Virgin Media to Make Life Easier with 50Mbps

Virgin Media are one of the UK’s leading entertainment and communications companies. They provide an attractive combination of Mobile services, Broadband Phone packages and TV programmes. The Virgin TV puts one in full control of the timing for watching their favourite TV shows, while also allowing pausing, rewinding and fast forwarding of the programme. Virgin’s Mobile Service provides various options like Pay Monthly, Pay-as-you-go and SIM cards bundled with many pleasing offers.

The broadband service of Virgin Media boasts of a 50Mpbs download speed. They claim that one can download an album (60MB) in just 11 seconds and an entire movie in less than 3 minutes. Watching high definition videos is made easy too, with this broadband speed and HD means fine clarity of videos and movies. The company also states that the irritating buffering pauses and judders will no longer interrupt viewing videos directly from the Internet. Playing online multiplayer games will also be a thrilling experience with this broadband rate. Downloading games will be faster too. Sharing the Internet connection in a house or a small office without losing on speed can be made possible as well with the 50Mbps broadband.

How did Virgin Media do this? The secret behind this high speed is the fibre optic cable. This cable allows signals to be transported over longer distances, with greater speed and minimal loss.

However, there is always a difference between what’s offered and what’s practically achievable. There are several factors governing the download and upload rates. Some speed tests being conducted with Virgin Media’s super fast broadband, reveal that a downloading speed of about 45Mbps is obtainable. That’s not bad actually, but considering fibre optics, one will surely want more. We will keep our fingers crossed.