Virgin Media Make New 350Mbps UK Broadband Package Available

Cable ISP Virgin Media has today made their new 350Mbps (20Mbps upload) home broadband tier available to order, which replaces the old 300Mbps package. Existing customers already taking VIVID 300 will be automatically transferred onto VIVID 350 “at no extra cost“.

The new package has technically been available since last year, although officially it was only announced in February 2018 (here) and until today you wouldn’t have been able to see it advertised on the public front end of Virgin Media’s website.

The service currently costs from £41 per month for the first 12 months (£48 thereafter or on a 30 day contract) as a standalone broadband-only product, including the usual one-off £20 activation fee (£65 on a 30 day term). You can of course also take it as a bundle with phone and or TV services, albeit at extra cost.

Anthony Vollmer, VM’s Executive Director for Connectivity, said:

“We’ve always been proud of our network’s speed and for good reason. Our lines bring blazingly fast download speeds which are leagues ahead of those our customers could find elsewhere. We have been the speed leader since 2007: We intend to remain at the front of the pack.”

The new package will help to keep Virgin Media ahead of Openreach’s residential focused 330Mbps capable G.fast and FTTP tiers at the level of national coverage and bragging rights. However, it should be said that there are now a rapidly growing number of FTTH/P “full fibre” broadband providers, which can deliver speeds of 1Gbps+ in certain parts of the UK.