Cable TV and ultrafast broadband provider Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has launched a new “Supercharging Local Communities” initiative, which is simply another way of encouraging people and communities to register their interest in potentially being covered by the operators £3bn network expansion.
At present Virgin’s “Project Lighting” network expansion is busy working to roll-out their predominantly urban service to 17 million premises (60-65% coverage of the UK) by 2020 (here) and that’s up from around 45% today. A mix of both hybrid-fibre DOCSIS and pure fibre optic FTTP (Radio Frequency over Glass) is being deployed as part of the project.
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Paul Buttery, COO of VirginMedia ,said:
“Expanding our network to communities in across 18 UK counties shows that ultrafast broadband isn’t just for the big cities, we are dedicated to investing and delivering connectivity across the UK. Better broadband brings huge benefits for people and businesses. You can now help to bring ultrafast internet access to your home or business by registering today at Cablemystreet.”
The press release appears to suggest that “Supercharging Local Communities” is a new thing, although the context of their announcement appears to simply focus on asking people to register their interest via the Cablemystreet page and they’ve already been doing that for much of the past year.
In that sense we’re not sure what’s new here, aside from reiterating last year’s calls for communities to come forward and register their interest. But if the extra marketing helps their network to reach new areas then so much the better.
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