{"id":3112,"date":"2013-04-22T13:38:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T12:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=3112"},"modified":"2013-04-22T13:40:38","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T12:40:38","slug":"virgin-media-business-help-2000-london-uk-schools-get-wifi-and-voip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/04\/virgin-media-business-help-2000-london-uk-schools-get-wifi-and-voip.html","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media Business Help 2000 London UK Schools Get WiFi and VoIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cable operator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media Business<\/a> has confirmed that <strong>2,000 schools across London<\/strong> (England) can now benefit from wireless internet (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a>) and VoIP connectivity via their new <strong>Public Services Network<\/strong> (PSN) that has been built alongside the London Grid for Learning (LGfL).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The new \u00a3200m <strong>London Public Services Network<\/strong> (LondonPSN) was officially launched in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> Business during January 2011 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/story\/2011\/01\/28\/uk-isp-virgin-media-business-brings-superfast-broadband-to-london-schools.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) and since then work has been underway to build out the new fibre optic based network, which could end up saving schools an estimated <strong>\u00a3100m per year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Brian Durrant, CEO of the LGfL Trust, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>LGfL has an established track record in supporting schools which aim to transform learning and raise attainment through the effective use of new technologies. Technology is radically changing the way we live and work, and increasingly empowers the way that teachers teach and children learn.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>These latest service offerings are another milestone in LGfL\u2019s history, enabled by the new LGfL 2.0 network which is already facilitating the delivery of a richer learning experience to children across the capital region<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Public sector organisations across London can also order fixed line <strong>service speeds from 10Mbps<\/strong> (Megabits per second) and up to 10Gbps (Gigabits) via the network. The addition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> and VoIP will certainly do no harm.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes shortly after the <strong>E-Learning Foundation<\/strong> suggested that limited access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> in UK schools could be preventing children from taking advantage of digital learning tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cable operator Virgin Media Business has confirmed that 2,000 schools across London (England) can now benefit from wireless internet (WiFi) and VoIP connectivity via their new Public Services Network (PSN) that has been built alongside the London Grid for Learning (LGfL).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[472,52,475,476],"class_list":["post-3112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-business","tag-fibre-optic","tag-virgin-media","tag-wifi"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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