{"id":42192,"date":"2025-06-26T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T23:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=42192"},"modified":"2025-06-25T16:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:48:30","slug":"virgin-media-uk-returns-to-24-month-contracts-for-new-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/virgin-media-uk-returns-to-24-month-contracts-for-new-customers.html","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media UK Returns to 24 Month Contracts for New Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New customers looking to take a home broadband package or bundle from UK ISP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a>) may like to know that the service provider will today be moving from 18-month minimum term contracts to longer 24-month terms. The change does not impact existing customers, at least it won&#8217;t until you need to upgrade or re-contract.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We should point out that it&#8217;s not unusual for providers in this market to occasionally play musical chairs with the length of their minimum terms. The advantage of signing up to a longer term is that it tends to lock-in cheaper (discounted) pricing for a longer period, which saves you money and gives the ISP greater certainty over future revenues.<\/p>\n<p>The disadvantage is of course that it can also make it harder or more expensive for customers to escape their existing contract, particularly if they experience protracted difficulties with the service further down the road. 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