Any future plans for multiroom stream?
Hi there I just took out services again with virgin im in a XGS-PON area so no coax. I took a stream box with my package and as I understand it its 1 per household. The question is does anyone know i...
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No, instead of pushing on and going digital by making the stream the default box, they keep the stupid limitation on one box per account. If they actually got rid of DVB-C that is used for Tivo, v6 and 360 boxes, then the HFC network could offer faster upload speeds as well as download speeds. 2028 is still a way away for HFC to FTTP and meanwhile competitors are gnawing away daily at VM's legacy network areas.
On the XGS-PON network, there is no DVB-C, so don't understand why they limit there. Must be a licensing issue with IPTV delivery possibly?
unisoft wrote:If they actually got rid of DVB-C that is used for Tivo, v6 and 360 boxes, then the HFC network could offer faster upload speeds as well as download speeds. 2028 is still a way away for HFC to FTTP and meanwhile competitors are gnawing away daily at VM's legacy network areas.
Dumping broadcast TV en-masse would annoy a good 4 million people who would no longer be able to record content or use their existing kit. Not to mention that IP & broadcast distribution agreements are separate entities & VM has ongoing commitments to both with the broadcasters. They also operate area cable franchises from OFCOM for which Cable TV is a component, requiring agreement changes (& possibly legislation changes) to remove it from the existing franchise areas.
OFCOM has agreed to VM transitioning to non-cable operations, but this will no doubt have many conditions attached that "protect" existing customers.