In the first significant expansion of UK cable coverage this century, in the next few years Virgin Media is to connect around half a million more premises to its network - including 50,000 homes and businesses to be connected in 2009.
Virgin's network is currently in place to connect roughly half of premises nationwide. To maximise return on its investment, Virgin will target areas where little work needs to be done to lay cable.
Without giving any details of where the new cable would be laid or how much it would cost, Virgin said it wants to expand wherever it's easy to do so.
It said that in the medium term this is likely to focus mainly on areas close to or inside current cable networks. A team is currently travelling the country assessing potential targets.
Virgin also said that in the long term it expects to further expand its network.
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michael garbutt said: Please Virgin come to northallerton in north yorkshire i really want fibre-optic and so does alot of people in my area
biggish Al said: I think Bangor in North Wales should get a looking in on this as there is a fiber optic back bone to Manchester already layed but is used for commercial use only
rob said: Be careful what you wish forMy area was in the first cable roll out During installation they ruined the surface of every path in the village and it is still a mess 20 years laterThe BB service is quick though Although if you get a problem the customer service is very poor One section of the village lost service over a year ago and it still isnt repaired
callum said: They obviously wont just get their money back after a year - else they would have done it all readyThe huge mountains of debt they have from only cabling half the country also contradicts that claim
mick said: well we all have drains coming to all our homes that it the easier route for new cable to be laid if the reports on H2O in the south are to go by it should not take much work to lay the cables
smithy said: oh how i wish they would just roll it out and get it over with nationwide they would make back the money they spent within a year or a lot less and make plenty of profit very quickly im fed up with rubbish slow bt lines and a tiscali connection that is now talktalk oh the woes of living in a village only 5 miles away from the nearest cable lines come on virgin we need you
Contax said: Please Virgin come to Broughton Brigg North Lincolnshire as your Broadband Max is very poor on these BT lines I would be prepared to sign up and pay in advance for a 3 year contract for my Broadband amp Telephone service we need you in the rural areas as no one else cares the only other option is a death wish with TalkTalk