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ISPreview UK Survey Finds Support for Big Broadband Public Funding Boost

14th October, 2013 (17 Comments)

The government of the United Kingdom has so far committed around £1.2bn in public funding to help make fixed line superfast broadband speeds of 25Mbps+ available to 95% of the country by 2017. But the latest ISPreview.co.uk survey of 2,197 people has found that 67.2% of respondents would like even more state aid to be spent.

UPDATE ISP Virgin Media UK Stops Selling Copper Based ADSL2 Broadband

10th October, 2013 (8 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has finally given up on its copper-based Virgin National Broadband (Virgin.net / ADSL2+) platform, which has seen its subscriber base decline for the best part of two years and recently lost another -12,300 during Q2-2013 to reach a total customer base of 168,600.

ASA UK Ban Direct Mailing Sky Broadband Ad for Denigrating Virgin Media

9th October, 2013 (2 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a direct mailing (post) advert for Sky (Sky Broadband) because it “misleadingly exaggerated” the effect of Virgin Media’s broadband Traffic Management Policy (TMP) and unfairly “denigrated” their brand.

Virgin Media UK Customers Suffering Webmail Access Problems

3rd October, 2013 (2 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media’s service across the United Kingdom have been prevented from accessing their online webmail (email) and account pages for several days after an unknown problem began disrupting the platform on Tuesday.

ISP Plusnet Named Overall Winner in UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2013

24th September, 2013 (4 Comments)

Internet provider PlusNet has been named the overall winner for Broadband Choices annual Customer Satisfaction Awards 2013, which claims to have quizzed over 2,500 subscribers of the main ISPs in the United Kingdom to help reach its conclusion. But there were other winners too.

Virgin Media UK Set to Axe 600 Management Jobs

20th September, 2013 (3 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media looks set to slash 600 of its top management jobs across the United Kingdom because their new owner, Liberty Global, are looking to save money following a £15bn (enterprise value) acquisition of the broadband, phone and TV giant.

ISP Virgin Media Business Launches 4G Mobile Broadband via EE UK

17th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media Business has today announced the launch of its own “business-grade” 4G mobile network by making using of EE’s (Everything Everywhere) platform, which can already reach more than 60% of the United Kingdom.

ISP Virgin Media Begins Pilot of Netflix Movies on TiVo with 40000 UK Homes

10th September, 2013 (3 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has today become the first UK Pay-TV provider to reach an agreement to offer the Netflix unlimited movie streaming service via its TiVo based broadband Video-on-Demand (VoD / IPTV) platform, which will begin this week with a pilot of the app in 40,000 homes.

Free Cash Vouchers and Credits Galore from BT, TalkTalk, Sky and Virgin Media

6th September, 2013 (8 Comments)

Customers taking a new broadband, phone and or TV service bundle from BT, Sky Broadband, Virgin Media and TalkTalk are being offered a range of special financial incentives as the ISPs go to war over competing voucher and credit promotions.

UPD Virgin Media Say New SuperHub Offers Best Home WiFi of the Big UK ISPs

4th September, 2013 (7 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has today highlighted the latest “independent testing” from the University of Bristol and Farncombe, which appears to show that their new SuperHub wireless broadband router offers better home WiFi performance than BT’s equivalent HomeHub4. It also beat similar kit from Sky Broadband and TalkTalk.

ASA UK Reject BT Complaints Against Virgin Media Broadband TV Advert

28th August, 2013 (4 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority has rejected two BT complaints against a TV advert for Virgin Media’s service that featured actor David Tennant. BT claimed that Virgin’s advert “misleadingly implied that VirginMedia customers always received “superfast” broadband speeds” and “exaggerated the difference in the performance“.

UK ISP Sky Broadband Says No Need to Fear SessionCam Snooping

22nd August, 2013 (11 Comments)

Sky Broadband has moved to reassure people after some of their customers noticed that the third-party SessionCam service appeared to be monitoring private activity upon sensitive parts of the ISPs online account management (My Sky) pages, such as the page for entering payment details.

UPD Virgin Media is Official UK Broadband ISP Partner for Sonys PS4 Launch

21st August, 2013 (33 Comments)

Sony has announced that its forthcoming PlayStation 4 (PS4) video games console, which is officially confirmed to arrive in the United Kingdom on 29th November 2013, has chosen broadband provider Virgin Media to be its main ISP partner. Rumours of a new 200Mbps product are also floating around.

UPDATE Virgin Media UK Warns of 1st October 2013 Broadband Price Hike

20th August, 2013 (43 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media’s superfast 30Mbps and legacy 20Mbps cable broadband packages have been advised that the monthly price they pay will, effective from 1st October 2013, rise by an extra £2.50 a month.

Virgin Media UK Agree 3-Year Content Deal for BT Sport and ESPN TV

15th August, 2013 (3 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media and rival telecoms giant BT have finally agreed a three-year wholesale deal that should bring the new BTSport TV content to millions of Virgin’s customers. The agreement is expected to take effect from this weekend.

Which UK Broadband ISP and Mobile Operator Gives Top Twitter Support

10th August, 2013 (2 Comments)

An interesting new study from social media analyst WaveMetrix has taken a look at the United Kingdom’s biggest broadband ISPs to discover which gives the best support via Twitter. The study found that good support is about more than being the fastest to reply. Just ask Virgin Media, which wasn’t the fastest like Sky Broadband but still did well.

The Best UK Student Broadband and Phone Solutions for a New Term

7th August, 2013 (3 Comments)

It’s that time of year again. No sooner than you’ve finished school, returned from college or come home from University then you’ll have to start thinking about a new broadband and phone service for the next term. Naturally BT and Virgin Media have begun promoting their own solutions with 9 month contract terms but there are other options.