[horseman]

Originally Posted by Kushan

.... Sadly Virgin's average peak speeds are higher than what BT can offer me, though it's definitely getting worse in my area. I haven't seen 200mbit yet.

FWIW Vivid200 appeared on my (already) congested BN3 (brig15 Cisco 10k provisioned)segment on 1October (and another brig18 segment I monitor) but Arris E6k and 16channels didn't appear till the 15October!

No sign of load rebalancing yet either?

Carl's right though that without node splits up-front then even with the later expenditure of D3.1 line amps then there will still be ongoing "congestion" for some considerable time.
Even re-aligning every new amp with diplex D3.1 compliant filters/padding may well generate home visits for legacy 8x4CPE customers that have retained inappropriate D3.0 line conditioning on their CPE hubs?

Despite the investment there must be a limit to the pool of skilled resource which will also help prolong the D3.1 rollout over several years?
Will be interesting to see how the D3.1 channel plans are mapped in each area to mitigate the effects on legacy CPE users in addition to (any) further utilisation relief.