elziko;332829 Wrote: > I'm not sure if he'll get a router from Virgin media - just a cable > modem. Unless things have changed, you'll just get a cable modem. You'll have to buy your own router.
I've been on cable broadband (NTL, now Virgin) for several years and as a general rule it's pretty reliable. But unless you have a specific problem with your ADSL, I have to ask why you are thinking of changing. Quality of service from Virgin varies according to your geographic location. I'm supposedly on a 10Mb conection, but I've never seen download speeds higher than about 7Mb - it's usually around the 5-6 mark. And I am led to believe that I'm in a fairly good area! Also, cable is even more asymmetric than ADSL: the technology simply isn't well suited to high upload rates. Upstream on Virgin 10MB is just 512kb (typically about 400kb in practice), so if you want to do a lot of uploading, think about that. -- cliveb Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51550 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
