[The News Bot]

<p><img style="float: left; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-right: 6px" src="http://www.homecinemachoice.com/files/hcc_content/virgin_media.jpg" title="Virgin on the horizon" width="100" height="86" />TV, internet and telephony provider, Virgin Media, launched its 50Mb broadband service yesterday, and <i>Home Cinema Choice</i> was on hand to take a spin on the information superhighway… in a virtual Bugatti Veyron. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.homecinemachoice.com/blogs/team_HCC/Virgin+Media+50Mb+broadband+hands+on">&nbsp;read&n bsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>

[limblee]

50Mb BB, something we all knew about. BUT 3 or 4 NEW HD channels, that's something us Virgin Media Customers REALLY WANT !

[Boon72]

whats the point of the speed with all their throttling you'd only get for about an hour lol

[IAN P]

£50 notes per month

Like i said,downloading films for me is a long time off.

[sbowler]

Originally Posted by IAN P

£50 notes per month

Like i said,downloading films for me is a long time off.

Lets all just move to Korea, isnt it 100mb there?

[WalkInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by sbowler

Lets all just move to Korea, isnt it 100mb there?

France is closer as parts of paris get 100Mb

[eric pisch]

Originally Posted by Boon72

whats the point of the speed with all their throttling you'd only get for about an hour lol

and then they will report you to the rozzers

[Badger0-0]

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!

[tin69]

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.

[Crovon]

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.

[scumball]

Originally Posted by tin69

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.

Cubsat buddy....

http://www.avforums.com/forums/home-...-required.html

[eric pisch]

Originally Posted by tin69

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.

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

[thornton]

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.

[scumball]

Originally Posted by thornton

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...

[Badger0-0]

Im pretty sure they cant stop you sticking them in the garden on a pole either

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.

[Peridot]

Originally Posted by thornton

Quite why Ofcom allows the relentless discrimination against country dwellers in broadband rollout is a mystery to me.

Is government actually subsidising rollout? (It's a genuine question - I would support such an initiative)

[Badger0-0]

Originally Posted by Peridot

Is government actually subsidising rollout? (It's a genuine question - I would support such an initiative)

I'm not sure what made you ask that question, but I believe the government has thrown a few bob in, in Wales.
I'm sure I read it somewhere, but I'm not sure what for.

I'd support it too, fwiw

[tin69]

Originally Posted by scumball

Cubsat buddy....

http://www.avforums.com/forums/home-...-required.html

Looks good - cheers. But for me it has to be attached on the wall. Try advertising on a well known marketplace which thrives at Xmas...