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09-05-2013, 03:22 AM
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Callumeleyy
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Sony has confirmed Virgin Media has its official UK ISP partner for the forthcoming PS4 release, now confirmed for November 29 in Europe.
In a post on its official blog, Virgin said it had plenty of benefits in store for broadband customers who splash out on a PS4, but did not go into specifics.
Sony, which has also penned deals with the likes of Orange and T-Mobile in Europe, his hinted that gamer specific packages will be offered, which reserve bandwidth to ensure fast, reliable gaming and streaming.
While announcing the ISP tie-ins at Gamescom in Cologne, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO Jim Ryan said the packages will ensure there "bits of the pipe are left open to gamers."
Under wraps, for now
In its announcement, Virgin Media's Jon James, the executive director of broadband and digital entertainment, said the benefits for its customers will be announced soon.
He wrote: "We're delighted to say Virgin Media is Sony's PlayStation 4 UK ISP partner for its hugely-anticipated launch which is now confirmed to be on 29 November. We're already hard at work with them to make this the best entertainment experience for gamers across the country.
"What does that mean exactly? Well, there's going to be loads of exciting benefits for our customers but we have to keep the details under wraps for the time being. Watch this space for more details…"
Virgin Media, of course, will give UK gamers their first change to go hands on with the device at the Eurogamer expo at Earls Court, which begins on September 26.
"We'll be at the heart of this year's Expo, offering our continued support for the UK games industry as well as demonstrating the speed and quality of Virgin Media's ultrafast broadband with a 1Gb – yes that's 1Gb! – connection, more than 100 times faster than the average household broadband speed," James added.
Sony has confirmed Virgin Media has its official UK ISP partner for the forthcoming PS4 release, now confirmed for November 29 in Europe.
In a post on its official blog, Virgin said it had plenty of benefits in store for broadband customers who splash out on a PS4, but did not go into specifics.
Sony, which has also penned deals with the likes of Orange and T-Mobile in Europe, his hinted that gamer specific packages will be offered, which reserve bandwidth to ensure fast, reliable gaming and streaming.
While announcing the ISP tie-ins at Gamescom in Cologne, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO Jim Ryan said the packages will ensure there "bits of the pipe are left open to gamers."
Under wraps, for now
In its announcement, Virgin Media's Jon James, the executive director of broadband and digital entertainment, said the benefits for its customers will be announced soon.
He wrote: "We're delighted to say Virgin Media is Sony's PlayStation 4 UK ISP partner for its hugely-anticipated launch which is now confirmed to be on 29 November. We're already hard at work with them to make this the best entertainment experience for gamers across the country.
"What does that mean exactly? Well, there's going to be loads of exciting benefits for our customers but we have to keep the details under wraps for the time being. Watch this space for more details…"
Virgin Media, of course, will give UK gamers their first change to go hands on with the device at the Eurogamer expo at Earls Court, which begins on September 26.
"We'll be at the heart of this year's Expo, offering our continued support for the UK games industry as well as demonstrating the speed and quality of Virgin Media's ultrafast broadband with a 1Gb – yes that's 1Gb! – connection, more than 100 times faster than the average household broadband speed," James added.
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09-06-2013, 10:52 PM
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ResistTheSun
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Not sure this is going to be that important as a deal. May improve the traffic a bit not blocking or slowing down traffic but without details. This a pretty pointless thing to even do, nice to see that ISP's are taking note of gaming. Online wise games don't take up much but downloads they start to eat into data plans.
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06-06-2014, 06:18 AM
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Callumeleyy
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06-06-2014, 10:50 AM
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Mr Ruffers
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06-06-2014, 11:57 AM
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Originally posted by callumeley
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Sony has confirmed Virgin Media has its official UK ISP partner for the forthcoming PS4 release, now confirmed for November 29 in Europe.
In a post on its official blog, Virgin said it had plenty of benefits in store for broadband customers who splash out on a PS4, but did not go into specifics.
Sony, which has also penned deals with the likes of Orange and T-Mobile in Europe, his hinted that gamer specific packages will be offered, which reserve bandwidth to ensure fast, reliable gaming and streaming.
While announcing the ISP tie-ins at Gamescom in Cologne, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO Jim Ryan said the packages will ensure there "bits of the pipe are left open to gamers."
Under wraps, for now
In its announcement, Virgin Media's Jon James, the executive director of broadband and digital entertainment, said the benefits for its customers will be announced soon.
He wrote: "We're delighted to say Virgin Media is Sony's PlayStation 4 UK ISP partner for its hugely-anticipated launch which is now confirmed to be on 29 November. We're already hard at work with them to make this the best entertainment experience for gamers across the country.
"What does that mean exactly? Well, there's going to be loads of exciting benefits for our customers but we have to keep the details under wraps for the time being. Watch this space for more details…"
Virgin Media, of course, will give UK gamers their first change to go hands on with the device at the Eurogamer expo at Earls Court, which begins on September 26.
"We'll be at the heart of this year's Expo, offering our continued support for the UK games industry as well as demonstrating the speed and quality of Virgin Media's ultrafast broadband with a 1Gb – yes that's 1Gb! – connection, more than 100 times faster than the average household broadband speed," James added.
Sony has confirmed Virgin Media has its official UK ISP partner for the forthcoming PS4 release, now confirmed for November 29 in Europe.
In a post on its official blog, Virgin said it had plenty of benefits in store for broadband customers who splash out on a PS4, but did not go into specifics.
Sony, which has also penned deals with the likes of Orange and T-Mobile in Europe, his hinted that gamer specific packages will be offered, which reserve bandwidth to ensure fast, reliable gaming and streaming.
While announcing the ISP tie-ins at Gamescom in Cologne, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO Jim Ryan said the packages will ensure there "bits of the pipe are left open to gamers."
Under wraps, for now
In its announcement, Virgin Media's Jon James, the executive director of broadband and digital entertainment, said the benefits for its customers will be announced soon.
He wrote: "We're delighted to say Virgin Media is Sony's PlayStation 4 UK ISP partner for its hugely-anticipated launch which is now confirmed to be on 29 November. We're already hard at work with them to make this the best entertainment experience for gamers across the country.
"What does that mean exactly? Well, there's going to be loads of exciting benefits for our customers but we have to keep the details under wraps for the time being. Watch this space for more details…"
Virgin Media, of course, will give UK gamers their first change to go hands on with the device at the Eurogamer expo at Earls Court, which begins on September 26.
"We'll be at the heart of this year's Expo, offering our continued support for the UK games industry as well as demonstrating the speed and quality of Virgin Media's ultrafast broadband with a 1Gb – yes that's 1Gb! – connection, more than 100 times faster than the average household broadband speed," James added.
I doubt my area will be getting fibre for another few years, at least. They told us about 7 years ago we'd being getting it, but nothing so far.
06-08-2014, 04:10 PM
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Callumeleyy
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06-09-2014, 01:54 AM
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Callumeleyy
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Originally posted by Mr
just coz they sold you 120mb dont mean your getting the full 120mb 24 hours of the day there peak times and the speed will slow and thats will all companies ..in my area i had virgin 120mb and at peak time was a joke ..but bt 80mb was faster and never lost speed at peak times like virgin
even when i did get peaked, i was still getting 97mb/s
and when i wasn't i was getting over 120 LOL
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