ISP Virgin Media UK has revealed that customers of its non-cable (Virgin National / Virgin.net) broadband DSL based packages could soon be given access to a new Internet TV ( IPTV ) service. This would allow the operator to offer a triple play bundle (broadband, phone and television) to those who remain outside of its stronger cable platforms reach.
Details from The Register reveal that Virgin Media will run a small trial in Cornwall (Higher Pill, Saltash) in partnership with fibre optics firm Vtesse Networks this winter. However the new platform is nothing like Virgin Media's existing DSL ( ADSL / ADSL2+ ) services and in fact has more in common with BT's forthcoming FTTC fibre optic based broadband; it will even use BT's local exchange.
It's understood that the trial will allow VM to offer a "full range" of TV services, including high definition (HD) and Video-on-Demand (VoD) content. Vtesse Networks believes that a successful trial and supporting regulation could allow the service to be rolled out to 2m homes and small businesses, many of which would be in next-gen "not-spots". We’ll believe that when we see it.
Details from The Register reveal that Virgin Media will run a small trial in Cornwall (Higher Pill, Saltash) in partnership with fibre optics firm Vtesse Networks this winter. However the new platform is nothing like Virgin Media's existing DSL ( ADSL / ADSL2+ ) services and in fact has more in common with BT's forthcoming FTTC fibre optic based broadband; it will even use BT's local exchange.
Details from The Register:
Residents of Higher Pill, in Saltash, and nearby Hatt will be offered free broadband at up to 50Mbit/s downstream via a VDSL2+ line to a roadside cabinet. The cabinets will be linked to Virgin Media backhaul via new fibre laid by Vtesse Networks. The trial is part funded by NGN Kernow, a consortium of large firms led by Babcock International who have invested in Cornwall.
Residents of Higher Pill, in Saltash, and nearby Hatt will be offered free broadband at up to 50Mbit/s downstream via a VDSL2+ line to a roadside cabinet. The cabinets will be linked to Virgin Media backhaul via new fibre laid by Vtesse Networks. The trial is part funded by NGN Kernow, a consortium of large firms led by Babcock International who have invested in Cornwall.
It's understood that the trial will allow VM to offer a "full range" of TV services, including high definition (HD) and Video-on-Demand (VoD) content. Vtesse Networks believes that a successful trial and supporting regulation could allow the service to be rolled out to 2m homes and small businesses, many of which would be in next-gen "not-spots". We’ll believe that when we see it.
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