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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.

Virgin Media UK Cuts the Price of its Top Collections Broadband Bundles

24th January, 2013 (0 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media UK has further reduced the price of its top two triple-play VIP Collection and Premiere Collection bundles, which both combine a premium superfast broadband connection with TV and phone services.

4G Price and Coverage are More Important to UK Consumers than its Speed

17th January, 2013 (5 Comments)

A new Virgin Media Business commissioned YouGov study of 2,000 adults in the United Kingdom has revealed that 90% of people wouldn’t swap their Mobile Broadband operator based purely on the prospect of getting faster speeds from 4G (LTE). In fact price, reliability and coverage were deemed to be more important.

ISP Virgin Media Tops UK Netflix Chart of the Fastest Movie Streams

15th January, 2013 (1 Comment)

Netflix UK, the unlimited movies and TV subscription based video streaming service, has published its latest December 2012 rankings for broadband Internet Service Providers in the United Kingdom. The ratings reflect the average performance of all Netflix video streams on each ISP.

Virgin Media Offer GBP50 to GBP100 Credit on its Broadband Bundles

11th January, 2013 (7 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has complimented its existing free and half-price service discounts by adding a credit worth up to £100 to its various triple-play Essential, Premiere and VIP Collections (bundles of broadband, phone and TV). Some bundles also come with free installation.

Virgin Media UK Offers 6 Months FREE Superfast Broadband and Calls

20th December, 2012 (5 Comments)

National UK cable operator Virgin Media has today launched a series of new promotions, which are headlined by an offer of 6 months free service on their 30Mbps broadband and unlimited weekend calls bundle. Meanwhile the 100Mbps package is also being offered from just £12.50 a month for the first 6 months of service.

Virgin Media WiFi Enables 20 More UK London Underground Train Stations

11th December, 2012 (1 Comment)

Cable operator Virgin Media has this morning confirmed that its FREE public wireless internet (wifi) service is now available from a further 20 London underground tube stations, which brings the total coverage to 92 stations and an additional 28 stations are due to come online in early 2013.

UPD Virgin Media UK Eye Future DOCSIS 3.1 Support and 10Gbps Broadband

10th December, 2012 (22 Comments)

The United Kingdom’s national cable operator, Virgin Media, has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that the still in-development DOCSIS 3.1 (DOCSISNG) standard, which could one day deliver cable-based broadband ISP speeds of up to 10Gbps (Gigabits per second), is something they’re testing for the future. But what does it mean?