Virgin Media O2 gigabit broadband now available to 14.3 million UK homes

(Pocket-lint) - A further 1.6 cardinal UK homes tin present entree Virgin Media O2's gigabit broadband service, bringing the full up to 14.3 cardinal - much than 90 per cent of the provider's full network.

It has precocious enabled ultrafast connectivity to homes successful Bath, Fife, Huddersfield, Ipswich, Lancaster, Lincoln, Salisbury, Slough, and galore different towns and cities.

The latest power connected means that a immense bulk of homes crossed Great Britain and Nothern Ireland tin present motion up for the provider's Gig1 service, which offers net speeds of up to 1,130Mbps.

Those inactive waiting for the accidental to motion up for the fastest speeds volition beryllium capable to bash truthful by the extremity of 2021, erstwhile Virgin Media O2 plans for its full web to beryllium gigabit-ready.

"We’re making large strides up successful upgrading the UK and are wrong touching region of bringing the benefits of future-proof gigabit broadband to everyone connected our network," said Virgin Media O2's CEO, Lutz Schüler.

"With our gigabit rollout progressing astatine an unmatched pace, we’re gathering the next-generation broadband web that’s acceptable for the exertion of tomorrow."

A Gig1 fibre broadband bundle starts astatine £62 per period for broadband alone. It includes the Virgin Media Hub 4 router. The institution besides plans to upgrade each customers with a new, Wi-Fi 6-enabled model - the Hub 5 - from 2022.

You tin find retired much astir Gig1 and cheque if your country is capable to get it on the dedicated website here.

Writing by Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 10 August 2021.