Virgin Media looking at 400Mbps broadband

[Yamahahahahaha]

The title says it all really.

http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/virgin-media-already-looking-to-400mbps-broadband-698361

"We know very well we can do 200Mbps and we could do 400 Mbps. We are launching a new modem by the end of the year that will be 400 Mbps capable.

What will you be downloading?

 

[apatia77]

50Mbps is already crazy for personal use but 400 OMG. Downloading HD movies in minutes

I am very happy with my 20Mbps

 

[Dangerous]

Madness - Happy with 50Mbps but would prefer a faster upload.

 

[Tripp]

wow! bit excessive imo but at least people are pushing the limits, shame no ordinary domestic user will be able to afford the monthly bill. maybe they will provide this to businesses rather then families

 

[Beansprout]

With a 10Gb cap

 

[dekez]

They need to sort out their upload and shocking customer service first.

 

[3dcandy]

according to virgin upload speeds are not a priority with their customers...so you'll download mega quick but can't get anything up!

 

[Ryan111]

Taken from that website;

Trials are already underway for upstream increases.

10Mbps / 1Mbps

20Mbps / 2Mbps

50Mbps / 5Mbps

Giving a 10:1 ratio rather than the current 20:1 and 28:1

Read more: http://www.techradar.com/news/inter...ing-to-400mbps-broadband-698361#ixzz0rrQ9KxdJ

 

[3dcandy]

I do sometimes wish I was in a virgin area again...

 

[Participant]

can't get anything up!

Speak for yourself.

I'm on 20Mb at the moment and whilst I crave higher upload speeds (uploading to FlickR and photobucket is painfully slow), I am more interested in downloading at pace. I know a fast download needs a certain upload speed, but the headline figure that most people concentrate on is the download speed, so I can see why they're concentrating on this.

In the age of HD movies, it would incredible for a 10GB blu-ray rip to be downloaded in a matter of minutes. Gonna need a bigger HDD if this comes to fruition.

 

[3dcandy]

3 week old daughetr proves I'm alright at the moment...
Robbie G - your post proves what Virgin are saying...I'd prefer it to be a bit faster however

 

[uv]

I'd settle for 10MB without STM over my current 20MB connection :/

Even greater download speeds are meaningless with such hideous STM policies in place - you'll be able to use the 400MB for one minute, before getting traffic managed down to bog-standard everyday broadband.

 

[Ryan111]

Id be happy with a 20/50 down with 2/5 up. Much better ratio IMO. I thought that the Virgin media network was capeable of doing 100 down 100 up?

 

[Dist]

What sort of routers have 400Mb/s throughput? My wrt54gl will struggle with 50Mb (although that depends on the firmware, if I overclock it, and what sort of nat/firewall/QoS settings are enabled).

 

[Evil^]

I wish my area supported virgin

 

[Glaucus]

fMore than happy with 50mb. Games and movies don't take long to download. But faster is always better.

As said upload needs ot be sorted out first. But I expect that will come.
As BT is offering 10mb upload and 40mb download on there optical cable. so virgin will have to respond.

 

[Monkeynut]

I wish BT would get their thumbs out of their behinds and provide some decent service!

 

[mattyg]

Its all gearing towards on demand tv.

 

[Knubje]

Another reason why I love VM as my provider. I've never had an issue and love my standard 10mb line. Good to know they are always looking to the future.

A slap in BT's face that is for sure.

 

[VaderDSL]

It's just horrible service when the UBR I think it's called is way oversubscribed, like it used to be when I lived in a mainly student area of Manchester.