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Old 03-05-2016, 12:25   #38
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Re: Virgin Media announces largest UK fibre broadband rollout

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet View Post
Maximum distance between DOCSIS CMTS and most distant user is 160km.

If amplification is needed this can be done in a building the size of a shed or even in street cabinets.

All good.

Stupid question: is that DOCSIS over fibre or coax? Bromborough to Wrexham is about 25 miles (town centre to town centre via the shortest road/street route). I'd imagined they'd be building some kind of fibre link (or using an existing dark fibre/ducting) over that kind of distance, or will it be served as a sort of "extension" of any Chester system?

Also, where does the TV side stand with regards to regional programming? Wrexham is in the BBC/ITV Wales/S4C region, would VM have to provide the correct region (as Sky does)? I'd imagine that getting a programme feed wouldn't be too difficult, but would it limit the number of other channels available?
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