Sky could be planning to switch millions of its customers from BT’s Openreach over to rival Virgin Media’s fibre broadband infrastructure. The move, which was first mooted by the incredibly reliable internet-centric blog ISPreview, is supposedly subject to Virgin Media merging with mobile network O2. Despite some concerns about the joint venture raising prices for customers, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) this week approved the deal.
With the £31 billion deal approved and Virgin Media and O2 now clear to become a single company, it’s possible Sky broadband customers have – unknowingly – taken a step closer to an upgrade to gigabit-capable internet.
Why would Virgin Media let customers from another company take advantage of its super-fast broadband speeds? Well, the newly-merged Virgin Media-O2 looks set to establish itself as a wholesale competitor to Openreach. For those who don’t know Openreach, a subsidiary of BT, manages a huge portion of the UK’s landline and broadband infrastructure. These cables are used by BT, as well as other brands, like Sky, EE,…
