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I always thought the UK was pretty ahead in the early 2000s because we dug up all the streets to install cable and got reasonable speeds for the time that way.
by quickthrower2 5y ago
I always thought the UK was pretty ahead in the early 2000s because we dug up all the streets to install cable and got reasonable speeds for the time that way. Virgin was like 10 quid a month back then IIRC. And that was pretty much nation wide but some odd places didn’t get it.
- giobox 5y agoThis will hugely vary based on where you were living at that time - I worked for a UK ISP in the early to late 2000s and can't agree with this description of the UK as a whole. Virgin's coverage has never really been close to "nation wide" either. Even today, Virgin Media's DOCIS network only reaches about half the premises in the country. It was far less in the early 2000s! Virgin also only acquired the Telewest cable network in 2006 and didn't rebrand it Virgin Media till 2007.
- quickthrower2 5y agoMust have been lucky. I wasn’t in a heavily populated area but it was in the S.E.