VM to begin expanding its cable network

[zonerc]

Any updated news on expanding ,areas or timeline or anything?

[philce]

Apparently the LE3 analogue only area will be upgraded "before the end if the year".

This is from the VM sales bods in the new VM shop in Leicester. They say loads of people are asking for service in the area and they cannot sell!

[m419]

What about if they try and takeover Smallworld Media?

That will mean they will cover Southern Glasgow,Lancaster,Carisle,Morecombe and Ayshire. Adding 48,000 potential homes to the network as well as many businesses. Smallworld is all digital.

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by m419

What about if they try and takeover Smallworld Media?

That will mean they will cover Southern Glasgow,Lancaster,Carisle,Morecombe and Ayshire. Adding 48,000 potential homes to the network as well as many businesses. Smallworld is all digital.

If the price is right, they may consider it.

But over the next few years they will be adding 500,000 homes to the Network

Mainly through infill of areas within the VM footprint thaqt weren't cabled for various reasons, and new developments.

They aim to connect 70,000 homes this year. So as you can see that already dwarfs the potential 48,000 you mention.

They're upgrading Leicester and Bolton from analogue to digital.

Also in they're trialling a new system nr Bristol where people can send their desire to be connected to an email address. Once that area has enough prospective customers to make it financially viable they will build it.

[Chrysalis]

good news on leics, its something they should have done a long time ago.

With my amazing 5meg synch on a 50db attenuation copper line I will jump ship to cable the moment it is completed.

[Arthurgray50@blu]

I was always under the impression, that VM covered the whole of the UK, I heard a rumour that there was NTL and TELEWEST, AND CABLE COMMUNCIATION, IS THERE MORE.

[Pierre]

The VM Cable network covers about 50% of the UK.

But you can also get VM services via ADSL

Smallworld Media, covers a bit of South West Scotland, Nth West England and the Isle of Wight.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I was always under the impression, that VM covered the whole of the UK, I heard a rumour that there was NTL and TELEWEST, AND CABLE COMMUNCIATION, IS THERE MORE.

Well if you shout loud enough there might be

[raybo62]

i hope so i live in aston in sheffield and we have part of the area already built but they didnt finish it off any chance of coming back in to do it

[zonerc]

Any more news on VM expanding my 12 moths with sky and bt are up at Xmas and i would move tomorrw given the chance ,getting a crap 4meg on sky through bt because the exchange not up to speed ,so any other provider will be the same.
Cant beliver this time last year i was on 20 meg with VM and i only moved 200 yards up the road lol but new build housein the last 5 years.

[NO ONE]

I hava Some Friends Still on Vm Service is theye News on Southampton East Giong Digael It Still Anorlog it not for me but Friends of mine .

it good news for theam if Vm Gose Digital in East Southampton

if it Heilps my Post cod Start with SO18 thers Start beetween SO17-SO19 and as wall as tv And Phone they get Cable Bb

i use to hava my Sevice from Vm But now i am withe Sky 4 Tv and BB and Bt 4 phone Apret from mabee the Phone and may chang from Bt to Skyi wot be change back to Vm anytime soon

[ncfc1902]

Originally Posted by zonerc

Any more news on VM expanding

Virgin Media's second quarter results are announced at 8am tomorrow and there should be some more news on expansion, seeing as it was a feature in their last set of results back in May.

[ncfc1902]

No mention of expansion in the latest set of results but VM's number of marketable homes has increased in the last quarter, but only by around 5000, and the total is still less than it was last year!

[ncfc1902]

Following on from above, in the pdf document with today's results, expansion is mentioned, but nothing new from what we we told three months ago.

"• Network expansion: infill, new build– >50k new homes by end 2009"

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...edia090806.pdf

[musicbravo]

Originally Posted by ncfc1902

Following on from above, in the pdf document with today's results, expansion is mentioned, but nothing new from what we we told three months ago.

"• Network expansion: infill, new build– >50k new homes by end 2009"

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...edia090806.pdf

Having listened to the webcast, expansion includes making analogue areas digital mostly by April 2010 in time for analogue shutdown