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With a wide variety of phone and TV packages, Virgin Media offers some of the UK’s best broadband deals, and its broadbandruns at speeds as high as 1,130Mbps. Prices start at £12.50 per month for Essential Broadband and rise to £40.99 per month for the gigabit service.
If you’re looking for an ultra-fast connection to stream video content, or you want a low-priced option to suit a tight budget, here are Virgin Media’s best broadband deals.
Independent Advisor survey, over 2,000 respondents in the UK, March 2024
If you can access Virgin Media broadband, there’s a good chance there will be a package to suit your household.
All prices accurate as of 25 July 2024
Virgin Media offers packages that combine broadband with additional services, such as broadband and phone deals that include unlimited weekend calls to UK landlines. These deals start at £29.99 for M125 Fibre Broadband and weekend calls. For £49.99 a month, you can get Gig1 Fibre Broadband, weekend calls and an O2 mobile sim.
You can also add anytime calls throughout the week for an additional £10 a month and international anytime calls for £15 per month.
Virgin Media offers packages that combine broadband with additional services, such as broadband and phone deals that include unlimited weekend calls to UK landlines. These deals start at £29.99 for M125 Fibre Broadband and weekend calls. For £49.99 a month, you can get Gig1 Fibre Broadband, weekend calls and an O2 mobile sim.
You can also add anytime calls throughout the week for an additional £10 a month and international anytime calls for £15 per month.
Virgin Media offers a variety of broadband and TV deals, and most of them include a Virgin TV 360 box and weekend calls using your home phone. Some deals also feature Netflix subscriptions and scores of TV channels, including Sky Cinema and Sky Sports. For example, the Mega Volt bundle includes Gig1 Fibre Broadband, a Virgin TV 360 box, Sky Sports HD, Sky Cinema HD, Netflix, anytime home calls and an unlimited O2 mobile sim – all for £84.99 a month.
An alternative to these broadband and TV deals is Stream from Virgin Media. This can be included with any broadband plan, and for a £35 activation fee, you get a box to plug into your TV. Stream allows you to tie your various TV subscriptions – such as Netflix, Disney+ and AppleTV+ – into one bill that you can pay through Virgin Media. And better yet, with every subscription you add to Stream, you’ll receive a discount of at least 10 per cent.
Depending on the package you choose, Virgin Media offers broadband with speeds as fast as 1,130Mbps.
All prices accurate as of 25 July 2024
Virgin Media’s cheapest fibre broadband package is Essential Broadband, which costs £12.50 a month. It has download speeds of 15Mbps and is on a 30-day rolling contract. To access this package, you need to be in receipt of one of the following: Universal Credit, Pension Credit, Income Support, Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance or Income-based Employment Support Allowance.
For £20 a month, Essential Broadband Plus has the same eligibility requirements as Essential Broadband, and it has download speeds of 54Mbps. You can also add Stream from Virgin Media for the discounted price of £20.
M125 Fibre Broadband is the cheapest Virgin Media plan that doesn’t have any eligibility criteria. With average advertised speeds of 132Mbps, it is available on an 18-month contract. Prices start at £26 a month for broadband without a phone line, rising to £60.99 a month for a package that includes TV, film and home phone services.
Starting at £28.99 for a broadband-only deal, M250 Virgin Broadband has an average download speed of 264Mbps. It costs £33 a month for broadband, TV and home phone usage, and £37.99 a month for broadband, TV, home phone and an O2 sim.
Virgin’s M350 Fibre Broadband offers average download speeds of 362Mbps. It costs £35.99 a month for broadband-only and £39.99 a month for the Bigger Combo broadband, phone and TV deal, If you also want to include Sky Sports HD, the price rises to £59.99.
With average download speeds of 516Mbps, Virgin Media M500 Fibre Broadband starts at £33.99 a month for broadband-only. For the Bigger Combo bundle, the cost rises to £45.99 a month, and for the Mega Volt bundle, it’s £84.99 a month.
If you’re looking for ultrafast broadband, then Virgin Media’s Gig1 plan might be the one for you. Offering average download speeds of 1,130Mbps, its broadband-only plan costs £340.99 a month. It is also supported by Virgin’s WiFi Guarantee – which means that if you don’t get download speeds of at least 30Mbps in every room, you’ll receive £100 bill credit.
According to our Independent Advisor survey, 14.14 per cent of Virgin Media customers said they ‘always’ received their advertised download speeds. Meanwhile, just 12.12 per cent stated they ‘rarely’ reached Virgin’s advertised speed.
Signing up for Virgin Media broadband is a relatively simple process. Simply follow this step-by-step guide.
Currently, only the Essential Broadband Plus with Stream has setup costs or installation fees. However, you’ll always be charged a £35 activation fee when you purchase Virgin broadband.
You may also incur the following charges:
When deciding whether to choose Virgin Media as your broadband provider, weigh the pros and cons of doing business with the company and check how its deals stack up against those of its competitors. Here are several factors to consider:
If you do choose Virgin Media broadband, there are a number of deals and offers to look out for:
Signing up for Virgin Media broadband is a relatively simple process. Follow this step-by-step guide to get the job done:
Virgin Media offers a range of protection to boost the security of your internet connection or to keep your loved ones safe in your home.
Rather than providing clear and easy ways to get in contact, Virgin Media tries to drive its customers towards seeking answers online. That helps explain why the company received an ease-of-contact score of just 56 per cent in our Independent Advisor survey.
If you do need to contact Virgin Media directly, you can use one of these methods:
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