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Old 31-07-2019, 13:08   #14
General Maximus
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Re: Virgin Media pledges gigabit broadband to millions of homes

I won't be, the main driver for upgrades for me over the last 3 or so tiers has been the increase in upload speed. Having 380mbits down atm means everything downloads in a minute or so and that is over night anyway so it doesn't really make any difference. The only reason why I would look at upgrading to 500mbits is if they made it 10:1 like the other tiers and offered 50mbits up. I am sure it will happen eventually but for as long as it stays at 35 up there is no incentive for me to upgrade. I can see the same applying with the 1gbit tier. Given everything I have read about docsis 3.1 and however many gigabits it can do up and down I feel very deflated and let down that they are launching it with only 50mbits up. The only reason I would have gone for it is if it was 10:1 and 100mbits up. If I am on 500/50 this time next year I will be in the same boat that I am in now and there won't be any reason for me to want to upgrade to the new tier if it offers the same upload speed which I am currently on.
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