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Virgin Media: the case for 50Mbit/s broadband and beyond

24 April 2009 Content type: Viewpoint Tags: Western Europe, Fixed broadband

Virgin Media, with 3.68 million retail cable-modem broadband subscribers, is the largest single-country cable operator in Europe and the second-largest broadband ISP in the UK. The operator recently rolled out 50Mbit/s services. This case study identifies the potential applications for the operator's 'ultrafast' NGA broadband and points out possible pitfalls ahead.

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