50MB broadband for folks in the UK
March 11, 2010
If you happen to live in the UK and want a speedy World Wide Web connection, you might be pleased with news that initial trials by Virgin Media managed to deliver 50MB broadband to the Berkshire village of Woolhampton thanks to the use of telegraph poles. Homes that are hooked up to Virgin Media's fibre optic network directly will be able to increase broadband speeds by by ten-fold compared to BT's copper network. There is no word on a national rollout by Virgin Media yet, but you can be assured that when it is available, many more folks will jump aboard the torrent bandwagon.
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Virgin rolls out new dongle
December 1, 2009
Virgin Media has introduced a sort new dongle that was specially designed to offer mobile broadband speeds of up to 7.2Mbps, which is its theoretical maximum although there are no reviews on said device just yet. Still, that is at best double the maximum speed of its previous 3.6Mpbs dongle, so hopefully users will get a much more enjoyable World Wide Web browsing experiences while they're on the go. Depending on your budget, you can choose from a documents allowance of either 1GB or 3GB monthly which is going for £8 and £12, respectively.
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