It was for me Steve, when i moved in with my partner who had BT. I came from about 7 years of Cable via NTL/Virgin. I sent a 16 page report to Watchdog and Offcom when we left BT, as I feel they were over-subscribing areas and their infastructure isnt' built to withstand the Business 20 to 1 ratio let alone the 50 to 1 ratio they typically give Home users. It's weird though because Cable is typically worse speeds in the US and DSL is considered much better. Still though their telecommunications back in the day were surperior to ours from what I've read. Dj Paddy ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Nutt To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 5:21 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: BT Broadband Versus Virgin Media? Hi Mandy, No comparison at all. Blueyonder, if you have fibre optic cable is way faster than any ADSL line including BT. I currently get 20 meg down, roughly 15 meg in practice, but that is almost twice as fast. I am with NTL, but essentially same company. I would not want to use ADSL after being on Cable, it would be like swimming through treacle <Smile>. All the best Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mandy Sent: Thursday 22 January 2009 23:12 To: access-uk Subject: [access-uk] BT Broadband Versus Virgin Media? We've been with Blueyonder ever since we started using the PC and are paying for the fastest broadband speeds does anybody have experience of comparing the two? Also anybody using the new BT box for TV where you just pay for the extra channels you want to watch? Sorry I'm not very explicit. Mandy.