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ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Gigabit Broadband to £39.99

23rd January, 2023 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) will later this morning discount the price of their standalone “Gig1 Fibre Broadband” package (average speeds of 1130Mbps down and 52Mbps up) again, this time reducing it from the previous offer price of £45 to £39.99 per month for the first 18 months of service (£62 thereafter).

Global Broadband Lines Top 1.34bn as UK Full Fibre Take-up Slows

16th January, 2023 (6 Comments)

New research from Point Topic has revealed that world fixed broadband lines grew by 1.87% (24.59 million) in Q3 2022 to end the quarter on a total of 1.34 billion connections. But the subscriber growth rate of “full fibre” (FTTP/B) networks in the UK appears to have slowed in recent quarters.

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2022 H2 – UK Full Fibre Broadband Cover Rockets to 45 Percent

4th January, 2023 (19 Comments)

The latest independent biannual summary of UK broadband coverage for H2 2022 has estimated that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP network rollouts have surged to reach 45.13% of premises (up from 37.61% in H1 2022) and 72.66% are within reach of “gigabit” speeds (up from 69.24%). Read on for details of England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland.

Virgin Media O2 UK May Adopt Inflation Busting Price Hikes by 2024

20th December, 2022 (22 Comments)

Sources have indicated to ISPreview that broadband customers of UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) might face bigger price hikes in the future than usual, with the provider being tipped to adopt the same annual style of inflation busting RPI + 3.9% hikes as those of their mobile base (e.g. O2 sims).

Broadband Woes as BBC Plan to Switch Off Terrestrial UK TV by 2030

8th December, 2022 (100 Comments)

The Director-General of the BBC, Tim Davie, has given broadband ISPs and mobile operators something extra to think about after he proposed that the corporation could plan to “switch-off” terrestrial TV and radio signals by the end of 2030. In their place, the broadcaster would focus on online content and streaming (e.g. iPlayer).

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75% of UK to Have Choice of Three Gigabit Broadband Networks by 2030

7th December, 2022 (13 Comments)

A new Point Topic forecast of fixed line ISP network coverage, which considers both the impact of “full fibre” (FTTP/B) and Cable (DOCSIS 3.1) networks, has predicted that gigabit-capable networks will cover around 97% of the UK by 2030 and the majority of postcodes (75%) will also have the choice of up to three gigabit networks.

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First Trial Users Live on Virgin Media’s UK XGS-PON Fibre Network UPDATE

18th November, 2022 (52 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has confirmed that the first trial customers on their new XGS-PON powered Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network were connected this month, which in the future will make even faster latency and symmetric speeds of up to 10Gbps possible across their entire network.

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Virgin Media UK Build 1Gb Broadband to 4250 Extra Homes in Cheshire East

16th November, 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) has confirmed that they’ve just expanded their gigabit-capable fixed line connectivity – via Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology – to cover an additional 4,250 homes in Cheshire East (England). Most of the expansion appears to have taken place in the town of Alsager, which is home to around 12,000 people.

Virgin Media’s New 50Mbps Broadband Social Tariff is Now Live

10th November, 2022 (22 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) has today confirmed that their new ‘Essential Broadband Plus‘ social tariff is now live for those taking ‘Universal Credit‘, which complements their existing 15Mbps (£12.50 a month) ‘Essential’ plan by offering download speeds of 50Mbps for £20 per month on a 30-day term.

ISP Virgin Media O2 UK Launch Black Friday Broadband Sales

10th November, 2022 (31 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has today launched their early “Black Friday” sales, which for the next few weeks will offer big discounts to new customers who order any one of their selected broadband-only packages (e.g. 362Mbps standalone for £27 per month) or dual, triple and quad-play bundles with TV, phone or mobile.

Virgin Media O2 Sees Project Lightning Add 3 Million UK Premises

2nd November, 2022 (15 Comments)

The latest Q3 2022 results from broadband ISP and mobile giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) has seen their fixed broadband base reach 5.63m customers (up by 19.1k in Q3 vs 16k in Q2), while their gigabit network coverage added 115,000 premises (3 million delivered via Project Lightning) and 5G is available in over 800 towns and cities.

ISP Virgin Media O2 UK Confirms New Broadband Speed Boosts UPDATE

1st November, 2022 (69 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has today confirmed that both new and existing customers of their fixed line broadband packages, specifically those on their M100 and M200 tiers, will benefit from a modest boost to their download and upload speeds. As a result, M100 is being renamed to M125 and M200 becomes M250.

Virgin Media O2 UK Report Record Broadband Traffic Last Week

24th October, 2022 (10 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has today finally confirmed that they too also saw their “highest traffic peak on record” on Wednesday (19th Oct) last week, which occurred as football fans tuned into stream Premier League matches on Amazon (Prime Video) and gamers preloaded the latest ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2‘ game ahead of its release.

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Virgin Media Business UK Customers Start Seeing Faster Uploads

21st October, 2022 (22 Comments)

Some business customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media Business UK (VMO2) are now reporting that they too have seen a modest uplift in upload speeds over the past week, which suggests that the forthcoming speed boosts won’t be limited to those on Virgin Media’s residential M100 and M200 packages.

Virgin Media UK Adds Stream TV to Broadband Packages for Free

20th October, 2022 (25 Comments)

New customers taking out one of UK ISP Virgin Media’s (VMO2) 350Mbps, 500Mbps or 1Gbps broadband-only packages may be pleased to learn that the provider will now throw in one of their new TV streaming boxes – simply called ‘Stream‘ – for free (i.e. they’ve waived the usual £35 activation fee).

ISP Virgin Media O2 UK to Boost Some Home Broadband Speeds

17th October, 2022 (50 Comments)

New and existing customers on some of Virgin Media’s (VMO2) home broadband packages look set to see a small speed boost (both downloads and uploads) from 1st November 2022 at no extra charge. The full details have not yet been officially confirmed, but those on the operator’s M100 and M200 packages will see the main benefit.

Virgin Media UK Cuts Price of Social Tariff – Adds 50Mbps Plan

11th October, 2022 (16 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has today announced that they’ve reduced the monthly price of their “Essential Broadband” plan from £15 to £12.50, which offers speeds of just 15Mbps (2Mbps upload), unlimited data usage and a 30-day rolling contract to those receiving Universal Credit. But they’ve also added a new 50Mbps option.