Just a general update re Lightning and v6 Paul
The primary objective of Project Lightning is to increase the Virgin Media network footprint. The expansion will include both optical fibre and hybrid fibre coaxial cable (HFC), whereby at least half of installations will see fibre directly connected to the premises (FTTP). Whether our customers are connected by FTTP or HFC the experience will be the same with the same ultrafast speeds. Lightning is not dependent upon IPv6 but Virgin Media intends to start the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 later this year in line with the wider adoption of IPv6 across the internet. This deployment will be seamless to customers. From: uknof [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neil J. McRae Sent: 28 May 2017 22:59 To: Nicholas Humfrey; Marty Strong; Peter Knapp Cc: [email protected]; James Greig Subject: Re: [uknof] Virgin Media fibre expansion Needed for TV unless the do IPTV; RFOG is a type of coarse WDM. Service wise its 300M and even on coax 3.1 can goto 1G over coax… So bandwidth over copper, coax or fibre is all the same ;) Neil. From: uknof <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Nicholas Humfrey <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Sunday, 28 May 2017 at 22:42 To: Marty Strong <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, Peter Knapp <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, James Greig <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [uknof] Virgin Media fibre expansion They are rolling it out where I live too, in Denham, Bucks. https://twitter.com/njh/status/802220928319033344 https://twitter.com/njh/status/821827975888994304 Although they have been digging the streets for months, there is no sign of them switching anything on anytime soon. I went to a meeting at our village hall, where they said that when the fibre reaches the house, a converter will turn it back into coax. So I guess it is basically DOCSIS over fibre, instead of coax. And means that they can use the same CPE in all properties. This is confirmed in this article on ISPreview: http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2017/01/virgin-media-begins-deployment-voip-phone-alongside-broadband.html "Roughly 2 million (50%) of the new premises will be reached via FTTP, which adapts to DOCSIS signals (the communication standard for cable operators) in the home environment via an approach known as Radio Frequency over Glass (RFoG)." nick. From: uknof <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Marty Strong <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Sunday, 28 May 2017 at 21:38 To: Peter Knapp <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, James Greig <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [uknof] Virgin Media fibre expansion Interesting, what kind of CPE do they have? Are they offering the same speeds as their DOCSIS product, or higher? On 28 May 2017 at 20:35, Peter Knapp <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yes it's ftth. Sister in laws house has just been connected in a project lightening area. On 28 May 2017 8:16 pm, James Greig <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi, Virgin are rolling out FTTH/FTTP apparently so seems very likely. https://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/7404-virgin-media-lays-claim-to-largest-ftth-roll-out-in-uk Best regards, James Greig From: uknof [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Marty Strong Sent: 28 May 2017 19:59 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [uknof] Virgin Media fibre expansion Virgin have been digging up the streets of Barnet for a few weeks as part of a new expansion (https://www.theresavilliers.co.uk/news/lightning-strikes-barnet-40000-premises-get-ultrafast-broadband-boost-virgin-media). Had a look at some of the streets they were digging up and noticed they're installing small green tubing in the ducts they're digging, which don't seem to be big enough to take coax in. They also don't seem to be installing any green cabinets, just little plastic covers at each house. On top of the tubing they're laying green plastic warning that it's fibre optic being laid and not copper, seems as though they're doing FTTH, does anybody know if any of the new expansion areas are FTTH, or all just FTTC? Image: http://imgur.com/a/aEWjH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Save Paper - Do you really need to print this e-mail? Visit www.virginmedia.com for more information, and more fun. This email and any attachments are or may be confidential and legally privileged and are sent solely for the attention of the addressee(s). Virgin Media will never ask for account or financial information via email. If you are in receipt of a suspicious email, please report to www.virginmedia.com/netreport If you have received this email in error, please delete it from your system: its use, disclosure or copying is unauthorised. Statements and opinions expressed in this email may not represent those of Virgin Media. 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