{"id":24712,"date":"2020-11-09T11:52:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T11:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=24712"},"modified":"2020-11-09T11:52:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T11:52:32","slug":"virgin-media-uks-636mbps-broadband-and-tv-upgrade-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/11\/virgin-media-uks-636mbps-broadband-and-tv-upgrade-starts.html","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media UK&#8217;s 636Mbps Broadband and TV Upgrade Starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cable ISP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> UK has this morning announced that their new 636Mbps (41Mbps upload) capable &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vmtv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Ultimate Oomph<\/em><\/a>&#8221; broadband, phone, mobile and TV bundle is now available. Existing customers, who currently receive an average speed of 516Mbps, will be upgraded to the new speed &#8220;<em>at no extra cost<\/em>.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The upgrade was officially soft launched back in June 2020 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/06\/virgin-media-uk-refresh-bundles-and-add-600mbps-broadband.html\">here<\/a>), although for some reason it&#8217;s taken this long to flick the switch and make it live. The good news is that this is designed to work over the operator&#8217;s existing <strong>EuroDOCSIS 3.0<\/strong> network, which means that you don&#8217;t need to be in one of their new gigabit-capable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/docsis\">DOCSIS<\/a> 3.1 areas in order to benefit.<\/p>\n<p>The main difference with today&#8217;s announcement, aside from it actually going live for existing customers (we couldn&#8217;t see it live for new subscribers, yet), is that they&#8217;ve also boosted and confirmed the upload rate as 41Mbps (average).<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise the upgrade from M500 to M600 is being rolled-out gradually to existing customers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vmtv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ultimate Oomph<\/strong><\/a> and that&#8217;s expected to be completed by the end of <strong>February 2021<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Annie Brooks, Executive Director of Product at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With our free broadband speed boost, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>\u2019s Ultimate Oomph customers can enjoy a lightning-fast connection nine times faster than the national average.<\/p>\n<p>Just the size of this upgrade, with an extra 120Mbps added, is faster than many other providers\u2019 top broadband package. This highlights our commitment to giving customers more value and a fantastic service at a time when fast, reliable connectivity has never been more important.<\/p>\n<p>Our Ultimate Oomph bundle offers an unrivalled connectivity and entertainment experience, with brilliant broadband, the best telly on the box, a mobile SIM with unlimited data, texts and minutes, plus inclusive home phone calls &#8211; so customers can always stay in touch with their loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest in a series of epic upgrades we\u2019ve given our customers this year and, with more to come, there\u2019s never been a better time to be a Virgin Media customer.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As part of this new bundle, customers also benefit from Virgin Media\u2019s Service Promise. If a customer experiences an issue which results in a loss of broadband connectivity, they will receive unlimited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> mobile data for at least seven days on all the Virgin Mobile SIMs registered to their account. In addition, customers on the Ultimate Oomph bundle can also book a next day engineer appointment to help get their connection back up and running as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the new M600 tier is not currently available as either a standalone broadband or dual plan (broadband and phone) package, which does at least help to give their quad play bundle something a little more unique. 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