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Giffgaff’s full fibre broadband plans now available to 4.2 million UK homes

10th September, 2026 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator and internet provider giffgaff, which is gradually making their new full fibre (FTTP – XGS-PON) broadband packages available to UK consumers via nexfibre’s and Virgin Media’s networks (here and here), has revealed that they’ve increased their serviceable footprint to 4.2 million homes and rising.

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Giffgaff UK Offers up to 6x More Mobile Broadband Data on Two SIM Plans

24th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator giffgaff, which is controlled by Telefónica UK (part of the VMO2 Group) and uses O2’s virtual network platform, has today begun offering up to six times more data on two of their Pay Monthly SIM-only plans – £8 a month will now get you 40GB of data (up from 6GB), while £10 will get you 80GB (up from 25GB).

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Switching from Virgin Media UK to Giffgaff Broadband to Get Easier in October

24th August, 2026 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator and internet provider giffgaff, which originally started to launch their full fibre (FTTP) broadband packages via nexfibre’s national UK network in September 2025 (here), looks finally set to resolve a long-running obstruction that made it hard for Virgin Media’s customers on the same network to switch to the provider.

Giffgaff Grows to 4.26 Million UK Mobile Customers as 671 Take Broadband

28th July, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica UK (part of the VMO2 Group) and uses O2’s virtual operator platform (mvno), recently published their annual accounts to the end of 2025 and revealed that their mobile base grew by 142,000 members (up from 100k in 2024) to total 4,260,368. The operator also had 671 full fibre broadband customers.

Full Fibre Giffgaff Broadband Packages Available in Some Virgin Media UK Areas

16th June, 2026 (11 Comments)

Mobile and internet provider giffgaff, which initially launched their full fibre broadband packages via nexfibre’s national network in September 2025 (here), has confirmed to ISPreview that new customers in many Fibre Up (Project Mustang) areas on Virgin Media’s national FTTP (XGS-PON) network can now also take their packages.

The Trouble with Switching from Virgin Media UK to Giffgaff Broadband

3rd February, 2026 (26 Comments)

Over four months have now passed since mobile operator giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica UK, become the only other retail ISP after Virgin Media (O2) to start selling fixed broadband packages over nexfibre’s new full fibre (FTTP) network (here). But despite this welcome development, customers on Virgin Media are still struggling to switch.

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