Sky offers UK’s ‘fastest’ broadband at 5Gbps

Sky has claimed it’s overtaken Virgin Media to provide the UK’s fastest broadband speed at 5Gbps. While smaller internet firms like Community Fibre and Trooli already offer similar speeds, Sky says it’s the first “major provider” to hit 5Gbps (see www.snipca.com/55514). Virgin’s fastest service is currently Gig2 Fibre Broadband at 2Gbps. Sky is providing the service on CityFibre’s broadband cables, which offer speeds twice as fast as Openreach’s network. Prices for the Full Fibre 5.0 Gigafast+ s...