Virgin Media to check 1.5Gbps broadband on London’s Silicon Roundabout

Virgin Media to trial world’s fastest cable broadband

Testing speeds of one.5Gb, 240 times faster than UK average

Virgin Media, the united kingdom’s leading broadband provider, is to start out testing internet speeds of as much as 1.5Gb in east London. Using Virgin Media’s unique cable network, the pains will begin this month in partnership with four companies within the vicinity of Old Street in London, dubbed the ‘Silicon Roundabout’.

The 1.5Gb download and 150Mb upload service will use an analogous infrastructure and technology as Virgin Media currently uses to offer residential customers with the rustic’s fastest home broadband. If successful, this may be the area’s fastest cable connection and greater than 240 times faster than the national average broadband1. Similar technology tests have already proven the aptitude of cable to deliver download speeds of 1Gb.

All the companies playing the trial is all for the creative industries, working extensively with video for online and mobile streaming, producing interactive applications for the internet and bespoke broadcasting services for live programmes and events.

Virgin Media’s future-proofed infrastructure will mean that buyers accessing speeds of 1Gb or more, can be in a position to access much more interactive entertainment and services comparable to remote healthcare and online education, without the necessity to travel. Because the pace of technological change increases, they may even be within the best position to enjoy web services yet to be invented.

These superfast speeds are possible end result of the £13 billion of non-public investment made by Virgin Media because of this every cable house is connected to a state-of-the-art fibre optic network by a high-grade coaxial line. In contrast BT’s infrastructure remains reliant on copper telephone wiring, or occasionally much more inferior aluminium, which was never intended to provide broadband. This may occasionally not change for the overpowering majority of houses eventually offered Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) services from other providers2.

The DOCSIS3 technology used throughout Virgin Media’s network provides a future-proofed platform with theoretically near infinite capacity. Virgin Media is in a position to bond multiple downstream and upstream channels together for use concurrently by a single subscriber to deliver faster speeds. DOCSIS 3.0, the present standard used throughout Virgin Media’s network, also incorporates support for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).

Jon James, executive director of broadband at Virgin Media, said: “Demand for greater bandwidth is growing rapidly as more devices may be able to hook up with the web and as more people go surfing simultaneously. Our growing network provides a highly competitive alternative to the fastest fibre networks of the long run and, with our ongoing investment plans, we will anticipate and meet demand because it develops over the years, ensuring Virgin Media business and home customers continue to enjoy world-class broadband.”

Sam Orams, co-founding father of BespokeBanter.com, probably the most companies testing Virgin Media’s 1.5Gb broadband, said: “While the typical home will possibly not need these speeds quite yet, we certainly will. The net is important to what we do and intrinsically associated with our future growth so it’s exciting to be working with Virgin Media on the forefront of broadband innovation within the UK.”