Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
20-08-2013, 19:36
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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Originally Posted by Risco
None of the other mentioned ISP are capable of delivering those speeds. Virgin have already test @ 200mbps, it does not take a genius to work out that Virgin are the ones they are talking about.
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Actually you'll find Orange already has 200Mbps out and available to actual customers, while Virgin don't even have any public plans. Telekom.de (owners of the T-Mobile brand) also sells 200Mbps already. In fact, Telekom has had 200Mbps available since 2011. Virgin are the only company not already delivering those speeds, let alone "not capable". Not to mention BT already delivers 300Mbps to limited areas with coverage exceeding VM's of 300-1000Mbps due later this year*
Also EE's 4G network (built on top of T-Mobile's core) already does up to 150Mbps with upgrades to 450Mbps capability already underway.
It does not take a genius to work out that Virgin are not the ones they are talking about.
* Accompanied by extortionate install fees
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20-08-2013, 19:41
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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Originally Posted by Risco
None of the other mentioned ISP are capable of delivering those speeds. Virgin have already test @ 200mbps, it does not take a genius to work out that Virgin are the ones they are talking about.
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FTTP does enable those other ISPs to offer it, though. Admittedly in extremely small numbers. Seems like the 200Mbps was a figure sony plucked from being the fastest speed any of them provides, even if it's just to a few people with money to burn.
I wouldn't look too much into this.
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20-08-2013, 19:46
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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FTTP does enable those other ISPs to offer it, though.
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And FTTP on Demand potentially allows them to offer it to more people than VM Cable.
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20-08-2013, 20:05
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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I wouldn't look too much into this.
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Exactly. When it was said it was basically a list of various ISP's around Europe and "up to 200 megabits" tacked on the end.
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20-08-2013, 20:08
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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Originally Posted by v0id
It wouldn't surpise me if this 'exciting benefits' are that the PS4 can be used to watch VM channels, much in the same way you can use the Xbox to watch Sky
..but really, VM should just stop barking on about faster download speeds when they can't even keep their promises of 'double upload speeds' that they said we'd be getting
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Would you as sony want to deliver channels that I am sure would buffer and stutter over the BB? I wouldnt!
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20-08-2013, 20:15
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
That's the whole point. Youtube buffers and stutters on VM due to poor "partnership" between the two companies. BBC does not buffer or stutter (as much) on VM due to better partnering (actually peering). Sony want to do the same as BBC in this case.
The whole press release is basically shouting about the fact they will be "working together" to avoid those kinds of problems.
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20-08-2013, 20:20
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Actually you'll find Orange already has 200Mbps out and available to actual customers, while Virgin don't even have any public plans. Telekom.de (owners of the T-Mobile brand) also sells 200Mbps already. In fact, Telekom has had 200Mbps available since 2011. Virgin are the only company not already delivering those speeds, let alone "not capable". Not to mention BT already delivers 300Mbps to limited areas with coverage exceeding VM's of 300-1000Mbps due later this year*
Also EE's 4G network (built on top of T-Mobile's core) already does up to 150Mbps with upgrades to 450Mbps capability already underway.
It does not take a genius to work out that Virgin are not the ones they are talking about.
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Post me a link to where the general public can buy those speeds.
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20-08-2013, 20:40
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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Originally Posted by v0id
It wouldn't surpise me if this 'exciting benefits' are that the PS4 can be used to watch VM channels, much in the same way you can use the Xbox to watch Sky
..but really, VM should just stop barking on about faster download speeds when they can't even keep their promises of 'double upload speeds' that they said we'd be getting
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A lot of people already have them and you can keep updated on the website.
As a free upgrade, you can't complain much.
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20-08-2013, 20:46
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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Post me a link to where the general public can buy those speeds.
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Read the post you quoted. The links are already in there.
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20-08-2013, 20:48
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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A lot of people already have them and you can keep updated on the website.
As a free upgrade, you can't complain much.
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LOL free my arse. 2 speed increases followed by 2 price rises
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20-08-2013, 21:51
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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LOL free my arse. 2 speed increases followed by 2 price rises
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My price hasn't risen yet I've had a free upgrade.
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20-08-2013, 21:53
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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LOL free my arse. 2 speed increases followed by 2 price rises
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My price never went up.
The annual price changes would have happened regardless of the speed increases.
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20-08-2013, 22:13
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Read the post you quoted. The links are already in there.
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You linked two french sites that have nothing to do with the UK. You then mentioned EE as if it is a viable network to download at those speeds, which it is not in the slightest with the GB restrictions. The only tangible one is BT and the only way to get that is FTTP which costs stupid money to have installed. Try again. 
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20-08-2013, 22:24
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Not to mention BT already delivers 300Mbps to limited areas with coverage exceeding VM's of 300- 1000Mbps due later this year*
* Accompanied by extortionate install fees |
Link please for BT infinity/FTTP/FTTPoD Gigabit?
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Originally Posted by Risco
You linked two french sites that have nothing to do with the UK. You then mentioned EE as if it is a viable network to download at those speeds, which it is not in the slightest with the GB restrictions. The only tangible one is BT and the only way to get that is FTTP which costs stupid money to have installed. Try again. |
Yeah I was going to say that, then I thought it kinda makes sense as per the PS4 press, since they target all of Europe and he was talking Europe wide I assume. Still a bit of a WTF moment tho.
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Also EE's 4G network (built on top of T-Mobile's core) already does up to 150Mbps with upgrades to 450Mbps capability already underway.
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You're quoting theoretical maximum communication speed of the network, as if it's the throughput speed a user gets ; it's not by a long shot at the moment.
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20-08-2013, 22:28
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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Originally Posted by MUD_Wizard
You're quoting theoretical maximum communication speed of the network, as if it's the throughput speed a user gets ; it's not by a long shot at the moment.
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Can vouch for this, highest I've ever got is 30-40Mbps
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