What is "hyperoptic"

Hyperopia \Hy`per*o"pi*a\ (h[imac]`p[~e]r*[=o]"p[i^]*[.a]), n. An abnormal condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina, making vision for distant objects better than for near objects; farsightedness; -- called also hypermetropia. Cf. Emmetropia. -- Hy`per*op"tic, a.

Syn: hypermetropia, farsightedness, longsightedness.

Hyperoptic is a fibre-based Internet Service Provider (ISP) installing and maintaining its own dedicated network, based in West London. Hyperoptic is the first company in the UK to claim to deploy gigabit services to residents offering both broadband and phone services.

Hyperoptic began rolling out its services in September 2011 to large residential properties throughout London. Prices Court, a 133-unit development in Wandsworth, was the first residential development in the UK to receive 1Gig internet connection. In October 2012, Hyperoptic announced that 10,000 homes had been passed across 12 London Boroughs; Barnet, Croydon, Greenwich, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth and Westminster.