20Mbps News?

[etccarmageddon]

ahhh but he/she said 'available to customers' he/she didn't say 'available to all customers in all areas'.

[Zee]

If you think ntl, Virgin Media (i need to get used to calling them that) are going to upgrade people to 50Mb for free, you've got another thing coming, perhaps 20Mb for free, but there is no way they would give 50Mb

Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

ahhh but he/she said 'available to customers' he/she didn't say 'available to all customers in all areas'.

he said 'To ALL paying customers' within the first quarter of 2007.

If they cant/are not going to get it out in that time frame, why lie and say they are?

[etccarmageddon]

If you think ntl, Virgin Media (i need to get used to calling them that) are going to upgrade people to 50Mb for free, you've got another thing coming, perhaps 20Mb for free, but there is no way they would give 50Mb

correct, there is no business sense in providing 50meg for £35 a month as there is no competition from ADSL/LLU etc - ie. ADSL can only reach HALF that speed and only for a small percentage of homes.

[awibble]

But if they did, im pretty sure that most people that can get Cable would be even more tempted... I never knew how good cable was untill BT couldnt give me 6.5Mb at my new house. It seems cable is pretty good compared to using BT and Sky.

If virgin really extend the network, they could cripple BT and Sky with the packages they are offering.

[etccarmageddon]

Originally Posted by TraxData

he said 'To ALL paying customers' within the first quarter of 2007.

If they cant/are not going to get it out in that time frame, why lie and say they are?

why lie? a customer service person could lie to get a sale or cos they are serving their notice period after being made redundant - any number of reasons.

Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

why lie? a customer service person could lie to get a sale or cos they are serving their notice period after being made redundant - any number of reasons.

Still, not the smartest thing to lie about while on live tv now is it, gives the company a bad rep (but hey, ntl already have that :P)

[etccarmageddon]

Originally Posted by TraxData

Still, not the smartest thing to lie about while on live tv now is it, gives the company a bad rep (but hey, ntl already have that :P)

ahhh right if that promise was made on live TV then that's a different story - they will have to stick to it just like the promise to make 10meg the standard speed with different usage allowances!

[awibble]

Would be nice if the rumors about the 14th where true... would be a great welcoming present for me

[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by awibble

But if they did, im pretty sure that most people that can get Cable would be even more tempted... I never knew how good cable was untill BT couldnt give me 6.5Mb at my new house. It seems cable is pretty good compared to using BT and Sky.

If virgin really extend the network, they could cripple BT and Sky with the packages they are offering.

they are expanding but only via adsl LLU, meaning they will have the same copper limitations that adsl has, so I am expecting a different service in non cabled areas.

[awibble]

There not going to extend the fiber? That sucks.

I used to hate the idea of cable till a few weeks ago when i realized it was better.

[etccarmageddon]

it's too expensive to dig up streets etc so they will use the BT wires.

[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

it's too expensive to dig up streets etc so they will use the BT wires.

aye, the 20million expansion budget would be more like 20 billion if it was a proper expansion.

[rokka]

Im sure the max through put of the NTL/Virgin modem is 10Mbps.

Originally Posted by rokka

Im sure the max through put of the NTL/Virgin modem is 10Mbps.

the problem is that there are several different modems installed on the VM network, some are better at 10Mb/s, than others

- some 'may' do more