Virgin Media will Test Video Over Copper
It seems that the prominent cable broadband and TV provider in the United Kingdom, Virgin Media has found that copper can be a reasonable medium to carry its TV and broadband services.
This new development is being interestingly observed by the broadband market and technology experts in the United Kingdom, as it is apparently a change of tastes for the cable giant Virgin Media that seems to have now looking to expand its territory beyond the cable network boundary it had been keeping on building with alacrity since the 1990s.
Virgin Media, as a matter of fact, has been determined to set up a robust FTTC (fibre to the cabinet) network, for which it is found partnering with Vtesse, a local fibre optic services company. It is expected that this team up will be able to achieve a significant footage for transatlantic communications, by offering a 50Mbps trial in Cornwall, this winter.
Under the freshly evolved circumstances, the consumers in the country could witness Virgin Media delivering broadband and TV services through a VDSL2+ connection to the home customers in Hatt, Saltash and Higher Pill, over the FTTC network. This connection will be drawn from a remote terminal cabinet.
The fibre optic network of Vtnesse comes into prominence as these VDSL2+ broadband connections will be then connected to Virgin Media through it. Apart from providing broadband services, Virgin Media would also deliver a comprehensive package of video services including on demand services and HDTV.
