Virgin Media unveils flat fee VPN package targeted towards businesses

Businesses have been able to recognise the huge role that the Internet has in their operations. Small and medium sized businesses, however, might not feel confident enough to take the huge leap and sign on to enterprise broadband solutions.

Virgin Media has been at the forefront of fibre technology, moving forward with their next-generation networks as early as a few years ago. This news comes as the firm clears up reports made earlier to the press that they were going to be making use of femtocells in order improve mobile coverage and speeds. The operator had quickly denied that these reports, explaining that a company executive had simply been speculating about future opportunities that it might be considering.

In line with this, Virgin Media is announcing their new flat fee virtual private network (VPN) packages that will offer a set bandwidth as well. The connections come in different speeds based on the package that you deem will meet your requirements: 10Mbits/sec, 100Mbits/sec and 1Gbit/sec. Head of VPN Alison Adams explains that this will be able to help out businesses when they choose a package switching from one plan and speed range to another.

Virtual private networks are networks that primarily utilise public telecommunication infrastructure in order to give access to users who may be travelling or to remote offices.

Adams adds that their new offering will make it easier for businesses to maximise the utility of their networks without having to worry about capacity. It will also make budgeting not much of an issue as well.

The VPN packages being offered by other operators often charge upfront for the lines first and then add on costs for their specific bandwidth usage. Virgin Media is foregoing the usual by wrapping the entire thing into a single package instead. Adams said: “We’re one of only two players in the UK who can do this. We’re trying to shake things up a bit.”

The prices for the Big Red VPN packages have not yet been announced.

Source – PC Pro