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Originally Posted by gunner45
The problem for operators such as Sky is that their broadband is based on inferior technology compared with the cable of Virgin Media. Sky may have very good LLU coverage but is reliant on Openreach. I probably cannot get more than 40mbps from Sky due to factors such as the distance between my house and the cabinet in which the DSLAM is installed and how Openreach configured the VDSL2 in the cabinet. In contrast, I get more than the promised 200mbps from Virgin Media's VIVID 200, and I have confidence that Virgin Media can deliver its service as it controls the optical nodes and line cards in the hub sites where contention can occur.
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Openreach are now rolling out ultrafast. 100Mbps guaranteed minimum speed.