More than 24,000 homes and businesses in Wirral can now access Virgin Media’s gigabit broadband services for the first time.

Customers in Wirral can now sign-up to services including Gig2 broadband which offers top speeds of 2Gbps – said to be 25 times faster than local average and handy for busy households working remotely, streaming UHD TV shows and films, video calling friends and family and playing games online.

Virgin Media’s services are now available after work to bring full fibre connections to the area has been completed.

Julie Agnew, Managing Director of Fixed Network Expansion at Virgin Media O2 said: “24,000 more homes in Wirral can now feel the benefit of Virgin Media’s services - with packages that include everything from next generation multigigabit broadband to easy-to-use TV streaming and entertainment services.

“These ultrareliable full fibre to the home broadband connections come with speeds – up to 25 times faster than local average – providing total peace of mind that whatever you’re doing online, you’ll never be slowed down by your service.”

The network has been built on behalf of nexfibre, which is investing £4.5bn to deliver high speed fibre to the home (FTTH) connections to 5 million homes across the UK by 2026.

Nexfibre recently announced it has already reached a total of one million premises passed and ready for service.

Virgin Media O2 is using this next-generation network to deliver its broadband and TV Stream services to homes and businesses in the area.

Rajiv Datta, CEO at nexfibre said: "nexfibre's multi-million pound investment in Wirral will enable thousands of households and businesses to access the benefits of full fibre broadband, including being able to participate in the local economy and connect with the community.

“It marks a significant step on our journey to connect 5 million premises by 2026.”