On 14/08/07, Jonathan Tweed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:59:53 +0100, "Brian Butterworth" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Which reminds me, why doesn't Virgin Media use their 100Mb/s connections > > they use to connect to the set-top boxes and cable modems to provide a > > 100Mb/s service - they could blow BSkyB out of the water as ADSL simply > > can't manage that... > > Unless things have changed dramatically since I was with NTL, neither can > they. In fact they barely managed to provide a connection at all.
It can't be that hard, they have fibre optic to the headend boxes and coax to each home... even the telcos in Portugal can manage a better cable modem* service. * = yeah, yeah, I know it's not a modem Cheers > Jonathan > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
