In reply to a post by brandscill:

If you were to pay the line rental in advance with Virgin it works out at about £18 a month for 6 months and then £26 thereafter. So similar costings.

Regardless the point I'm making is Virgin isn't horrifically more expensive than BT Infinity.

For some the 'slow' up speed is a factor to consider and its a whole different ball game if you require a fixed IP.

In reply to a post by brandscill:

Regardless the point I'm making is Virgin isn't horrifically more expensive than BT Infinity.

The contention effects are different though.

Would be very strange indeed for a community that has access to Virgin Media to put cash down for access to slower and more expensive (when considering Openreach have made sure full line rental is compulsory) FTTC services.

Has it ever happened do you know?

What they said. I pay for two sets of line rental, two sets of FTTC, and people on a single Virgin Media cable service, no line rental required, can pay half as much and download faster.

I win on upload obviously but download wise come in 15% slower, that with a cabinet less than 150m radial distance away.

One of each would be ideal for me but I am better off than some with regards to what I have access to, my FTTC is in the higher end performance wise.

Yes but it's still going to be quicker than what's available now as it's already been established FTTC isn't and likely won't be.

Of course, but FTTC isn't available and likely never will be. Access to high speed internet is available though at a comparative price to FTTC technologies.

Holy [censored] sticks, you have access to VM fibre, whilst not perfect it is easily 10 times faster than your current connection and you're still moaning at the lack of FTTC? Think of all the poor people who can't get anything other than low speed ADSL!

Sorry? I'm not moaning.

Broadband Choices deal is the best Virgin offer.
50Mb for £4 per month for 12 months with line rental.
You could pay 12 months line rental @ £128
Then if you paid monthly for final 6 months you would average £20.28 over 18 months.

No way Openreach FTTC is cheaper on any provider.

Edited by bubblegun (Sat 24-May-14 21:30:44)

Thanks for all the input guys. The consensus seems to be that I won't have FTTC available to me in the foreseeable future and that Virgin is my only option at present. I have 9 months left to run on my BT phone rental (12 months paid upfront) so any immediate move to Virgin will be broadband only at £25 per month. I assume I could transfer my phone at a later date. I'll probably wait until my BT phone contract expires and decide then.