receive my increase from 50 to 100MB download.

I know BT are asking internal staff for triallists internally for their ultrafast BB using G.fast (300MB+) at 2 locations. But that sounds start of trials so 12 months behind VM?
If I was a betting man, I'd bet that Virgin is relying on being able to be at least 2x what BT can do. So while they're rolling out 300Mbit now, it's in anticipation of G.fast rollouts starting, so that in 12-18months time, 300Mbit can turn to 600Mbit and beyond.

Of course, there's a convergence then, as DOCSIS 3.1 should be getting trailed and rolled out around then.

It's not a bad little arms race to be on the sidelines of
Kushan is offline   Reply With Quote