Cable giant Virgin Media has posed warnings to the UK government not to trash £830m public money on BT. The cash apparently has been put aside, until 2017, to aid in release of the latest "super-fast" broadband services into regions where the private sector investment alone will not go.

Ironically Virgin Media, which denies releasing its cable platform out of the rival ISPs on a wholesale basis, still believes to employ BT's telephone poles in order to expand its own coverage. However they have claimed that this act shall not be carried out by the aid of government funding.

BT has asked the government not to release any cash to operators that would deny admission to rivals on a wholesale basis. However such a step might effectively comprise of many potential rivals, both big and small alike, and in many situations could be pragmatic.

In the coming month Virgin Media will release its new offering of 100Mbps cable (DOCSIS3) service, while BT plans soon will follow the lead with a 100-110Mbps FTTP product in the coming year.

BT recently stated that it would soon be offering the "super-fast" broadband services to 90% of the nation, the only condition being the maximum case of government money has been put in its manner.