LOL BS, I'm fully aware of VMs reputation, but things have apparently been improving recently as mentioned on TBB, whether they will slip back to their old ways who knows, only time will tell. Add to that the roll out in Thanet is completely new full fibre to my front door, not some dodgy ECI cabinet and then over some dodgy copper cable with probably some aluminium mixed in that's over 40 years old.
One would hope that this new network has sufficient capacity built in to last a good few years and then some (I've been assured it has), so in theory I should be able to get a decent upload speed of 20Mbps, and as a bonus a download speed of 300Mbps, instead of the 46/6 I currently get.
So far I've been kept far more up to date about the roll out than I ever was with FTTC, and it looks like I will be able to order it much quicker than I did with FTTC. My FTTC cab was stood in February 2012 and I was finally connected in late August 2012. FTTC has served me well, but my upload has halved over the 5 years, whilst download has fluctuated but stayed about the same.
Bottom line is VM have invested in full fibre to my front door, and I'm willing to stump up the money each month to give them a chance to prove themselves.
If BT ever get around to giving me a better option then perhaps they can have my money again. IF VM had not been rolling out in Thanet then I would have had a new line installed, which would have almost certainly been connected to the Huawei cabinet that was stood earlier in the year, but alas a better option came along