Homes across Leeds, Bradford, Glasgow and their surrounding areas are the latest locations to benefit from Virgin Media’s Gig1 broadband, following the roll-out of gigabit connectivity in Edinburgh and Liverpool last month.
This makes gigabit broadband available to almost a million additional homes, and means that 3.6 million properties across Virgin Media’s network can now access this future-proof connectivity. Thanks to continued investment, a quarter of Virgin Media’s network is now gigabit enabled. As a result, Virgin Media claims that it is now boasts the largest gigabit network in the UK surpassing all other networks.
Virgin Media’s gigabit network is now available in numerous areas across the UK, including Southampton, Manchester, Reading, Birmingham, Coventry, Edinburgh, Liverpool and now across Leeds, Bradford, Glasgow and their surrounding areas.With Virgin Media’s hyperfast gigabit connection, ultra-high definition 4K films and TV programmes, very large files and videos can be downloaded almost instantaneously, even with multiple devices using the connection simultaneously.
Virgin Media claims that it has the largest gigabit-capable network in the UK which currently passes 15 million UK premises. The network consists of both fibre-rich cable and fibre connected directly to the premises, both of which can provide customers with gigabit speeds.
Lutz Schüler, Chief Executive Officer at Virgin Media
We set out an ambitious target to roll-out gigabit speeds across our entire network of 15 million homes by the end of next year, and we’re on track to deliver that promise with Glasgow, Leeds and Bradford being the latest cities to have access to our blisteringly-fast Gig1 service reaching 1140Mbps.
