On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 12:14:53AM +0100, Lyle wrote: > What's really bugging me, is, that as they have fibre, they should be > offering at the very least, 100Mb broadband up and down. Why are they > offering lower speeds than can be achieved over a twisted pair??? In my > mind there is no excuse. > > Is there some kind of fair competition law getting in the way or is > Virgin just making some stupid decisions???
At least in my case, Virgin run copper to the house. Only the back end is fibre. Also, they don't seem to actually have the capacity to provide the speeds they already advertise. Since they got the iPlayer shock, when people started to actually use the connections they pay for, they have taken to halving the connection speed if you download for more than an hour or so. It's all in the terms and conditions, nothing sneaky, but it happens quite a lot if you watch telly online or download lots of large files like Linux disc images. If they were being more honest about it, they provide 10Mb regular speed, with a 20Mb peak. But that doesn't sound as impressive in an advert. -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Attach the radar capacitor
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