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Virgin Media faster offering Ultrafast BB

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 14:02:49 GMT

Good afternoon BT Community,

I was on VM (Virgin Media's) website and they're offering me Gig1 Fibre speeds:

Why isn't BT / Openreach offering me anything in my area, because it saves my changing my ISP all the time.

It's a shame because I like BT more than Virgin, I do hope BT / Openreach has something planned before 2022 or I will have no choice and switch too Virgin Media.

Kind regards,

DanTMan64

Re: Virgin Media faster offering Ultrafast BB

-Richie- — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 18:41:14 GMT

Virgin Media own and operate their own network, they have it for their own customers.
Openreach own and maintain a different network, they provide service to over 600 communication providers, BT being one of them.
There are also alt-nets popping up in local areas, again with their own network.

Choose what suits your needs and budget best, it's a competitive market.

Re: Virgin Media faster offering Ultrafast BB

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:44:50 GMT

Hi @-Richie-,

Openreach own and maintain a different network, they provide service to over 600 communication providers, BT being one of them.
There are also alt-nets popping up in local areas, again with their own network.
Choose what suits your needs and budget best, it's a competitive market.

Yes I already know about Openreach maintaining and providing services for over 600 communication providers etc, also yeah 🤔 it most definitely is a competitive market you've gotta love a excellent deal. Trouble is even though Virgin Media's Gig1 Fibre has just been announced in my area the 'announced speeds' are download 1.1GB and upload 52mbps. BT even has a better upload speeds of 110mbps on their GB Fibre network.

I do hope Openreach announce plans before my end contract date April 2022.

Kind regards,

DanTMan64