Virgin Media to add a further 100,000 homes

According to reports in The Independent newspaper, Virgin Media is going to expand its cable network to pass a further 100,000 homes by the end of 2011.

The fibre-optic cable offers customers speeds of up to 100Mb, the fastest in the country. Virgin currently caters to 13 million homes, and next year intends to increase that number by a further 500,000. The investment in building its network has so far surpassed £13bn.

The latest move will see the company expand in Southampton, almost doubling its existing presence in the city. So far in 2011 it has already added a further 73,000 homes elsewhere in the UK.

Read the full article on The Independent website