Switching

JimAroo · 16 Jun 2008 at 19:54

I'm thinking about switching to Be* when my current Virgin Media contract ends.

I am currently on 4MB Cable. I know my line can handle good speeds as every few months i'll get rouge burst of 4 or 5mb/s for a few minutes.. don't know why. :/

Anyway, if i was to go Be* would they be able to use my existing cable connection what VM used? or will i have to go ADSL? I understand the LLU which is basically a loopback to Be, just don't really understand the rest.

I am 1.37km from my exchange, i get 15/20 pings to uk servers on VM.

AbsenceJam · 16 Jun 2008 at 20:12

For ADSL you need a BT line. Then with an LLU internet service they just cross connect your line to the providers service, for calls etc nothing is dfferent.

JimAroo · 16 Jun 2008 at 20:52

Ah cool, but isn't ADSL just limited to 8mb.. so i'm guessing it'll have to be ADSL2, internet is normally good around here so if i did switch then i would be expecting 15mb+.

tolien · 16 Jun 2008 at 20:54

Be does ADSL2+, but it's still over a BT line. It's impossible to expect anything without any idea of how far you are from the exchange or how good the cable is.