Re: Zen Broadband
I moved away from Virgin a long time ago and never looked back. Apart from the terrible support, and the contention on the cable modems, the up/down ratio has always been the most frustrating feature.
In a perfect world, you would need to use 2Mbps upstream just to download at 100Mbps. In the real world, it's likely to be much higher. As soon as you need the upstream for something else (e.g. checking e-mail or making an HTTP request) the downstream gets killed. I can't imagine how bad it would be if you wanted to do a backup, upload to flickr or youtube, etc.
The 80/20 ratio on BT/Zen fibre gives much more headroom. I just wish that the upstream bandwidth was listed as a headline figure, rather than hidden away by the providers, it really is that important.
Virgin also caused the police to think I beat up my wife ... but that's a different story.
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