Superhub : Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?

[gregbrighton]

Sounds good!

[craigj2k12]

Originally Posted by MUD_Wizard

Link please for BT infinity/FTTP/FTTPoD Gigabit?

How about 10?

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5...fttp-line.html

[MUD_Wizard]

Originally Posted by craigj2k12

How about 10?

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5...fttp-line.html

Demonstrations and trials don't count as an answer.

He said "with coverage exceeding VM's of 300-1000Mbps due later this year". Which states categorically there will be a widely available service, not a trial, or a single demonstration.

If we counted trials and demos then we could say 1.5gbps is already here on VM (which it isn't):
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4...o-techhub.html

[Martin_D]

http://about.virginmedia.com/blog-po...h-virgin-media

[qasdfdsaq]

Originally Posted by MUD_Wizard

Link please for BT infinity/FTTP/FTTPoD Gigabit?

BT Infinity, for the third time:

http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...aster-internet

Widespread availability of FTTPoD due this year:
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5...-roll-out.html

FTTPoD 1Gbps already possible, 10Gbps being tested:
http://recombu.com/digital/news/bt-1...rk_M10488.html
http://recombu.com/digital/news/bt-1...rd_M11068.html

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.

Well yes and no. No, those are the maximum throughput speeds a user can get, user gets, yes, average speeds are less, but that's the case on every other technology discussed here as well, including VM cable and FTTP.

I would hardly say it's a "long shot" though when people already get the equivalent of 118Mbps - 79Mbps on a phone that is only capable of utilizing 2/3rds of the network. The speeds I see average closer to 50-60Mbps, but again on a phone only capable of using 2/3rd of the network's capacity. I'm yet to see any results from a Cat 4 LTE device though I'm also yet to see any reason why they wouldn't be 50% higher - unless EE decide to implement some sort of per-user speed cap. However as it stands most people's phones do not have the ability to go to full speed, in general only USB dongles can (seeing as Mifi devices with Cat 4 support are in turn limited by wifi speed)

[Edit]
Another user with an up to 100Mbps phone gets 100.26Mbps, and early demos in stores when it was first released showed 54.80Mbps on a device/network setup with a supposed top speed of 50Mbps.

[Kushan]

I think we can put this to rest now, it's clear Sony wasn't referencing Virgin directly. It'll be interesting to see quite what Virgin has planned with this and more to the point how well it works.

[roger skillin]

Originally Posted by Dukefever

No ps4 release date!

They announced it yesterday morning 29th November for the UK

[telfordcable]

Virgin Media to bring in 200Mb downstream with 20Mb upstream (will be the fastest in UK than BT FTTC 80/20)

[MUD_Wizard]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

BT Infinity, for the third time:

http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...aster-internet

Widespread availability of FTTPoD due this year:
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5...-roll-out.html

FTTPoD 1Gbps already possible, 10Gbps being tested:
http://recombu.com/digital/news/bt-1...rk_M10488.html
http://recombu.com/digital/news/bt-1...rd_M11068.html

You just disproved what you stated before.

So you don't have any proof that BT will be rolling out 1gbps late this year as you said. All those articles say is it's possible in the future, not that they will do "coverage exceeding VM's of 300-1000Mbps due later this year".

What a waste of time.

[telfordcable]

Virgin Media say 200Mb is only available to 40% in UK. Not everyone will get it.

[Martin_D]

Originally Posted by telfordcable

Virgin Media say 200Mb is only available to 40% in UK. Not everyone will get it.

when did they say that

[Kabaal]

Originally Posted by Martin Dee 11

when did they say that

A unicorn wearing a VM tee-shirt told him.

We all know 200mb is coming at some point, seems he's just trying to act like he's in the know.

[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

So what does this mean for someone buying a PS4?

what I am thinking what does it mean for the poor souls on the same nodes as those with a PS4?

more node splits to allow this to happen?

[gregbrighton]

Originally Posted by telfordcable

Virgin Media say 200Mb is only available to 40% in UK. Not everyone will get it.

Hope I'm part of the 40%! Not sure I will get it though as the 120mb is fine for me.

[Another VM User]

Not sure why someone in Brighton wants that when you already have 1Gbps symmetrical available for the same price

But there you go!