{"id":21295,"date":"2020-02-28T00:01:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T00:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=21295"},"modified":"2020-03-02T06:58:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T06:58:29","slug":"virgin-media-uk-switch-on-1gbps-broadband-in-west-midlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/02\/virgin-media-uk-switch-on-1gbps-broadband-in-west-midlands.html","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media UK Switch-On 1Gbps Broadband in West Midlands UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cable and full fibre ISP Virgin Media<\/a> (Liberty Global) has today announced that, effective from “early<\/em>” March 2020, more than 1 million homes across Birmingham, Coventry and surrounding areas in the West Midlands (England) will gain access to their new 1104Mbps (52Mbps upload) – Gig1Fibre – broadband speed upgrade.<\/p>\n

At present nearly all of Virgin Media<\/a>’s customers can already access top ultrafast speeds of over 500Mbps via their existing Hybrid Fibre Coax<\/strong> (HFC) and Fibre-to-the-Premises<\/strong> (FTTP<\/a>) based network using EuroDOCSIS 3.0 technology. Meanwhile the boost to Gigabit speeds is all thanks to the latest DOCSIS<\/a> 3.1 upgrade.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> D3.1 boosts performance by utilising technologies such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), which can encode data by using multiple carrier frequencies, and quadrupling the amount of radio spectrum (up to 200MHz) etc.<\/div>\n

So far around 1 million premises (2 million from next month) have already gained access to this upgrade across significant parts of Berkshire, Hampshire and Buckinghamshire (e.g. Greater Manchester, Southampton, Reading and many surrounding areas), while the rest of their network (currently 15 million premises) is planned to follow by the end of 2021.<\/p>\n

Customers who take out the related Gig1Fibre<\/strong> package will be sent a new HUB 4.0<\/strong> (TG3492LG-VMB<\/em> \/ Gigabit Connect Box<\/em>) router and you can see the specification for that at the bottom of this article<\/a> from September 2019. You cannot get faster than their 500Mbps tier without the HUB 4.0 because the existing Hub 3.0 doesn’t support DOCSIS<\/a> 3.1.<\/p>\n

Jeff Dodds, COO at Virgin Media<\/a>, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Virgin Media is delivering on its promises, putting its money where its mouth is and bringing next-generation broadband to its entire network. Switching on gigabit speeds for more than a million homes in the West Midlands, the UK\u2019s largest gigabit rollout to date, will be a leap forward for the region and a big step for the Government\u2019s gigabit broadband ambition.<\/p>\n

From gaming to streaming, Gig1\u2019s hyperfast speeds will mean that households can do everything they want to do online, at the same time and without delay, with millions of more homes set to benefit this year as we bring this next-generation connectivity to more cities around the UK.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oliver Dowden MP, UK Digital Secretary, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Today\u2019s announcement means we\u2019re a million homes closer in delivering our plans to deliver gigabit broadband to everyone in the UK. We\u2019re working closely with companies like Virgin Media and investing \u00a35 billion to ensure the hardest to reach areas aren\u2019t left behind – so that every part of the country can enjoy the benefits of a world class internet connection.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Prices for the new package start from \u00a362 per month for their standalone broadband service or \u00a367 when bundled with phone (18 month term), with a guaranteed price freeze for at least 24 months. Naturally you can also take this alongside Virgin Media’s various TV packages, albeit at extra cost.<\/p>\n

One negative of Virgin Media’s DOCSIS<\/a> 3.1 upgrade is that it currently only fully applies to their downstream side, while the upstream side will still be delivered using the old D3.0 network. As a result some of the latency improvements that come with the D3.1 upgrades won’t be introduced, at least not until such time that Virgin apply it to their upload channels too.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the operator, through its Project Lightning programme, is continuing to expand their network to more homes and businesses across the UK. Approximately 2.1 million extra UK premises have been passed since the project began in 2016 (the original goal was 4 million – half on FTTP<\/a>) and the roll-out is on-going, seemingly for the next few years.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 1st March 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Virgin’s website appears to be saying that the West Midlands upgrade will go live from 12th March 2020 (credits to Marcel for spotting).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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