Virgin Media testing 1.5Gbps internet for lucky Londonites

[rob50]

Jealous of Comcast customers with their 105Mbps cable hook ups or those lucky residents of the Kansas cities relishing in Google's 1Gbps service? Well add Londonites to the list of people that drive you to indulging in one of the seven deadly sins. Virgin Media has finally started testing its DOCSIS2-powered 1.5Gbps network in the heart of merry ol' England. Right now it's being enjoyed by a group of test sites around Old Street that also get a 150Mbps upload connection. Virgin claims it's the fastest broadband in the world, which may be true if you're not counting lab experiments. The really good news is that it's based on the same tech already delivering 100Mbps to residents across the country so, if the trial goes well, it should be trivial to deliver these mind numbing speeds to the rest of its customers. PR after the break.
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[bladeds]

my brother at southampton university and gets 100mb it internet there because it a network internet. it so dam fast he can down a hd movie in mere minutes

 

[Roowie]

I would love to have 1gbps internet, but I assume it isn't cheap. Now we have around 5MB at home but when my little brothers and sisters are also online it can be really slow sometimes.

 

[Woody_mybb_import8770]

I would love to have 1gbps internet, but I assume it isn't cheap. Now we have around 5MB at home but when my little brothers and sisters are also online it can be really slow sometimes.

lol u all r lucky to get 1gbps speed. We only get 21mbps speed=2.8MB/sec. Which is very slow. I m not satisfied. They r planning to install 4G next season. Hope wil sun do dat!