The imminent broadband speed of 50Mbps promised by Virgin Media High Speed Broadband Internet music to the ears of any serious web user or Dsl Internet Service who would like an extra-fast broadband connection to watch TV programmes and films online - especially if it is being streamed.
The rumour mill, though, has it that Virgin Media's upload speed (the speed at which internet isp can send things to the web) web hosting packages be just 1.5Mbps.
This is being seen Westell Model 6100 Dsl Modem a real let-down considering the generous amount of bandwidth on hand for downloading.
This initial feedback will hopefully prompt Virgin Media to have second thoughts about their considerably slower upload speeds - they won't want to have any Doubting Thomases about when they launch their new product.
Will traffic be 'managed'?
More worrying perhaps are reports that Virgin Media plans to apply traffic management to the proposed high-speed broadband connections.
A Virgin Media representative refuted this and pointed out that the company has not yet determined whether they will apply traffic management, and if they do, at what level it will be applied.
Virgin Media stirred up a bit of a storm among its broadband customers when it revised its traffic management policy a few months ago.
Users, exceeding what was generally regarded as a rather paltry peak download allowance, had their connection speeds slashed by as much as 50%, sometimes for as long as five hours.
Users are internet storage for a policy change when this product finally Tm Streamyx Malaysia on stream Telekom Malaysia Bhd this year. There seems little point in what is my connection speed a Kuala Lumpur Malaysia broadband connection if users can't use it for the things that make fast broadband worth having (streaming media, large downloads etc)?
How will it affect the UK broadband landscape?
The question on malaysia music people's lips now is whether Virgin Media is about to capture the whole of the UK broadband market with a broadband package twice the speed of its closest rival, and well over five times the speed of most broadband packages.
It will certainly be very appealing to Virgin Media's current Dsl package users.
More tempting still is the fact that Virgin Media's fibre-optic cable network will evidently be able to deliver the advertised speed all the time, unlike broadband via copper wires which suffers from disparate speeds that often bear little resemblance to their advertised speeds.
Reports that Virgin Media broadband is on the verge of rolling out their newest product countrywide will be a wake-up call for BT broadband, whose fastest broadband offering is only half the speed at 24Mbps at most.
What's more, the BT project is way behind schedule.
But if Virgin Media is going to keep its customers satisfied, they will have to bust a gut to ensure that their broadband service is a cut above that of their competitors by maintaining those promised ultra high speeds.
Shirley Stevens is an independent broadband journalist, who shares her internet knowledge with Tm Speedometer that let you compare broadband deals as well as finding the fastest broadband.
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