Meanwhile, as BT piddles about with its copper-based fibre network, providing up to 40 Mps, and Virgin thinks about offering up to 200 Mps, Portugal's Zon Multimedia will, in the next few weeks commercially launch fibre-based 1 Gps (Gigabit - 1000 Mps) to its RESIDENTIAL customers!!
Moreover, this is being achieved using exactly the same technology that Virgin Media have deployed (!)
See:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/networking/news/2009/08/07/Zon-Beings-1Gbps-Broadband-to-Market/p1Note: like BT, Zon Multimedia is a publicly quoted company. BT has no excuse!