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Abingdon-based alternative internet provider Gigaclear, which has built their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network across various rural parts of England, have automatically and temporarily boosted eligible customers’ broadband speeds to the “maximum their router supports“, at no extra cost, to support the launch of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto VI video game.
Pre-loading of GTA VI began yesterday, with the full game coming in at around 212 GigaBytes (varying a bit between platforms), thus Gigaclear have already begun the gradual process of upgrading the speeds of 175,000+ customers and this is due to complete by 16th November 2026, well ahead of launch day.
This means customers on speeds from 100Mbps to 400Mbps could see their speeds jump to as much as 500Mbps, while many of those on 600Mbps packages could reach up to 900Mbps depending on their equipment. Those already on 900Mbps are already at the maximum speed, so won’t see a change (clearly they’re not yet ready to promote the new 3Gbps tier).