{"id":37092,"date":"2024-02-07T09:05:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T09:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=37092"},"modified":"2024-02-07T10:51:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T10:51:13","slug":"virgin-media-uk-launch-2gbps-broadband-and-optional-symmetric-speeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/virgin-media-uk-launch-2gbps-broadband-and-optional-symmetric-speeds.html","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media UK Launch 2Gbps Broadband and Symmetric Speeds UPDATE2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Broadband ISP Virgin Media<\/a> (VMO2) has this morning announced that they’ve become the first “major<\/em>” UK internet provider to publicly launch a residential 2Gbps broadband package (Gig2 Full Fibre). On top of that, they’re also introducing symmetrical download and upload speeds as an optional add-on. But initially only for nexfibre<\/a> areas.<\/p>\n

Just to recap. Virgin Media<\/a> are currently in the process of upgrading millions of their legacy Hybrid Fibre Coax<\/strong> (HFC \/ DOCSIS<\/a> 3.1) powered lines to support the latest Fibre-to-the-Premises<\/strong> (FTTP<\/a> \/ XGS-PON) technology, which is a programme they\u2019re aiming to complete by 2028. On top of that, they\u2019re also rolling out FTTP<\/a> to an additional 5-7 million premises \u2013 via nexfibre<\/a> \u2013 using the same XGS-PON fibre technology.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Virgin’s HFC and FTTP<\/a> networks are both capable of 2Gbps and faster download speeds, but only the latest XGS-PON side can deliver symmetric performance to match that (faster upload speeds on HFC are still a challenge).<\/div>\n

Regular readers of ISPreview will already be aware that Virgin Media<\/a> has, over the past few years, conducted multiple trials of 2Gbps package speeds (usually reflecting a profile rate of c.2.2Gbps) – most recently in November 2023 (here<\/a>). Suffice to say, we’ve known that a 2Gbps package was coming for a long time, although it’s still nice to see it actually happen. But there are some things to be aware of about today’s news.<\/p>\n

Firstly, the Gig2<\/strong> service is currently only available across the nexfibre<\/a> side of their network, which is said to be “approaching availability to 1 million homes<\/em>” in suburban and semi-rural areas across the UK, including Belfast, Cardiff, London and Glasgow. Those that sign-up or upgrade to Gig2 will also receive Virgin Media\u2019s new Hub 5x<\/strong> router – it’s first to support XGS-PON technology (similar to the Hub 5, but it has a fibre port on the back \/ built-in ONT).<\/p>\n

The Gig2 package is said to cost \u00a384 per month<\/strong>, while the option to add symmetrical speeds across all speed tiers will set you back an extra \u00a36 per month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Jeanie York, CTO of VMO2, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cVirgin Media O2<\/a> has always been at the forefront of innovation to provide hyperfast and next-generation connectivity to homes in the UK, and Gig2 is our latest speed venture which will unlock endless opportunities for future technologies and the ever-changing digital needs of our customers.<\/p>\n

Gig2 will operate across nexfibre\u2019s XGS-PON, full fibre network which will support symmetrical download and upload speeds – a first for a major UK broadband provider as an optional add-on – and will enable users to send and receive data, files and much more at the blink of an eye. With our heritage in providing cutting-edge technology and hyperfast broadband speeds, which saw us complete the UK\u2019s first national gigabit rollout programme, we are looking forward to taking Gig2 to more areas in the near future.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At this point it’s worth noting that the language of the announcement, particularly with respect to how the symmetrical speeds add-on is supposed to be available “across all of its speed tiers<\/em>“, may cause a little confusion, not least because it’s unclear if this is also restricted to nexfibre or will include their FTTP based RFoG network too.<\/p>\n

However, we can at least rule out the symmetric add-on as applying to their existing HFC network, due both to its technical limitations and because they only talk about “full fibre<\/em>“. In addition, the announcement doesn’t spell out precisely what upload speed the Gig2 tier will ship with by default. We’re still trying to clarify these details, so please be patient.<\/p>\n

The move may be partly seen as a response to CityFibre<\/a>’s new symmetric 2.5Gbps consumer tier, which is currently only available from some of their smallest ISPs. But Vodafone<\/a>’s 2Gbps package is due to launch on that network in the next few days or weeks and no doubt TalkTalk<\/a> will follow, at some point. CityFibre<\/a>’s network covers around 3.5 million UK premises (3.2m RFS), which is currently three times bigger than nexfibre by itself.<\/p>\n

By comparison, the best that Openreach<\/a>’s FTTP network can muster is a 1.8Gbps tier, which is still technically in its pilot phase (EE<\/a> is the only ISP to offer this via an average speed of 1.6Gbps), although it can’t achieve even come close to symmetric performance (its upstream maxes out at 120Mbps). On the other hand, Openreach<\/a>’s network reaches 13 million UK premises, and most regular folk won’t be too fussed about symmetric uploads.<\/p>\n

On the flip side, there are a lot of smaller alternative networks that can do much faster speeds than any of those players, provided you’re covered by them. For example, YouFibre<\/a> (Netomnia<\/a>) has an affordable 7-8Gbps tier, while B4RN<\/a> can do 8-10Gbps and CommunityFibre<\/a> has 3Gbps. Not to mention a few other providers with 2Gbps options, like Zzoomm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As to the question of whether or not anybody needs or could even harness all of this speed right now, well that’s another debate entirely \ud83d\ude42 . But it’s nice to have the option. Mind you, at the time of writing, Virgin Media doesn’t appear to have actually made the new package available to order in their nexfibre areas, but this will no doubt change over the next day or so.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 10:02am<\/strong><\/p>\n

Virgin has confirmed that, “initially<\/em>“, Gig2 and symmetrical broadband speeds are “only available on our full fibre network as part of our venture with nexfibre<\/em>“. So those in Virgin Media’s own RFoG FTTP and HFC areas are out of luck, for now. Likewise, Virgin Media’s own XGS-PON FTTP upgrades, which have yet to go live, are out too. As we said earlier, regular consumers could be forgiven for finding this all very confusing.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 10:42am<\/strong><\/p>\n

After a bit of back and forth, we can now confirm that the default average upload speed on Gig2 is 200Mbps (Gig1 remains at 104Mbps). In addition, for those who asked, the Hub 5x has the following Ethernet ports – 1 x 10Gbps and 3 x 1Gbps (the regular Hub 5 trades that 10Gbps port for a 2.5Gbps one).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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