broadband landline v cable

can anyone give me advice as i am recieving conflicting views! can i receive
a higher speed via cable -or sky- than i get via virgin landline? i only
rteceive 1.5 -i am paying for upto 8!!
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Baz

"BIGABAZ" <BIGABAZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> can anyone give me advice as i am recieving conflicting views! can i
> receive
> a higher speed via cable -or sky- than i get via virgin landline? i only
> rteceive 1.5 -i am paying for upto 8!!
> --
> Baz


Cable is generally faster than telephone line as it uses optic fibre....

BIGABAZ wrote:
> can anyone give me advice as i am recieving conflicting views! can i receive
> a higher speed via cable -or sky- than i get via virgin landline? i only
> rteceive 1.5 -i am paying for upto 8!!

All ISPs with which I'm familiar only promise their "best efforts" to
provide you with any particular speed/bandwidth. If you're paying for
8Mbps and only getting 1.5Mbps, call your ISPs tech support and ask them
to check your connection.

Here's some reading you might find interesting:
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/129 "DSL vs CABLE?"

In general: http://www.dslreports.com/faqnew

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