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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
I hear HFC having a bad reputation in parts of the U.S. with customers widely complaining about sub-2Mbps speeds.
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Indeed. Average speeds across the country on the FCC tests are very good though. Generally smaller mom and pop local cable companies who don't want to upgrade their plant that are the issue. There are still odd areas with no DOCSIS 2 or 3 services.
Ireland actually has the heaviest users in the LG family, and claim the following:
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Virgin Media Broadband
Ireland’s ultra fast broadband:
Offering speeds of 240Mb expected average speed during peak times of at least 180Mb on a wired connection.
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That selling 240Mb as the only package.
Virgin Media UK manage ~110Mb on a 152Mb service on a wired connection.