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23prince · 20-03-2016, 14:12

This is what I am worried about. I am only guaranteed 20/20 on my service but I do get full speed that I can get, which is 80/20 and 74/18 throughput. I am worried that this Virgin will be slow at best for where I am personally. I know that whilst I am not guaranteed any more service than a normal FTTC punter, I do get sort of dedicated Ethernet access when I get to the exchange (I think that's how EoFTTC works anyway?)

I use what I want/like and I pay a reasonable price so I have no qualms with my personal attitude to it all.

I do have a house which has 5 tenants in and I would install this if it would suit them all. But if it's going to go down to 60 then it's not going to be worth me doing. I know this area can get 300 as I had a call about 300 for business a month ago.

Apparently the 200 round there is okay and I was considering the business 200 or 300 but then I learnt it's got STM on it out of hours, which does make sense. I was hoping this homeworks 300 would be a better solution as it's residential only.

It's either that or I put in 2 EoFTTC lines and get them balanced, A few companys would do that. I charge as such that any tenant is entitled to the best internet I can get for them. I even have 1 house with a leased line (but it has 15 in and most are on 5 years contract as they are converted flats)

Sorry to go off scale and waffle on a bit - but for my cheaper side I would have liked to have used VM. Does/Would the 28 day cooling off period work here do you think?

20-03-2016, 14:12	#65
23prince Inactive Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 237	Re: Virgin Media Homeworks 300Mb This is what I am worried about. I am only guaranteed 20/20 on my service but I do get full speed that I can get, which is 80/20 and 74/18 throughput. I am worried that this Virgin will be slow at best for where I am personally. I know that whilst I am not guaranteed any more service than a normal FTTC punter, I do get sort of dedicated Ethernet access when I get to the exchange (I think that's how EoFTTC works anyway?) I use what I want/like and I pay a reasonable price so I have no qualms with my personal attitude to it all. I do have a house which has 5 tenants in and I would install this if it would suit them all. But if it's going to go down to 60 then it's not going to be worth me doing. I know this area can get 300 as I had a call about 300 for business a month ago. Apparently the 200 round there is okay and I was considering the business 200 or 300 but then I learnt it's got STM on it out of hours, which does make sense. I was hoping this homeworks 300 would be a better solution as it's residential only. It's either that or I put in 2 EoFTTC lines and get them balanced, A few companys would do that. I charge as such that any tenant is entitled to the best internet I can get for them. I even have 1 house with a leased line (but it has 15 in and most are on 5 years contract as they are converted flats) Sorry to go off scale and waffle on a bit - but for my cheaper side I would have liked to have used VM. Does/Would the 28 day cooling off period work here do you think?