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satsmo
6th May, 2009, 06:48 PM
Virgin Media has started a customer pilot scheme of 50 to100 households in Ashford, Kent, to test a 200Mb broadband internet supply.

This is four times faster than the 50Mb Virgin currently supplies homes with and is believed to be the fastest implementation of this type of technology in the world, running quicker than services offered in Japan and the US, which currently reach 160Mb and 101Mb respectively.

The company has been running laboratory trials for several weeks and has now moved into the public testing phase, starting in Ashford. The pilot is expected to last at least six to 12 months.

Source: Virgin launches 200Mb broadband customer pilot scheme in Kent - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/5284110/Virgin-launches-200Mb-broadband-customer-pilot-scheme-in-Kent.html)
cunny
6th May, 2009, 08:20 PM
I am just wondering what sort of traffic management/caps implemented on this sort of connection lol
tommy t spanner
11th May, 2009, 01:05 AM
I am just wondering what sort of traffic management/caps implemented on this sort of connection lol

well if vigin have anything to do with it it will be throttled,as they have done after they upgraded accounts from 2mb/s to 10mb/s or similar,maybe a lot of bandwidth,but what can you use it for,"legally"? =not a lot no.new film releases,no new chart/album mp3's or software (for free) so forget torrents ect,all they really want to do is provide a t.v service via the internet,restricting and censoring the free,www as we have known it so far,check out the proposed 'Telecom's package' http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/12/subscription_only_internet/
or here
Blackout Europe | Home (http://www.blackouteurope.eu/index.html)
,and here Tax Google to help the BBC, say ministers | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1176857/Tax-Google-help-BBC-say-ministers.html) the last is just another example of the greed of the current government,rant over,lol :pepsi:
Jasmeet_87
11th May, 2009, 02:45 AM
The currently isn't any traffic management on 50Mb XXL pack.
assmonkey55
11th May, 2009, 04:06 AM
200 mega bit per second, wow thats slow, we have a 2.4 mega byte per second download here
gmb45
11th May, 2009, 05:17 AM
200 mega bit per second, wow thats slow, we have a 2.4 mega byte per second download here he means mega byte m8