Virgin Media has pledged to offer internet download speeds of at least 1Gbps to 15 million homes by the end of 2021.
That represents about half of all UK households – and double the fastest speed the company currently advertises.
But the company described the new prime minister’s ambition to roll out full fibre-optic broadband to all homes by 2025 as “very stretching”.
Virgin’s plan still involves the use of copper-based cables.
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