Cable Forum - View Single Post - General Virgin Media should have matched BT FTTC

qasdfdsaq · 13-03-2012, 13:00

I should point out, Openreach confirmed the following publicly yesterday:

FTTC 80mbps download with 20mbps upload will be released 10th April. That compares favourably to VM who haven't even finished rolling out 50/5 in some areas yet (but might do by then)

Prioritisation rate (in effect, guaranteed minimum speed) is doubling from 15mbps to 30mbps.

Fault threshold is being removed, new monitoring systems are being put in, so it's easier to get OR to investigate faults.

You still get 90 days in which to cancel, get a full refund, and termination without penalty if your line doesn't get at least 50% of the predicted speed when you ordered.

Infinity is *expected* to exceed 40% household coverage by this summer and 66% by the end of next year, so will probably overtake VM's cable coverage somewhere around the end of 2012/early 2013.

13-03-2012, 13:00	#33
qasdfdsaq cf.mega poster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,207	Re: Virgin Media should have matched BT FTTC I should point out, Openreach confirmed the following publicly yesterday: FTTC 80mbps download with 20mbps upload will be released 10th April. That compares favourably to VM who haven't even finished rolling out 50/5 in some areas yet (but might do by then) Prioritisation rate (in effect, guaranteed minimum speed) is doubling from 15mbps to 30mbps. Fault threshold is being removed, new monitoring systems are being put in, so it's easier to get OR to investigate faults. You still get 90 days in which to cancel, get a full refund, and termination without penalty if your line doesn't get at least 50% of the predicted speed when you ordered. Infinity is expected to exceed 40% household coverage by this summer and 66% by the end of next year, so will probably overtake VM's cable coverage somewhere around the end of 2012/early 2013.