200Mbit/s would be good!

Nomad supposes that not many of you read Engineering and Technology magazine. This month there is an article titled "The UKs Next Network". A couple of paragraphs are quoted below:-

"BT is going about it with gusto. In July 2008 it promised to bring higher speed networking whether by FTTP (Fibre To The Premises: your house) or FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet: that green box on your street) past 10 million homes by 2012. By the end of March 2010 the company will have passed over 1.5 million homes with 25 per cent of them being FTTP connections. The service will offer 40Mbit/s downstream and 10Mbit/s upstream connections, which compares with the 50Mbit/s downstream services that Virgin Media offers in some areas on its cable network."

"Virgin Media, meanwhile, is pushing ahead with its plans to use FTTC and advanced cable modems to bring 50Mbit/s and even 200Mbit/s connections to the UK. Dale Barnes, head of advanced technology trials at Virgin Media, pointed out that the company (and it antecedents) had already spent £13bn to pass 12.6 million homes with its cable network."

200Mbit/s download would let you see a great deal of video (and in HD too)!