{"id":6276,"date":"2014-03-13T11:08:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T11:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=6276"},"modified":"2014-03-14T07:36:32","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T07:36:32","slug":"virgin-media-uk-revamp-online-cloud-storage-service-broadband-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/03\/virgin-media-uk-revamp-online-cloud-storage-service-broadband-users.html","title":{"rendered":"UPD Virgin Media UK Scrap Online Backup and Replaces with Cloud Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cable provider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> has launched its new-ish online storage service, which will enable their new and existing broadband subscribers in the United Kingdom to store and protect up to 500GB (GigaBytes) of content from almost any device. On the flip side\u00a0their old service and all your files will soon be gone.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The service is based on technology from <strong>F-Secure<\/strong> and works to automatically back-up users\u2019 content into the &#8220;Cloud&#8221; (aka &#8211; the Internet). Apparently up to 10 people in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> broadband household can have their own account and they&#8217;re &#8220;<em>giving each user 5GB free storage to get them started<\/em>&#8221; (<strong>technically 50GB of storage<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s important to clarify some of the language that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> uses here. Firstly, once you\u2019ve bought storage for the first time, you can no longer use Virgin Media Cloud for free (unless you close your account and register for a new one).<\/p>\n<p>Secondly the related page on their website states that only the &#8220;<em>first 5GB<\/em>&#8221; is for free and if you want to hit that <strong>50GB<\/strong> limit then that will set you back an extra <strong>\u00a33.99 per month<\/strong>. The other levels after that are: <strong>100GB<\/strong> for \u00a35.99,<strong> 250GB<\/strong> for \u00a313.99 and <strong>500GB<\/strong> for \u00a326.99.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison most of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>&#8217;s entry-level broadband packages come with 2GB of Cloud storage, although their bigger packages raise this all the way up to 50GB. On the other hand you could get online storage from elsewhere, such as <strong>7GB<\/strong> via Microsoft&#8217;s <strong>OneDrive<\/strong> service (formerly SkyDrive). It&#8217;s worth pointing out that a lot of broadband ISPs don&#8217;t offer any online backup solution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 14th March 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now here&#8217;s the downside.. On the <strong>31st May 2014<\/strong>, all current Virgin Backup &amp; Storage accounts will be closed for good. &#8220;<em>If you haven\u2019t put your stored files somewhere safe by then, you\u2019ll lose them<\/em>,&#8221; said a Virgin Media techy. The change is obviously to make way for the above Cloud solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cable provider Virgin Media has launched its new-ish online storage service, which will enable their new and existing broadband subscribers in the United Kingdom to store and protect up to 500GB (GigaBytes) of content from almost any device. 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