Virgin Media: 50Mbits/sec broadband coming soon

[latrosicarius]

If you're in America, you probably have fiber to the kerb, which is much faster but slow to be rolled out in Britain.

Well, yeah, I do have fiber to the premises, but I also have a 30/5 coax cable connection which i I typically get 20/2.5. And it's about the same price.

(yes, I have 2 separate internet connections from 2 different companies lol)

I thought Europe had MUCH higher connections over ADSL than us yanks have on coax ??? ... like 100/60 ?

[chuckskull]

Some of Europe, Sweden, Netherlands etc, a few parts of the UK. Europe is generally seen as better than America because our connections are more consistent(speed wise) across the country compared to America.

[moogle]

Well, yeah, I do have fiber to the premises, but I also have a 30/5 coax cable connection which i I typically get 20/2.5. And it's about the same price.

(yes, I have 2 separate internet connections from 2 different companies lol)

I thought Europe had MUCH higher connections over ADSL than us yanks have on coax ??? ... like 100/60 ?

our isp's have a widespread range (probably because britain is smaller ), in america it's soo big most are stuck on crappy limited isps or get crappy speeds. you're one of the lucky ones

[Jay]

orly? so basically he pays 20,000$ per year for a 2/2, and I pay 768$ per year for a 20/20 that never dips below 12/6?

That sounds very logical! Unless you can let me know some incredible benefit of doing it this way... I just understand it =(

(btw, I'm going on the current [as far as i know] rate where pounds are about twice as good as $)

I think your missing the point here.

I have a 4 hour SLA, my own account manager, I have my own line, just for me that is 2Mb / 2Mb at all time no matter what, with no FUP or cap.

your 20/20 is fast and I would love to have that at home but I still woudn't run mission critical projects over it. Its still over priced, I know, but if you want to do the kind of work my network does you need a dedicated line.
(Ps the install was £10,000 as well )

[latrosicarius]

^ =O

I think they are sploiting you with the price, but I can understand why it might be necessary for some applications.

[Jay]

They know that they have you and thats all there is to it.

[Agent]

orly? so basically he pays 20,000$ per year for a 2/2, and I pay 768$ per year for a 20/20 that never dips below 12/6?

And what happens if it does? Is there anything you can do about it?
Is it written into your contact? Do you get a SLA