Sunday, 26 July 2009

IWOOT #7



A Virgin Media Freedom Netbook. It's Virgin Wireless-N compatible (plus Intel Atom processor, 10.2in screen, Windows XP, 1GB of RAM and 120GB HDD), as is the rest of our abode - enough said? Yes, please, I Want One Of Those, Santa.

Virgin Media has completed the rollout of its fibre optic broadband network. At the same time the operator has reduced the price to below £30 and announced its own branded laptop. Although the 50 Mbps speeds Virgin has deployed through DOCSIS 3 are half that found in continental European networks it is still the fastest such service in the UK. The Virgin network covers 12 million homes. From Sep 1 2009 the cost is being reduced to £28 when taken with a phoneline and £38 as a standalone product. Story here.