Virgin Media will be doubling their UK broadband speeds

[Greenback]

Pretty much sums up why I want more internets...

my that's a lot of Mrs thumb and her 5 daughters sites you have been looking at and downloading

 

[SuB]

my that's a lot of Mrs thumb and her 5 daughters sites you have been looking at and downloading

You have 5 fingers?

Nah it's actually mostly games, source code, netflix and other shows. 90% of my traffic is via SFTP and SSH

 

[Wraith]

Damn! Mine is minute compared.

 

[d1974]

Just wish VM would come to my area....
Instead, stuck with BT Infinity and a 18/21 down and 6/7 up "Fibre", which uses Alu cables from the early 80's for the last <500m from the Dslam.
I live in Town less than 2 miles from the main exchange. There is trunking/conduit from the Dslam to a Street inspection/access point, which is in my front garden!!
I should get 35/38 ish down and 11/12 up, more with new copper....
I have battled with BT for over a year but have finally given up after many ( 12 - 15 ) engineer visits, line swaps, lift and shift etc etc

So yeah VM doubling their speed........nice bah humbug!

 

[smilertoo]

More speed is always nice but i'd prefer it if they focused on improving ping times and buffering issues; their own TV anywhere service is near unwatchable.

 

[MrKambo]

this is all good im all for uber high super duper lighting speeds, but please will a ISP just offer a 1:1 tier. Even if its only 50mb up and down that is consistent id get in a heartbeat!

 

[BigDaddyKong]

this is all good im all for uber high super duper lighting speeds, but please will a ISP just offer a 1:1 tier. Even if its only 50mb up and down that is consistent id get in a heartbeat!

That is not easy to do. It depends on the equipment the ISP has installed. It would either be Synchronous or Asynchronous hardware. I know my ISP has Asynchronous hardware, so I will never see a 1:1 ratio. The cost involved in changing this for ISP's would be staggering unless they are doing a total infrastructure overhaul.