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Please help with advice on Virgin fibre optics broadband in UK !!?

(1) - Do any of you have FIBRE OPTICS Virgin Broadband ---(not copper b/band but fibre optics Virgin broadband) ?! I have BT and it is OK but Virgin claims that with optical fibre, and that they are the only ones in the UK with fibre optics, they can offer up to 20 Mb speed. It is the "up to" I worry about. I wish to ask those with personal experience to give me advice. They make fantastic claims.... and I don't believe them, LOL. They say that ALL other ISP's use copper (true) and that therefore cannot offer more then 4 or 5 Mb speed. Virgin also say that with copper cable the distance from the exchange reduces downloads speeds a lot but that with Virgin fibre optics the distance from the exchange is completely irrelevant. Do any of you have Virgins B/band and if so, can you really download a song in a couple of seconds, and movies in a few minutes ? How close to the claim of 20 Mb speed ? Thanks a lot

Public Comments

1. The claims by Virgin are true.
2. The claims may be true but what they claim and what you get is two different things beware
3. I'd ask Happy Man how close he is to an exchange.....I'm willing to bet it's either attached to his house or at the bottom of his garden. As for Virgin, given what experience I've had with them (12yrs+), I wouldn't trust them if they told me it was dark at midnight at the bottom of Barnsley's colliery mineshaft........ Scots