Virgin Promises 100Mbps Connections To UK Homes

registerShift writes "Virgin said it will roll out 100 megabit-per-second broadband connections to homes in the UK. The company said users will experience speeds 'very close' to what's advertised as it plans to deploy cable instead of ADSL used by competitors. 'There is nothing we can't do with our fiber optic cable network, and the upcoming launch of our flagship 100mbps service will give our customers the ultimate broadband experience,' Virgin Media's chief executive officer, Neil Berkett, said. This is just days after the FCC announced aims of 100Mbps by 2020, and companies panned it as unrealistic."

Comments

Abstinence

[Anonymous Coward]

A 100MBs line will just create more virgins.

Yes but....

[mrsteveman1]

...what is she going to charge?

Re:100MB?

[badfish99]

I can't see why a domestic user needs that speed.

So that you can exceed your download cap in 5 minutes instead of half an hour?

Re:100MB?

[khchung]

Yeah, 640K got to be enough for everybody!

Re:100MB?

[timmarhy]

listen here, i can't see why you are wasting money on a whole 20mb. all i need for my BBS connection is my 2400bps modem. i get pages of text (in colour!) in mere minutes! after all it's all anyone should need - do you think you NEED all that HD streaming video, itunes, web applications, email, pictures......