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Virgin Media is piloting broadband speeds of 200Megabit per second (Mbps) for a small group of users in the UK.Following successful trials in the lab, 100 "lead adopters" in Kent will have access to the high speeds, believed to be among the fastest in the world. Virgin will be using the high speeds to test applications such as 1080p high definition TV and 3DTV. The pilot will last six months before the results are analysed. A variety of upstream speeds will also be tested. Virgin is able to achieve the speeds thanks to a technology called Docsis 3, which makes more efficient use of the capacity of fibre to the cabinet connections used by Virgin. The challenge in making use of the speeds is the inability of wireless networks to cope with 200Mbps connections therefore requiring hard wired connections. Users also need high-specification computers that have gigabit Ethernet ports that can deal with such fast data speeds. There is also the issue that many websites only have 100Mbps connections into data centres, meaning they are unable to serve pages or content at a speed to take advantage of the fast service.Virgin said the 200Mbps service is the fastest speed in the world achieved using Docsis 3 technology. In a statement Virgin Media's chief executive Neil Berkett said: "We're at the forefront of innovation and understanding when it comes to ultrafast broadband services and the 200Mb pilot will give us further insight into how true 'wideband' services might be used by consumers."
Connection speeds are great things for misleading consumers, most folks dont care about having to wait a little longer if it means they avoid throttling of their connection, currently Virgin throttle many of their customers and have put off their debts for a year, this looks like a last desperate move to get more customers on what is an already crowded service, its well known in the iSP trade that you only need to throttle and create bandwith quotas when you oversell your services to the point your unable to deliver them a promised, and lets be clear we are talking the same scenario with other providers, high speeds looks great to new customers but services for long term users normally suck as the older and wiser hands know that this merely means further strict ratios, caps and throttles.
You lost me at kill himself in a hot air balloon.
