Virgin's 50Mb broadband arriving December 15? - Page 3

|Kippa| · 04-12-2008, 00:24

You could easly do 60gig in a 10 hour period ish on a 20mbit connection. I agree with Snoopz 500gig would be more acceptable. I do hope initially they release 50mbit with no stm. Even if it is only for a short while, it will be worth while for me.

BenMcr · 04-12-2008, 00:32

The problem is, if everyone who gets 50Mbit hammers the connection 24/7 because they can, it's going to make Virgin consider whether to look at STM a lot quicker

broadbandking · 04-12-2008, 10:52

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Originally Posted by |Kippa|

You could easly do 60gig in a 10 hour period ish on a 20mbit connection. I agree with Snoopz 500gig would be more acceptable. I do hope initially they release 50mbit with no stm. Even if it is only for a short while, it will be worth while for me.

It is been released without STM

telfordcable · 04-12-2008, 11:05

glad to hear that 50mbps will be without STM !!! If it all true after roll out complete, I may consider move to XXL 50Meg

peanut · 04-12-2008, 11:09

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Originally Posted by telfordcable

glad to hear that 50mbps will be without STM !!! If it all true after roll out complete, I may consider move to XXL 50Meg

Well if you think that 120gig is a large amount then it could be a pointless upgrade for you.

chamoan · 04-12-2008, 11:10

VM's roll outs are a joke at best, my area in west midlands usually always near the last to be done. 50mb this time next year for me maybe then.

telfordcable · 04-12-2008, 11:17

I hope 50Meg come to Telford first !!! he he he

I changed me mind now, I agree not to bring cap allowance usage as it pointless !!!

VM - bring on No fair use policy, Truely Unlimited, No more STM - because Sky Max 16Mb is now No fair use policy, no traffic management, no throttling and genuine 100% unlimited.

browney · 04-12-2008, 11:50

STM isnt that bad I've never been on STM for about 1-2 months I make sure I don't go over during peak times

Last 30 Days
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Fatec · 04-12-2008, 11:52

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Originally Posted by broadbandking

It is been released without STM

*only for a short time.

caph · 04-12-2008, 12:05

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Originally Posted by browney

STM isnt that bad I've never been on STM for about 1-2 months I make sure I don't go over during peak times

Last 30 Days
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Down 191.30 GB
Up 5.21 GB
Total 196.51 GB

Where on earth do you store 200Gb of data every month? That's 2 and a half terabytes a year!!! And what is it all anyway, the entire doomsday book in hi
-res raw format?

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According to the Virgin 50Mb page "As we can only bring up to 50Mb broadband to customers using our fibre optic cable, this means that it won’t be available to customers in National areas.". Is there any area within the nation that isn't a national area? I think I know what they mean but whoever came up with that terminology needs to be sacked immediately!

04-12-2008, 12:26

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Originally Posted by caph

According to the Virgin 50Mb page "As we can only bring up to 50Mb broadband to customers using our fibre optic cable, this means that it wonâ€™t be available to customers in National areas.". Is there any area within the nation that isn't a national area? I think I know what they mean but whoever came up with that terminology needs to be sacked immediately!

Here is the link for Virgin National the new name for Virgin.net

lets get them shot

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html.../noncable.html

telfordcable · 04-12-2008, 12:33

i rather not having national up to 8mb through bt rubbish copper wire as my exchange is too far 4 miles away. good job i had cable in my area.

broadbandking · 04-12-2008, 13:17

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Originally Posted by Fatec

*only for a short time.

Atleast for 6 months for the people who get it first

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Originally Posted by chamoan

VM's roll outs are a joke at best, my area in west midlands usually always near the last to be done. 50mb this time next year for me maybe then.

That is the area that is most likely to get it first

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Originally Posted by browney

STM isnt that bad I've never been on STM for about 1-2 months I make sure I don't go over during peak times

Last 30 Days
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Down 191.30 GB
Up 5.21 GB
Total 196.51 GB

Thats alot of linux distros

Fatec · 04-12-2008, 13:36

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Originally Posted by broadbandking

Atleast for 6 months for the people who get it first

From what i know rollout of STM will start 6-12 months after rollout is complete yes when there is enough data to see how much usage people use, so if you want higher STM limits, leech away.

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That is the area that is most likely to get it first

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Thats alot of linux distros

I do more than that in a day...but i dont download linux distros

broadbandking · 04-12-2008, 14:14

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Originally Posted by Fatec

From what i know rollout of STM will start 6-12 months after rollout is complete yes when there is enough data to see how much usage people use, so if you want higher STM limits, leech away.

I do more than that in a day...but i dont download linux distros

Well thats atleast a good year of leech for the 50Mb users