Virgin Media has reported its latest first quarter 2008 results today, which saw the operators broadband subscriber base inch forwards from 3,701,200 at the end of 2007 to 3,781,800 now.

The bulk of this increase came from Virgin's cable based broadband platform, while those on its Virgin.net ADSL side reduced from 287,300 at the end of 2007 to 279,500. This loss of 7,800 subscribers could perhaps be contributed to the horrendous service problems customers experienced on their ADSL platform late last year.


It's still too early to know whether the Phorm controversy will have any appreciable impact upon Virgin's broadband subscription figures. The issue only truly began to rear its ugly head through April and has thus missed impacting Q1. Please see our 'Top 10 ISPs' page for a run down of subscriber figures by provider.