Virgin Media to Launch Flagship 100Mb Broadband

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Virgin Media to Launch Flagship 100Mb Broadband


Virgin Media : Press Office : Press Release

[waqasahmed]

The BB tax NEEDS to be put to use for laying fibre optic cables, because they cant lose any speed and last for the future. There would never be a need to lay any other type of cable.

If BT lines get a fibre optic cable connection(meaning the death of ADSL), then we wouldnt need a phone line, or we might see a bidding war between BT and VM and we will also see more competition in the market

Other providers on the current line can only offer 20MB max, thanks to the BT lines laid down

Im waiting for the day when we get 1Gb BB lol

[TheCoder]

Originally Posted by waqasahmed

The BB tax NEEDS to be put to use for laying fibre optic cables, because they cant lose any speed and last for the future. There would never be a need to lay any other type of cable.

Very simplistic !

Fibre optic lines have bandwidth limits just like any cable. VM's backbone is a mixture of various cable technologies but consists mostly of 10Gig/sec and 50Gig/sec pipes. You want more then you either have to increase the number of fibres in the bundle or change equipment (difficult as you require optical repeaters at frequent distances (every few miles I think) )

]If BT lines get a fibre optic cable connection(meaning the death of ADSL), then we wouldnt need a phone line, or we might see a bidding war between BT and VM and we will also see more competition in the market

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BT's backbone is already mostly fibre and they have far more potential capacity than VM. The only difference is that last mile. BT have already started moving towards fibre-to-the-kerb in some areas but its going to take a while as the investment is huge. A BB tax, however, is not the correct way to do this. If BT are interested in the broadband market then they should be raising the capital themselves to do the job like any other commercial concern. Taxes should be used for the benefit of the population, not to save large corporations having to compete in an open market.

Other providers on the current line can only offer 20MB max, thanks to the BT lines laid down

ADSL+ already offers 24Mbit/sec and the next generation ADSL should be capable of nearly 50Mbps. True, line length and quality does severly affect ADSL but there is nothing stopping BT from replacing some of its crappy wiring as part of commissioning new customers. BB internet access could easily and relatively cheaply be brought to many outlying villages if BT would simply update the link cables into those villages.

Im waiting for the day when we get 1Gb BB lol

You can have it now if you really want !

NTL will supply a full synchronous 1Gbps line if your willing to pay for it. I believe its somewhere around £30k per month.

BT will also supply similar but I believe they are a tad more expensive.

[waqasahmed]

NTL? Get with the times lol
Oh and, let me just reach in to my swiss bank account to pull out 30k lol. I didnt know that it was actually possible at this moment to get speeds of 1Gb/sec, but just with a really hefty cost

[TheCoder]

Originally Posted by waqasahmed

NTL? Get with the times lol

afaik, NTL is still the name of the company if you want business solutions. VM is only a consumer name.

You can actually get faster than 1Gbps symetrical on a business line if you can pay. You can certainly rent 50Gbps lines on a per hour basis in quite a few places now (usually cities).

I think you can rent 1Gbps connections for about £75 per hour in some locations.

[TDF]

Originally Posted by TheCoder

afaik, NTL is still the name of the company if you want business solutions. VM is only a consumer name.

It was ntl telewest business, but seems to have switched to virgin media business in the last week or so.

[waqasahmed]

It was only a joke guys!

[TheCoder]

Originally Posted by TDF

It was ntl telewest business, but seems to have switched to virgin media business in the last week or so.

Interesting, didn't realise they could use the Virgin name/logo for the business division. I guess an extra wad of cash has gone Bransons way.

[boogiek]

A BB tax, however, is not the correct way to do this. If BT are interested in the broadband market then they should be raising the capital themselves to do the job like any other commercial concern. Taxes should be used for the benefit of the population, not to save large corporations having to compete in an open market.

Hear Hear!As ever you're on the money old boy.

[murrawo]

up to 100mb? does that mean about 12? i don't rate vm much at all.