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Virgin Media agrees rural Lincs fibre broadband rollout
Virgin Media has agreed to roll out fibre optic broadband to two North-East Lincolnshire villages after being contacted by local campaigners. Paul Manarin, assistant principal at Oasis Academy in Immingham, and Tom Horton, a...
Read moreVirgin Media sees super-fast fibre broadband growth
Virgin Media has reported another increase in the number of customers signed up to its super-fast fibre optic broadband services. During the three months to the end of June, the cable company added 459,800 more subscribers to its...
Read moreVirgin Media data traffic hits 4.2 petabytes a day in Q1
The volume of data on Virgin Media's fibre optic broadband network increased by almost one-third in the six months to March 2012. Research from Virgin Media Business revealed that video streaming, web browsing, email and...
Read moreVirgin Media boss highlights broadband market segmentation
Virgin Media has said a divide is opening in the telecoms market between customers with super-fast fibre optic broadband packages and those with slower connections. Neil Berkett, chief executive of the cable company, told the...
Read moreBT and Fujitsu to do battle over Suffolk fibre broadband?
BT and Fujitsu look set to fight it out over a contract to roll out fibre optic broadband across Suffolk. According to the East Anglian Daily Times, BT is keen to expand its existing broadband infrastructure in the county, while...
Read moreVirgin Media sees surge in super-fast fibre broadband customers
Virgin Media's super-fast fibre optic broadband customer base increased by almost 150,000 during the first three months of 2012. Around half of all new Virgin Media broadband subscribers opted to sign up for speeds of 30Mbps...
Read moreVirgin Media says BT still lagging on fibre broadband speeds
Virgin Media has insisted BT is still lagging behind the cable company on fibre optic broadband speeds, despite its latest boost to upstream and downstream rates. As of last Thursday (April 12th 2012), customers who sign up for...
Read moreVirgin Media completes 100Mbps fibre broadband rollout
Virgin Media has confirmed the completion of its ultra-fast 100Mbps fibre optic broadband rollout across the UK. The service is now available to all 13 million homes on the cable company's network, meaning around half of...
Read moreKC says Virgin Media pledge is no guarantee for rural fibre broadband
Virgin Media's pledge to speak to the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) is unlikely to lead to the rollout of fibre optic broadband in rural areas, according to KC. The cable company's plan to double the...
Read moreVirgin Media boss says rivals need FTTH
Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) technology is the only way that rival internet service providers will be able to offer the same capacity as Virgin Media, the cable company's chief executive has argued. Neil Berkett told the Daily...
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