Project Lightning is rolling out 300Mbps broadband to small businesses in 30 more villages, as part of its £ 3bn Virgin Media network expansion for rural communities. The project will expand Virgin Media's base from 12.9m to 17m premises by the end of 2019 , with 30 homes and businesses being added this year . Virgin is looking to connect a quarter of those being added using fibre-to-the-premise technology. The villages are in areas including Yorkshire , Derbyshire , Warwickshire, Staffordshire , the Staffordshire , South Wales , and the South East of Midlands .
Virgin Media is rolling out 300Mbps broadband to small businesses in 30 more villages, as part of its £3bn Project Lightning network expansion for rural communities. The project will expand Virgin Media's base from 12.9m to 17m premises by the end of 2019, with half a million homes and businesses being added this year. Virgin is looking to connect a quarter of those being added using fibre-to-the-premise technology. The villages are in areas including Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, the Midlands, South Wales, and the South East of England.