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Quoting Rhia Knowles <rhiadratech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Yeah but with some ISPs that slowing down is at rediculous levels. We were in a non-cable area but the decision was to go with Virgin anyway as the digital switchover was coming and they offered himself a freeview box as well as modem as the incentive just after we moved house. ~rolls eyes~ Virgin Media ADSL is not worth the fee. We couldnt use BBC Iplayer or anything video related thats larger then a youtube clip (funny though, all those Torrents with those BBC programs came down the line just fine..... you'd think Mr Bransen wanted us to pirate....) With the Iplayer we'd get the bbc graphic then the connection would just halt. Not to mention needing to manually reconnect once a week.
I've heard the same about Virgin Media ADSL, a friend of mine was on Virgin Media cable at home with his parents but moved to a new flat when he got married. I said *if* you can get Virgin Media cable in your area then go for it, turns out he couldn't so he ordered Virgin Media ADSL (depite me telling him that he had other LLU options such as O2/Be, UKOnline/Sky, Talktalk and Orange).
When I made the switch from ADSL to cable, it was after I did some extensive research on my options. I was reluctant to go over to Virgin Media cable (mainly because of their traffic management) but to be honest I've not had any problems with them.
I gather Virgin Media are starting a trial (if they haven't already) of fibre to the cabinet using VDSL in Saltash. I believe it's similar to what BT are now rolling out. I gather that such a service would allow up to about 45MBit/sec speeds (depending on line length) and the possibility of TV and on-demand services. (This might tie in with what I have read about the rollout of IPTV boxes on Virgin's cable network).
With any luck the trial will work out successful and cost effective, and maybe, just maybe it might mean that customers have another option.
Or, alternatively maybe eventually BT will roll out fibre to the cabinets and maybe Virgin amongst other ISPs will offer faster connections over the BT lines as they do at the moemnt with ADSL/ADSL2+.
Now on Post Office, by the way, and we get along fine.
That's good.First thing I do when recommending an ISP is to check out the ThinkBroadband.com forums for any feedback.
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