[Anonymouse]

For a variety of reasons too complex and personal to go into here, I haven't had internet access for a while. Now things are sorted out, I can't decide what to go for. I was looking at Vivid 200 because a) I don't have, want or need either a landline or TV, and b) I'm planning to watch a fair bit of streaming video on Amazon Prime, Netflix or whatever, so I'd like it to be fast.

How reliable is Virgin cable broadband these days? Roughly what kind of speeds can I expect? My brand new laptop, the only device that'll be on broadband, is running Windows 8; the wireless adapter is Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 - I'm so out of date these days that I have no idea if this is a fast one or not. However, there are plenty of experts in these parts.

- oh, hang on, I'm an idiot - search for it on the internet and find a product brief, which I have now belatedly done. I can be a right prat sometimes. I'll have a read of the PDF and that should give me some idea...