[Horizon]

I was driving along a main road in my area (Romford/East London) and noticed that VM jacketed fellows were laying new cables in the ducting along the street. I've been told that new cables were laid underneath my street earlier today. So looks like whole area is getting done. I didn't notice any old cables coming out, just a new one on a gigantic roll been fed underneath the street.

As the titles says, do the 100mb upgrades require new cables? I didn't think they did. Vm's 100mb rollout page says my area's upgrades are "being planned" so I'm surpised to see work going on. Can't think of any other reason for new cables. The cables were all upgraded for digital services about 10 years ago and I'm sure they'd be fine for many years to come.