Virgin Media rolls out 100Mbps to 150k more homes

Anything BT can do...Internet News By Patrick Goss January 25th | Tell us what you think [ 4 comments ]

Tweet Rachel Stevens didn't actually pop round to Treforest to plug in the new service

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Virgin Media has rolled out its superfast broadband to another 150,000 homes in the UK, offering its flagship 100Mbps service to the towns including Pentwyn, Southport and Hatfield.

With BT regularly updating us on its fibre optic exploits, Virgin Media has now decided to publicise its own steady growth.

The company has now rolled 100Mbps broadband out to 350,000 homes across the UK.

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Jon James, executive director of broadband at Virgin Media said: "From establishing the UK's first ever broadband service to the launch of 100Mb just ten years later, Virgin Media has led the greatest developments in digital Britain.

"We've invested many billions of private money in order to build a growing network that already passes approximately 13 million homes across the UK.

"We're racing to get these ultrafast speeds across this entire area as fast as we can to meet demand."

The towns that have now got the 100Mbps service are Cheshunt, Hatfield, Pentwyn, Southport and Treforest.

Tags: Virgin Media, BT, fibre optic, broadbandTweetreddit!StumbleuponComment on this article  Your comments (4) Click to add a new commentabdin66

February 1st

4. I have two great regrets in my life: First, I failed to marry the girl I should have, and second, I foolishly left BT for Virgin Broadband. In my opinion, Virgins' use of the word 'broadband' should be investigated under the Trade Descriptions Act.

Happily, I can leave Virgin in 15 months time... alas, my first love is gone forever. Lament with me, friends.

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romi

January 25th

3. Japan and S Korea are rolling out 1Gb broadband speeds which is required for 1080p video streaming for on demand media content.

Virgin Media should have expanded the network capacity to remove traffic shaping even on the most basic entry level internet speeds.

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tenodasilva

January 25th

2. I would be happy if Virgin delivered a stable 5mbps on my 10mbps. Some times I have no connection. So , don't buy, don't believe. Virgin will not deliver it.

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tombutcher1990

January 25th

1. does this mean i can upgrade and they will stop capping my download limit after 10 minutes?!

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