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He must be from Northern Europe. Scandinavian countries have the best deals with internet connections. As for the numbers, I think 12Mbs is quite an overestima

He must be from Northern Europe. Scandinavian countries have the best deals with internet connections. As for the numbers, I think 12Mbs is quite an overestimation of reality: http://www.speedtests.net/world/europe/ http://www.speedtests.net/world/europe/ In the UK the fastest one can go is with Virgin 50MB. Too bad then they force you to use their own cable modem which is a piece of shit.

patrickk 15y ago
According to this, Virgin offer 100MB : http://www.broadband-tv-phone.com/virgin-media-cable-broadband.php http://www.broadband-tv-phone.com/virgin-media-cable-broadba... 100MB is also available in Ireland, through UPC: http://www.upc.ie/broadband/hundred/ http://www.upc.ie/broadband/hundred/ (monthly cost here is roughly double the UK price. Typical! Despite the recession, it's still rip-off republic.)
- kin 15y ago
  big difference between MB and Mb but in any case I guess being in America I'm shafted when it comes to internet speeds.
  - patrickk 15y ago
    Oops, should have proof-read that... Here's something interesting - Hong Kong's got 1000Mbps, because the company is question is willing to swallow large losses for years to gain market share. Also mentioned is what it would require for the same to happen in the US - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/business/06digi.html?_r=2&ref=technology http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/business/06digi.html?_r=2&...
- ZoFreX 15y ago
  Virgin 100mb is coming to my area soon :D The schedule for roll-outs across the UK is available here: http://shop.virginmedia.com/content/dam/allyours/pdf/100Mb-rollout-30111.pdf http://shop.virginmedia.com/content/dam/allyours/pdf/100Mb-r... BT are also bringing 100mb broadband in, at which speed I'm sure you'll be able to hit their ridiculously stingy monthly caps in mere minutes.
hxa7241 15y ago
> In the UK the fastest one can go is with Virgin 50MB . . . well, unless you move to Bradwell Abbey or Highams Park: then you should soon get FTTP at about 100Mbps. An Openreach guy was telling me this afternoon it should just be a few months.
- pbhjpbhj 15y ago
  Reports (I blogged about it) had the first FTTP Plusnet customer connected in July 2010 at "between 67.2Mbps and 92.37Mbps".
- mcdowall 15y ago
  We (Bournemotuth) were due to be getting Fibrecity, 100mb to the home but it looks like they switched on a few roads, dug up a whole lot more then tanked. There original big fanfare plan was to route the fibre through the sewer system rather than digging up the streets again...doesn't seem that panned out too well!
- crocowhile 15y ago
  If the service is as good as it is for Virgin 50Mb I really would not recommend it to anyone.

patrickk 15y ago

According to this, Virgin offer 100MB : http://www.broadband-tv-phone.com/virgin-media-cable-broadband.php http://www.broadband-tv-phone.com/virgin-media-cable-broadba... 100MB is also available in Ireland, through UPC: http://www.upc.ie/broadband/hundred/ http://www.upc.ie/broadband/hundred/ (monthly cost here is roughly double the UK price. Typical! Despite the recession, it's still rip-off republic.)

kin 15y ago
big difference between MB and Mb but in any case I guess being in America I'm shafted when it comes to internet speeds.
- patrickk 15y ago
  Oops, should have proof-read that... Here's something interesting - Hong Kong's got 1000Mbps, because the company is question is willing to swallow large losses for years to gain market share. Also mentioned is what it would require for the same to happen in the US - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/business/06digi.html?_r=2&ref=technology http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/business/06digi.html?_r=2&...
ZoFreX 15y ago
Virgin 100mb is coming to my area soon :D The schedule for roll-outs across the UK is available here: http://shop.virginmedia.com/content/dam/allyours/pdf/100Mb-rollout-30111.pdf http://shop.virginmedia.com/content/dam/allyours/pdf/100Mb-r... BT are also bringing 100mb broadband in, at which speed I'm sure you'll be able to hit their ridiculously stingy monthly caps in mere minutes.

hxa7241 15y ago

> In the UK the fastest one can go is with Virgin 50MB . . . well, unless you move to Bradwell Abbey or Highams Park: then you should soon get FTTP at about 100Mbps. An Openreach guy was telling me this afternoon it should just be a few months.

pbhjpbhj 15y ago
Reports (I blogged about it) had the first FTTP Plusnet customer connected in July 2010 at "between 67.2Mbps and 92.37Mbps".
mcdowall 15y ago
We (Bournemotuth) were due to be getting Fibrecity, 100mb to the home but it looks like they switched on a few roads, dug up a whole lot more then tanked. There original big fanfare plan was to route the fibre through the sewer system rather than digging up the streets again...doesn't seem that panned out too well!
crocowhile 15y ago
If the service is as good as it is for Virgin 50Mb I really would not recommend it to anyone.