Virgin plans to rival BT with 150Mbps broadband
Virgin Media has announced it will be offering internet access speeds off up to 150Mbps in just two years time.
The announcement comes as BT pledged to roll out super-fast broadband to six UK cities by 2010 and expected to offer 40 percent of the country high-speed broadband access by 2012. Virgin Media's chief executive Neil Berkett told the BBC: "We have an opportunity with our network to provide significantly higher speeds".
The ISP was the first UK provider to launch a 50Mbps service last year. Berkett explained that increasing the speed to 100 or 150Mbps at this point in time wouldn't be financially beneficial. "When we look at the market I don't see us getting the returns right now for 100 or 150Mbps," he added.
