Tech | May 06, 2009 | 8 comments

Holy s**t! 200Mbps broadband coming!

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Well, if you live in the tiny part of Kent where Virgin will be trialling it.

They'll be piloting broadband speeds of 200Mbps for a group of 100 "lead adopters" (users) in the UK, following successful trials in their labs.

Branson's boys will be testing out streaming 1080p high definition TV and 3DTV on what is believed to be the world's fastest internet.

If you had 200Mbps you'd have nothing left to download in an hour, you'd have the whole Internet!
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8 comments // Holy s**t! 200Mbps broadband coming!

  • xim9
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      xim9  
    • My cable co. gives me 20mb down/2 mb up. I rarely use 1 M/sec down. And that's only if a torrent is really well-seeded.

      what the heck kind of servers are you people connecting to? It's only going to be as fast as the server...

    • 3 years ago
  • Mikeysfake1
  • Slick
  • krazykizza
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      krazykizza  
    • No server in the world would allow a 200mbps connection to rape it. I know I wouldn't let my website be accessed on a 200mbit downlink utilizing bandwidth.

    • 3 years ago
  • FreshPlastic
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      FreshPlastic  
    • They could make it a million times faster than that and it wouldn't make a difference to me - I live on a cabled street but they refuse to cable the building! :'(

      Incidentally, Virgin Media's HQ is in a nearby town that isn't cabled at all!

    • 3 years ago
  • mattbrawn
  • FreshPlastic
  • mattbrawn
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      mattbrawn  
    • That is one hell of a broadband connection. Imagine how quickly a film would download :-o

      The concept of streaming HD movies sounds appealing, but I imagine is a pretty long way off for the majority of us.

    • 3 years ago
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