VM launches 1Gb service to 300 business premises in Manchester
 

"The company will announce on Wednesday that more than 300 buildings in the city’s Northern Quarter will be provided with broadband that Virgin Media Business promises will be the fastest and most reliable available. Each building will have a 1GB fibre connection which can be split between its tenants."
"Customers will pay a £199 or £249 monthly fee for a 50MB or 100MB connection."
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c41aefca-5...#axzz3l2aKEnzt (registration needed)

Re: VM launches 1Gb service to 300 business premises in Manchester
 

VM have been providing 1Gb service to thousands of businesses for years, what makes this news?

Re: VM launches 1Gb service to 300 business premises in Manchester
 

I think it's because they're new premises not previously connectable to VM.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....-fast-10016151

Re: VM launches 1Gb service to 300 business premises in Manchester
 

It's different in the way its being provided. They will have a circuit installed into a building a the small businesses can get access to this circuit. So instead of a circuit into each separate business they will have access to a circuit provided into the building making the cost lower and the business can claim subsidy from the goverments superconnected cities scheme

Re: VM launches 1Gb service to 300 business premises in Manchester
 

We would have killed for something like that in our building, we're paying more than 3x the price for a 50mbit leased line currently.

Re: VM launches 1Gb service to 300 business premises in Manchester
 

So its not really 1Gb to the customers then, as its just to the building, then split in to standard 50Mb ans 100Mb connections.

Re: VM launches 1Gb service to 300 business premises in Manchester
 

Agreed, as others have pointed out it's the substantial cost saving that's important here, not the speed of the line to the premises.

Re: VM launches 1Gb service to 300 business premises in Manchester
 

Interesting. Rather the opposite of BT's original policy with FTTPoD, in that the latter was explicitly prohibited from being shared or even installed in MDUs.

Re: VM launches 1Gb service to 300 business premises in Manchester
 

The vast majority of businesses really don't need more than 50 or 100mbit, especially if it's symmetrical.

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BT has so much fibre in our building, it's ridiculous. Every time a new leased line is purchased, they deploy a completely new fibre line, they don't reuse even the defunct fibre that's in the basement.

Which of course means it takes months to get said line installed.

Re: VM launches 1Gb service to 300 business premises in Manchester
 

Hopefully this will change. I read something a couple of months ago that said they will be trying to re-use inactive fibre. They do at least know it's a huge waste.