Virgin Media Launch 50Mbps Broadband

This month Virgin Media have launched their 50Mbps broadband service bringing a new level of broadband speed to the UK. The service will cost £51 with a rather high activation few of around 50 hard earned pounds, or its £35 when you have an £11 a month phone line. Virgin said the service will not have any download limits or bandwidth restrictions although this may change since Virgin have just changed their minds on “net neutrality” after a major change in its traffic management policy.

“The 50Mb service will allow users to download(4) an entire music album in as little as 11 seconds, a TV show in around one minute, a high quality movie in as little as 3 1/2 minutes and a high definition movie in around 15 minutes.” Virgin.

The speed in theory seems to be impressive but time will tell if users can actually reach speeds.

“The 50Mb service will allow users to download(4) an entire music album in as little as 11 seconds, a TV show in around one minute, a high quality movie in as little as 3 1/2 minutes and a high definition movie in around 15 minutes.”