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Falkor · 21-09-2015, 17:32

Hi all,

I'm new to Cable Forum and was wondering if you had any thoughts on Virgin Media 50Mb Broadband Only (unlimited) for £30.25.

I've been tolerating Talktalk for donkey's and I'm thinking of dropping them, as their BB only deal has gone up to £22.30 (this is for a 15mbps down and 512kbps up deal with no phone).

I'm thinking of taking up the VM deal above which I understand is 50mbps up and 5mbps down before losses etc (upload being 5% of this download speed). As far as I can ascertain, its fibre from the exchange to the cabinet, then coax from the cab to the house (HFC I think, please correct me if I'm wrong).

I'm hoping to take advantage of the up speed, to do away with the BT land line (copper) and go VOIP using a Skype Connect Me Home Phone Adapter (ATA) or similar.
I'm also thinking of installing a security camera that will stream up to an off site location, which might chew up about 1mbps of upload bandwidth (constantly preferably).

I was wondering if anyone thinks this might be viable with the 5mbps upload (less losses) I would have available, or if there are any fair usage/traffic management implications that might be prohibitive. I was thinking I might suck it and see, starting with the VOIP, while checking usage, but not taking liberties on upload volume until I found my feet. I would appreciate any thoughts on the above, esp if anyone has already tried this sort of thing. Please forgive me if I sound naive, but I am : - )

Thanks a lot.

21-09-2015, 17:32	#1
Falkor Inactive Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 14	Virgin Media 50Mb Broadband Only any good for VOIP/IPCAM Hi all, I'm new to Cable Forum and was wondering if you had any thoughts on Virgin Media 50Mb Broadband Only (unlimited) for £30.25. I've been tolerating Talktalk for donkey's and I'm thinking of dropping them, as their BB only deal has gone up to £22.30 (this is for a 15mbps down and 512kbps up deal with no phone). I'm thinking of taking up the VM deal above which I understand is 50mbps up and 5mbps down before losses etc (upload being 5% of this download speed). As far as I can ascertain, its fibre from the exchange to the cabinet, then coax from the cab to the house (HFC I think, please correct me if I'm wrong). I'm hoping to take advantage of the up speed, to do away with the BT land line (copper) and go VOIP using a Skype Connect Me Home Phone Adapter (ATA) or similar. I'm also thinking of installing a security camera that will stream up to an off site location, which might chew up about 1mbps of upload bandwidth (constantly preferably). I was wondering if anyone thinks this might be viable with the 5mbps upload (less losses) I would have available, or if there are any fair usage/traffic management implications that might be prohibitive. I was thinking I might suck it and see, starting with the VOIP, while checking usage, but not taking liberties on upload volume until I found my feet. I would appreciate any thoughts on the above, esp if anyone has already tried this sort of thing. Please forgive me if I sound naive, but I am : - ) Thanks a lot.