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16-12-2008, 4:50 PM
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Virgin Media 50Mb broadband – hands-on test, and what it means for you…
 TV, internet and telephony provider, Virgin Media, launched its 50Mb broadband service yesterday, and Home Cinema Choice was on hand to take a spin on the information superhighway… in a virtual Bugatti Veyron. read more »
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16-12-2008, 6:51 PM
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Re: Virgin Media 50Mb broadband – hands-on test, and what it means for you…
50Mb BB, something we all knew about. BUT 3 or 4 NEW HD channels, that's something us Virgin Media Customers REALLY WANT !
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16-12-2008, 10:26 PM
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Re: Virgin Media 50Mb broadband – hands-on test, and what it means for you…
whats the point of the speed with all their throttling you'd only get for about an hour lol
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16-12-2008, 11:53 PM
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Re: Virgin Media 50Mb broadband – hands-on test, and what it means for you…
£50 notes per month 
Like i said,downloading films for me is a long time off.
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17-12-2008, 5:02 PM
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Re: Virgin Media 50Mb broadband – hands-on test, and what it means for you…
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Like i said,downloading films for me is a long time off. |
Lets all just move to Korea, isnt it 100mb there? 
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17-12-2008, 5:05 PM
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Re: Virgin Media 50Mb broadband – hands-on test, and what it means for you…
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Lets all just move to Korea, isnt it 100mb there? |
France is closer as parts of paris get 100Mb
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18-12-2008, 4:42 PM
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whats the point of the speed with all their throttling you'd only get for about an hour lol
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and then they will report you to the rozzers 
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19-12-2008, 2:09 PM
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Re: Virgin Media 50Mb broadband – hands-on test, and what it means for you…
Also revealed at the launch was the company's commitment to introduce three to four new HD channels to its TV platform in the next few months,
Now that is news! 
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19-12-2008, 3:45 PM
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More HD channels is what everyone really ones. Who downloads films anyway with all these Blu ray & cut price HD DVDs available?
I'd dump Virgin instantly for Sky if I was allowed to install that wretched satellite dish. But apparently, I have to apply for 'planning permission' which costs circa £200 and is unlikely to be granted by those nerds who believe a sat dish defaces walls.
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19-12-2008, 4:55 PM
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Re: Virgin Media 50Mb broadband – hands-on test, and what it means for you…
I think its poor that it is being offered as an extra service.
We are so far behind most other technological countries that it would have made more sense to upgrade the packages on offer to all customers i.e
20mb --> 50mb
10mb --> 25mb
2mb --> 10mb
The prices would be the same, but people would then be getting much better value for their money.
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19-12-2008, 5:24 PM
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Re: Virgin Media 50Mb broadband – hands-on test, and what it means for you…
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More HD channels is what everyone really ones. Who downloads films anyway with all these Blu ray & cut price HD DVDs available?
I'd dump Virgin instantly for Sky if I was allowed to install that wretched satellite dish. But apparently, I have to apply for 'planning permission' which costs circa £200 and is unlikely to be granted by those nerds who believe a sat dish defaces walls.
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Cubsat buddy....
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20-12-2008, 4:27 AM
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Re: Virgin Media 50Mb broadband – hands-on test, and what it means for you…
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I'd dump Virgin instantly for Sky if I was allowed to install that wretched satellite dish. But apparently, I have to apply for 'planning permission' which costs circa £200 and is unlikely to be granted by those nerds who believe a sat dish defaces walls.
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I used to live in a village in a "historic" area, council would not allow sat dishes and all the property's had covenants forbidding the fitting of external aerials or sat dishes.
I shoved a dish up the second I moved in, in a reasonably discrete place, within 2 years 70% had them.
I caught a council nerd going round making a note of all the houses with a dish, i said to him "does the council have the money to fight all 200 odd of us if we all chip in and fight a joint action against the council" he left and we never heard from them
Im pretty sure they cant stop you sticking them in the garden on a pole either 
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20-12-2008, 9:27 AM
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Re: Virgin Media 50Mb broadband – hands-on test, and what it means for you…
And what is the likelihood of this being available to rural communities where it is needed most - ZILCH!!! I have to wait for BT third-rate upgrade in 2010. Quite why Ofcom allows the relentless discrimination against country dwellers in broadband rollout is a mystery to me.
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20-12-2008, 10:45 AM
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And what is the likelihood of this being available to rural communities where it is needed most - ZILCH!!! I have to wait for BT third-rate upgrade in 2010. Quite why Ofcom allows the relentless discrimination against country dwellers in broadband rollout is a mystery to me. |
I am about 8 miles from central london and get 1mb/s broadband - no cable available in my road...
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20-12-2008, 12:58 PM
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Im pretty sure they cant stop you sticking them in the garden on a pole either
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Correct, as long as it's a temporary solution eg lashed to a pole. If it's bolted, it would be classed as permanent and hence liable to planning etc.
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