Virgin Media to raise capacity on Core Network

As the web users’ need for bandwidth goes beyond projected levels, cable broadband supplier Virgin Media is looking to get four times of its capacity out of its optical network. However, the firm wants to do all this without having to go through the hassle of ripping out and upgrading its fibre.

Virgin Media is known to offer among the fastest broadband speeds in the UK. It offers a 20Mbps service and intends to rollout 50Mbps this year. It has completed a test of a bandwidth-boosting kit that will increase capacity on its long-haul 10G network by almost four times. Networking giant Nortel tested its 40/100G Adaptive Optics Engine on a 217-mile length of Virgin’s optical network laid between London and Manchester. It carried 40G traffic successfully.

Virgin is now looking forward to install the optimising kit. This would make it the first UK operator offering 40G wavelength services. The company wants to ensure that it is able to meet the growing capacity need with quality services.

The popular online video content and bandwidth-heavy apps, such as BBC’s iPlayer are already a bit concerned regarding the infrastructure, and have sounded the warning bell regarding connectivity. Virgin clearly wants to address these concerns.

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