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Virgin Media UK kicks off 2026 Black Friday broadband and TV sales

5th November, 2026 (0 Comments)

National broadband and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has today joined others in launching their annual Black Friday deals on their home broadband and TV products, which reflects various discounts on the monthly rental prices of their packages and bundles. For example, their 1Gbps package is now priced from just £26.99 per month on a 24-month term.

Liberty Global CEO says nexfibre and Virgin still committed to Netomnia UK broadband deal

4th November, 2026 (24 Comments)

The CEO of UK broadband provider Virgin Media’s (VMO2) co-parent operator Liberty Global, Michael Fries, has told investors that the group “remain committed” to trying to get nexfibre’s £2bn acquisition of rival full fibre network Netomnia over the line and “aren’t going to build any more fibre [FTTP] on the VMO2 balance sheet regardless of the outcome” with the CMA.

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Virgin Media O2’s UK broadband customers fall as cost cutting hits and FTTP upgrades stop

3rd November, 2026 (55 Comments)

The latest Q3 2026 results from broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today been released, which reports a fall in consumer broadband customers of -22,100 to total 5,395,800 (vs -28,200k in Q2) and another decline in their mobile base to total 46.348m (down from 46.428m). But the big story this time is one of cost cutting, job losses and a stalled fibre upgrade scheme.

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Virgin Media may harness Openreach’s full fibre to extend UK broadband reach

30th October, 2026 (97 Comments)

In a surprising development, it’s being reported that Virgin Media (O2) are allegedly close to reaching a deal that would enable them to extend their UK broadband coverage by harnessing Openreach’s (BT) national Full Fibre (FTTP) network for new customers, albeit only in areas they don’t yet serve with their own fibre. But Virgin’s existing FTTP upgrade scheme would stop.

Virgin Media deploy 2Gbps broadband to 18 UK locations on coax network

27th October, 2026 (29 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media has today finally confirmed that they’ve “started” the non-trial roll out of their top 2Gbps download speed package for customers covered by their older Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC / DOCSIS 3.1) network, which is already said to be available across 18 UK locations.

Leaving UK broadband ISP Virgin Media ends in huge bill and debt collectors

20th October, 2026 (18 Comments)

Switching broadband provider is normally easy, but in today’s story we cover how one of Virgin Media’s former customers instead ended up spending most of 2026 battling the ISP over an unexpectedly huge bill, after they failed to cancel his old service. As if to make matters worse, the customer then ended up being pursued by debt collectors and suffering damage to his credit file.

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Hints of IPv6 adoption show up at broadband ISP Virgin Media and O2 UK

19th October, 2026 (14 Comments)

Nearly a decade has passed since broadband provider Virgin Media (VMO2) first informed ISPreview that they planned to adopt the Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) addressing standard (here) and we’re still waiting. The situation around mobile operator O2 is similar, with both still relying primarily on IPv4 addresses. But there are signs of a change in the air data packets.

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Virgin Media UK expand trial availability of 2Gbps broadband on coax network

12th October, 2026 (18 Comments)

Back in July we revealed that broadband ISP Virgin Media were running a small trial that had made their top 2Gbps download speed package available over their older Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC / DOCSIS 3.1) network, albeit only in a few UK locations (e.g. parts of Oldham). Previously you could only access 1Gbps speeds in such areas. The good news is this seems to be expanding.

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK Boost Contract Buyout to £300 for Switching

30th July, 2026 (8 Comments)

New customers looking to switch to broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) may like to know that they’ll today increase the value of their Contract Buyout (i.e. Switching Credits), which is now worth up to £300 (previously £250) on their top packages – at least for a limited time.

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Virgin Media O2 Preps 2Gbps UK Broadband Speed for Coax Network UPDATE2

28th July, 2026 (36 Comments)

Over two years have passed since Virgin Media (O2) started making 2Gbps download speeds available via their full fibre (FTTP) network (here). Sadly that move left most customers on their older DOCSIS 3.1 powered Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) network stuck with maximum speeds of 1Gbps (1,130Mbps), but this may soon change.

Virgin Media O2 UK Suffers Broadband Customer Decline as FTTP Footprint Hits 9M Premises

24th July, 2026 (14 Comments)

The latest Q2 2026 results from network operators Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today reported a fall in consumer broadband customers of -28,200 to total 5,417,900 (vs -5.3k in Q1), while their mobile base declined slightly to total 46.428m (down from 46.44m) and outdoor 5G+ (5GSA) population coverage remains at 86%.

Virgin Media UK Discount 1130Mbps Home Broadband to £26.99

14th July, 2026 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to join broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) should note that the ISP has introduced a big discount on their 1,130Mbps download (104Mbps upload) package, which has been reduced to just £26.99 per month (affiliate link) on a 24-month minimum term (price increases to £30.99 from April 2027 and £34.99 from April 2028).

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Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reaches 91 Percent of the UK in H1 2026

7th July, 2026 (10 Comments)

We’ve today published our biannual summary of fixed broadband coverage for the first half (H1) of 2026, which reveals that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have grown to reach 85.05% of UK premises (up from 81.89% in H2 2025) and 91% are within reach of “gigabit” 1000Mbps+ speeds (up from 89.6%). Read on to see details for England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland.

Broadband and Mobile Networks Strained by UK Heatwave – No Major Blackouts Expected

24th June, 2026 (6 Comments)

A few years have passed since we had a national heatwave that, across a large swathe of the country, pushed daytime temperatures to around the 40c level. Today and tomorrow will see similar temperatures and that’s going to cause some broadband and mobile infrastructure to struggle, albeit almost certainly without major national blackouts.

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Switchity Maps Ofcom’s Spring 2026 UK Full Fibre Broadband Coverage Data

17th June, 2026 (5 Comments)

Comparison service Switchity has taken Ofcom’s recently released Spring 2026 Connected Nations data report (our summary) and turned it into a simple but useful map of full fibre (FTTP) broadband coverage across the United Kingdom, including devolved constituencies (781 seats) and all 361 local authorities.

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Ofcom Predict 95 Percent of UK Covered by Gigabit Broadband by Jan 2029

13th May, 2026 (7 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today published the fifth edition of their forecast for Planned Network Deployments, which has again revised down its prediction of future UK broadband coverage after many network operators slowed their rollouts. The report predicts that full fibre (FTTP) lines will reach up to 92% of homes by January 2029 – rising up to 95% for gigabit-capable networks (i.e. FTTP and Cable).

Virgin Media O2 UK Sees Record Broadband Traffic Spike from Footy Streaming

7th May, 2026 (5 Comments)

Internet provider Virgin Media (O2) has reported that their fixed broadband network just recorded the “biggest broadband traffic spike in its history“, which occurred after customers streaming the ‘Arsenal v Atletico Madrid’ Champions League semi-final pushed traffic 4.2% higher than the previous peak and 17% higher than an average Tuesday evening in 2026.