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ISP Virgin Media UK Launches New Broadband Traffic Management Policy

16th April, 2013 (8 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has today introduced a “more flexible and responsive” Traffic Management policy for customers on its 30Mbps and faster “unlimited” superfast broadband packages, which will cut the ISPs download speed throttling to just 30% for some and rising to at most 40% but for a shorter period.

EU Clears GBP15bn Liberty Global Takeover of UK Cable ISP Virgin Media

15th April, 2013 (8 Comments)

As widely expected the European Commission (EC) has today granted approval for international cable operator Liberty Global (LGi) to continue with its £15bn acquisition ($23.3 billion – enterprise value) of UK cable provider Virgin Media.

Virgin Media UK Advert BANNED for Confusing Broadband Bundle Prices

10th April, 2013 (3 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has once again banned a press advert for Virgin Media’s bundles after BT complained that one of their promotions misleadingly implied that tv, broadband and calls could all be had for £3.50 a month when in fact they couldn’t.

Virgin Media UK Suffer Major Outage in West London After Criminal Theft

9th April, 2013 (4 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has confirmed that a “major outage“, which left a large area of West London (England) without broadband and TV services for around 24 hours from Sunday night, was caused by an attempted theft at one of its key network hubs.

O2 UK Bring FREE WiFi to London Underground Stations via Virgin Media

8th April, 2013 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator O2 UK (Telefonica) has signed a new wholesale agreement with Virgin Media that will allow its WiFi customers access to a free wireless internet service at 120 London Underground train stations from June 2013.

ASA UK Bans Unlimited Claim in Virgin Media Broadband Ad After Sky Moan

27th March, 2013 (5 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has, following two complaints by rival Sky Broadband (BSkyB), told cable operator Virgin Media not to “misleadingly” claim that their service was “unlimited” and with “no caps” if they also imposed restrictions (e.g. Traffic Management) that were “more than moderate“.

UPD Virgin Media and BT UK Begin Censorship of 3 Internet Piracy Websites

22nd March, 2013 (2 Comments)

BT, Virgin Media and other ISPs have officially started blocking their broadband customers from being able to access three websites – Fenopy, H33t and Kickass Torrents – that were last month found by London’s High Court to be facilitating internet piracy (copyright infringement).

Virgin Media Tells UK Government to Put City Broadband Cash Toward Skills

19th March, 2013 (3 Comments)

The CEO of cable operator Virgin Media, Neil Berkett, has written an open letter to the Chancellor of the UK government, George Osborne. The letter calls on Osborne to ensure that a minimum of 50% of the £150m destined for improving broadband connectivity in cities is instead used to boost business training and digital capability.

UPD Outgoing Virgin Media CEO Gets GBP58m Payday via Liberty Global Sale

11th March, 2013 (5 Comments)

A regulatory filing has revealed that the boss of UK cable operator Virgin Media, Neil Berkett, will leave the business with the equivalent of £58 million ($86.8m) in his pocket after Liberty Global completes its £15bn acquisition (here) of the group.

Virgin Media UK and Internap Problem Cuts Access to Some Websites

8th March, 2013 (2 Comments)

Some of Virgin Media’s cable broadband customers have been left unable to access a number of popular websites (e.g. Stack Overflow) for approximately two weeks due to the ISPs apparent lack of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with “the network where we think the issue is” (i.e. Internap).

UPD2 Virgin Mobile UK Cap 3G Contract and PAYG Data Speeds at 2Mbps

5th March, 2013 (5 Comments)

Angry Virgin Mobile customers with a pay-as-you-go or contract deal have been told that their 3G internet data download speeds are being restricted to a maximum of just 2Mbps (Megabits per second), which comes as part of a “trial” to help improve the networks performance amidst increasing congestion.

Virgin Media Business UK Expand Free Superfast WiFi into Bradford City Park

5th March, 2013 (0 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media Business has expanded its free “superfast” public wireless (wifi) network into Bradford’s City Park by using the latest small cell technology. It is the second location in Bradford to benefit from the service after Bridge Street went live with an identical solution last year.

UK ISP Virgin Media Shifts its Window for Broadband Traffic Management

22nd February, 2013 (7 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media should take note that the cable operators Traffic Management policy, which slows the download speed of heavy users and P2P file sharing services during peak times (evenings), has been moved because Tablets and Smartphones are changing how people use the internet.

Virgin Media Creates 400 New UK Engineer and Support Jobs

15th February, 2013 (8 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has moved to “support the government’s ambitions for the country” by announcing the creation of 400 new jobs across the United Kingdom. Overall they will add 90 new engineers, 80 customer care assistants and 230 customer service and technical support staff.

Virgin Media UK Tops 4.46M Broadband Users and Sells to LGi for GBP15bn

6th February, 2013 (9 Comments)

Cable provider Virgin Media UK has today released its latest results (Q4-2012), which saw subscribers to their broadband ISP climb to total 4,465,000 (up by +51,600). But the big news is that international cable operator Liberty Global (LGi) has officially agreed to buy VM (merger) for an enterprise value of approximately $23.3 billion (£14.88bn).

UPDATE3 Liberty Global Preps Bid for UK Cable Operator Virgin Media

5th February, 2013 (10 Comments)

Virgin Media, which delivers fixed line phone, broadband and TV services to roughly half of the United Kingdom (mostly urban areas), could be sold to international cable provider Liberty Global after reports of a bid worth up to £12.7 billion began to circle the internet (enterprise value of $20bn).

UK Virgin Media WiFi Live at 103 London Underground Train Stations

29th January, 2013 (0 Comments)

Virgin Media has announced that a further eleven London underground tube stations (total 103) can now access its public wireless internet (wifi) service, which is FREE to existing Vodafone, EE, T-Mobile, Orange UK and of course Virgin broadband customers.