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Horizon · 29-07-2010, 15:18

Beyond the mention of the trial of fibre over the poles (which I talk about in that thread) there wasn't that much news that wasn't already known about.

Berkett did say VM are moving their broadband tiers to 20,50&100 mb. And as we already know, VM intends to improve their hier tier packages especially VIP, and Berkett inferred that HD and possibly tivo would be thrown into those packages in the future as a loyalty bonus.

Berkett was very agressive in pointing out that most ADSL operators cannot provide their advertised 24mb top speeds, yet VM can. Even when BT et all move to VDSL, Berkett said they will get nowhere near the 40mb speeds for the masses that they're talking about and I agree with that. So VM's future bottom speed of 20mb will be faster than the highest tiers of most of VM's competitiors.

29-07-2010, 15:18	#5
Horizon Seven Kings Headend Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Essex Services: Sky, Cable & Freeview Posts: 992	Re: Virginmedia Quarter Results Beyond the mention of the trial of fibre over the poles (which I talk about in that thread) there wasn't that much news that wasn't already known about. Berkett did say VM are moving their broadband tiers to 20,50&100 mb. And as we already know, VM intends to improve their hier tier packages especially VIP, and Berkett inferred that HD and possibly tivo would be thrown into those packages in the future as a loyalty bonus. Berkett was very agressive in pointing out that most ADSL operators cannot provide their advertised 24mb top speeds, yet VM can. Even when BT et all move to VDSL, Berkett said they will get nowhere near the 40mb speeds for the masses that they're talking about and I agree with that. So VM's future bottom speed of 20mb will be faster than the highest tiers of most of VM's competitiors. __________________ Also known as Horizon on the Digital Spy forums. Last edited by Horizon; 29-07-2010 at 15:23.