Question about Virgin media expanding?

Hi,

I was looking at road works in my area (due to bordem)

and seen this in a area VM dont currently serve except there ADSL

are they possibly laying cable?

Reference: TE001-NTIMA/4292299 (1424333)
Location: 150 - 188
Address: Ladyloan Avenue, Glasgow
Promoter: Virgin Media Group
Telephone: No Contact Information available
Dates : 12/09/2012 - 15/10/2012

Edited by deleted (Sat 06-Oct-12 22:39:46)

Could also be a leased circuit instead of CATV.

Matt

Leased circuit I am assuming thats the Ethernet for business.

If so I dont think they would put one there as there is no business premises around there

Edited by deleted (Sun 07-Oct-12 08:28:30)

Almost certainly something to do with a leased line or CATV or a part of they Fibre Network.

VM are not extending their Network other than in a few small isolated cases. THey did a year or two back claim they were going to start infilling in their existing coverage areas but this have never really happened.

who knows then haha..

my house is around 300yards from where they terminated the cable services from so I guess when it comes it comes if it doesnt owell stuck on 8meg all my days lol

Edited by deleted (Sun 07-Oct-12 09:42:18)

Not just business but also school, colleges and other placing of learning and education. Council offices, police and community buildings and other utilities e.g gas, water, electricity sites are all common places to have leased lines. Mobile phone base station wil have leased lines

saying that power station and primary school next to the location

Virgin have won contracts for providing networks to local education authorities elsewhere , so may be for that.

In reply to a post by Bob_s2:

Almost certainly something to do with a leased line or CATV or a part of they Fibre Network.

VM are not extending their Network other than in a few small isolated cases. THey did a year or two back claim they were going to start infilling in their existing coverage areas but this have never really happened.

Yes it did, and if they are doing something with CATV that's their cable network, the clue being the acronym CATV.

Virgin are increasing their coverage areas, albeit perhaps not as quickly as some would wish.

Think I read somewhere the CATV doesnt mean anything..


could be right as the whole of my street has those CATV covers but cables not avalliable

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

Think I read somewhere the CATV doesnt mean anything..


could be right as the whole of my street has those CATV covers but cables not avalliable

Some areas either have CATV covers but no cable as the company that originally built there ran out of cash, or have networks that Virgin Media couldn't upgrade viably.

CATV is the abbreviation for cable TV, if Virgin are doing something with CATV in a new area they're enabling it for cable.

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

CATV is the abbreviation for cable TV.

Damn. I always thought it was what the Romans called CAT5.