Virgin Media has confirmed that Champs sur Marne in Bradley Stoke will not be hooked up to high speed internet despite a cable being installed in the road.

Readers of The Bradley Stoke Examiner spotted that the firm was laying a cable to Bradley Stoke Community School.

The story was also run in the Journal who were told that it was “unlikely” the road would benefit from high-speed broadband.

Now a spokeswoman for the company has told us that the cable was being installed by its business division which means homes will definitely miss out.

“This would be classed as a business premise and served therefore by business services (ntl:Telewest business, part of Virgin Media),” she said.

“This is nothing to do with installing a residential infrastructure, which is what would be required to serve the areas you refer to.”

We have been campaigning for Virgin to complete its broadband network in Bradley Stoke and so far more than 226 residents have lobbied the company.

All you need to do to help us ensure Virgin Media completes its broadband roll-out in Bradley Stoke is e-mail cablemystreet@virginmedia.co.uk

Note: When you e-mail Virgin Media can you please remember to include your full postal address.

Some 226 residents, 10% of those not hooked up to Virgin Media, have e-mailed to plead with the company to cable Bradley Stoke.

Around 2,000 homes are not connected to the firm’s high-speed network in the town which suffers the worst broadband speeds in Bristol.

Virgin says it wants 1,500 to e-mail before it would consider completing the network in Bradley Stoke.

Meanwhile, thinkbroadband.com’s broadband “not-spot” map has reinforced how bad internet speeds are here.

We reported in May how the website was showing poor speeds here but now more people have contributed to the site it clearly shows Bradley Stoke to be the single worst area in Bristol.

BT, for its part, is slowly rolling out a new technology called Fibre to the Cabinet but has twice overlooked Bradley Stoke.

Ironically, bosses there have decided to upgrade several other locations in Bristol such as Downend which do not currently have any issues with broadband speeds.

The telecoms giant told The Bradley Stoke Examiner that our campaign had, at least, been noted.

“BT is… aware of the level of interest/demand in Bristol and will be working closely with government and communications providers to identify the most suitable locations.”

When we told the firm of the constant problems residents have in the town they told us BT sympathised.

“I’m sure the frustration they feel is shared by countless other communities around the UK and this is fully appreciated by BT.”

The spokesman added the issue of Bradley Stoke would be raised.

With coverage of this campaign reaching as far as the Guardian, BBC Radio 5 live and the Politics Show – it remains to be seen how much more needs to be done to convince internet firms of the level of problems here.

Many are denied access to even what many would consider basic services such as the BBC iPlayer – and legally downloading films seems like a distant dream.

Bradley Stoke has once again been overlooked by BT for super-fast broadband.

Internet speeds in the town are dramatically slower than the national average because of the two exchanges are too far away.

But BT are rolling out a technology called fibre to the cabinet which could solve many problems here.

The telecoms giant, though, has rubbed salt into the wounds of Bradley Stoke residents looking for faster net speeds.

They have announced three Bristol exchanges – Bristol North, Bristol West and Downend – will all be upgraded.

The Bradley Stoke Examiner has also been campaigning for Virgin Media to complete the roll out of its cable service to more than 50 roads here than cannot get it.

A leaflet campaign is currently under way but if you want to lobby Virgin e-mail cablemystreet@virginmedia.co.uk – remember to include your full postal address.

A leaflet drop backing The Bradley Stoke Examiner’s broadband campaign is to be delivered to homes in more than 50 roads in the town.

The Conservative’s In Touch publication calls on residents to back our push to convince Virgin Media to cable the remaining streets here.

Those areas were not covered with the cable firm’s high-speed network which was rolled out to only half of Bradley Stoke.

At a photo shoot, which was filmed by the BBC’s Politics Show, Councillor Rob Jones (pictured) began delivering the leaflets in Juniper Way.

He, along with Cllr John Ashe, said: “The Examiner’s campaign for faster broadband has received the backing of many residents.

“As councillors we will do all we can to add support to their calls for faster broadband.”

The campaign, which has also featured in the Bristol Evening Post and The Guardian, will also feature on the BBC.

Sunday’s local edition of the Politics Show will feature a report on the terrible speeds suffered by some residents of Bradley Stoke.

If you want to help please e-mail cablemystreet@virginmedia.co.uk – remember to include your full postal address.

A new map pinpointing the roads in Bradley Stoke which are currently not covered by Virgin Media has been produced.

View Bradley Stoke – Virgin uncabled streets in a larger map

The Bradley Stoke Examiner has plotted the areas where the cable company’s high-speed network does not reach.

The firm has said they will cable the town’s remaining streets if enough residents get in touch with them.

In the south-eastern corner, where rival BT’s network is slowest, eight streets remain uncabled.

Meanwhile, South Gloucestershire Liberal Democrat MP Steve Webb says the Examiner is doing a “great job” with its campaign for faster broadband.

Mr Webb’s, whose constituency includes some northern parts of Bradley Stoke, has been campaigning for broadband in rural areas of the district.

He added: “It certainly made me stop and think that if sections of Bradley Stoke with relatively high density housing are not deemed viable for broadband then what chance have some of the more rural towns and villages in my constituency got of getting anything soon?”

• If you want Virgin Media to complete its broadband roll-out in Bradley Stoke e-mail cablemystreet@virginmedia.co.uk – the more people that contact them, the more likely we’ll get high-speed broadband here. Please remember to include your postal address in your e-mail.

• The BBC’s Politics Show is taking up the story of poor broadband provision in Bradley Stoke on Sunday and they are looking for a case study family – if your internet speed is poor and you want to be on TV please contact dickon.hooper@bbc.co.uk

Updated on Tuesday to correct location of Steve Webb’s constituancy.

A Bradley Stoke resident will finally be able to enjoy the benefits of fast broadband thanks to the Examiner and the Bristol Evening Post.

John Bradbury, a local journalist, had been told by Virgin Media’s customer services department that he could not get the firm’s high-speed internet service.

But after featuring in the Evening Post as part of our campaign to convince the company to cable the town he found out that he was able to get the service.

After the article appeared in the paper a resident in a house opposite told Mr Bradbury they were a Virgin customer.

It then emerged three others on the opposite side of Ellan Hay Road also were hooked up to Virgin Media despite the firm telling John he could not be connected.

When an engineer visited this week to correct a fault at a neighbouring property they visited Mr Bradbury and confirmed it was possible for him to be connected.

“I now intend to get Virgin Media to install their broadband service at our property,” added Mr Bradbury.

“Others in Bradley Stoke who may previoiusly have been told they could not obtain a high speed broadband service from Virgin Media may find they too may be able to obtain the service.

“As long as the records for cabling service have been kept up to date with what is actually available on the ground in individual streets and that data is correlated with telephone accounts.”

Meanwhile, Virgin Media has released a list of the streets which are currently uncabled.

Some 26 streets in the town are currently not hooked up to the cable firm’s high-speed network – hit the ‘more’ button if you’re on the homepage to see the full list.

If you have not yet joined our campaign you can still e-mail Virgin Media and call on them to complete the roll-out in Bradley Stoke.

Send your name and address to cablemystreet@virginmedia.co.uk

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The Bradley Stoke Examiner’s campaign aimed at getting faster internet in the town has featured in the regional press.

The Bristol Evening Post covered the story, where we called on Virgin Media to cable the missing streets in the town, on page eight of the Monday edition.

The cable giant’s fibre-optic network was installed in all but a few thousand homes as the town was built over the last 20 years.

But because of Bradley Stoke’s distance from the nearest BT exchanges those homes suffer from slow internet service.

Virgin Media says it will roll out the network to the remaining homes if there is enough interest.

The article feature highlighted the plight of local homeworker John Bradbury.

He said: “With the Government saying they want to roll out high-speed broadband across the country, I think Virgin, or in my case BT, need to pull their fingers out.

“I am online six, seven, eight hours a day and I could do my job a lot faster if I had faster broadband.”

All you need to do to help us ensure Virgin Media completes its broadband roll-out in Bradley Stoke is e-mail cablemystreet@virginmedia.co.uk