As far as unlimited SIM tariffs go, Three's One Plan has always been pointed to as the best, however Virgin Media's managed to eclipse it today with its VIP package, which for £31 a month (or £26 if you're an existing customer) you get unlimited calls, texts, data, and for the first time for any network, free access to 0800 numbers. Read More >>
Virgin Mobile has started restricting mobile data connections to around 2Mb, reducing the maximum download speeds on offer to 3G phone users to help give everyone a workable level of service. Read More >>
Featured comment by minignong:
"re Facebook's "no internet connection" error... if that's on Android, I see that problem anyway with the latest versions of the app, even on wifi. So ..." More »
US billionaire John Malone, head of international cable TV company Liberty Global, is looking to buy Virgin Media. The now-profitable TV and broadband company is said to be valued at around the £15bn mark. Read More >>
Featured comment by mysticusa:
""No, they laid their previous infrastructure and came within a hair of going bust"
That is because just investing without care? and cant be attribu..." More »
Many customers have found that the promised Usain Bolt-like performance of Virgin broadband has actually been distinctly James Corden-like in the real world. Over the last few weeks, some customers have been complaining that a crippled network has allegedly rendered browsing stalwarts such as streaming 240p video on YouTube an impossible, stuttering mess. Read More >>
Featured comment by PrinterElf:
"HDDs are faster than your 120Mb/s connection, and they're faster than you need to be able to stream the data to play it back again, so where's the iss..." More »
Virgin Media's Virgin TV Anywhere portal is now live, letting Virgin subscribers access content through desktop and mobile web sites or an app. The app option is for iOS only at the moment, so Android users will have to make do with the mobile site for now. Read More >>
Featured comment by bench7:
"1 - This is going to be updated over the next few months, little by little.. Anyone remember how shit sky anywhere was when it got released? And yes y..." More »
Virgin Media's new Big Data pay-as-you-go SIM may tempt a few of you, as it sees the network offer unlimited mobile data to SIM-only customers in return for topping up with £10 of credit a month. Read More >>
Featured comment by jpxdude:
"I rung up and spoke to someone that was being really unclear about the whole thing. If I joined today, I would have to wait 24 hours until the bundle..." More »
Virgin Media might also be about to trump Vodafone, Three and O2 in launching a 4G network in the UK this year, with the mobile company said to be talking to EE about reselling its new 4G services under the Virgin brand. Read More >>
Featured comment by bench7:
"you would be suprised fella, we have the s3 and getting the iphone in January. Personally im holding out for the lumia 920" More »
Virgin Media's the latest broadcaster to get in on the web-based telly delivery thing, with its forthcoming Virgin TV Anywhere bringing TV and video-on-demand to the web and mobile apps. Read More >>
According to Ofcom, the average UK broadband speed is now 9Mbps, marking a 150 per cent increase in speeds since the regulator started measuring speeds back in 2010 making our downloads a helluva lot faster. Read More >>
Virgin Media customers were just a little bit unhappy, after they were wrongly charged for phantom mobile data that they didn't actually use. It all boils down to a good old system error balls-up, apparently, but shows you've got to watch your bill like a hawk each month. Read More >>
Featured comment by SklblueG:
"I've been trying to find out why they were charging me £1.50 extra but the bill (which should have appeared two days ago) is not yet available. Sudde..." More »
Virgin has recently released an update for the firmware that powers its Superhub modem, with several users reporting new problems with downloads as a result. Are these the usual teething problems, or some wider issue breaking the internet of the nation? Read More >>
Featured comment by TankBoyBen:
"i like virgin but i FUGIN HATE the superhub, the signal is weak (on all channels) and the 3 houses i know that have one (mine included) whenever im th..." More »
Virgin Media's roll out of Wi-Fi access across many of London's tube stations continues to expand, with the ISP now connecting lucky users to the glorious world of the internet at some 41 stations across the city. Just in time for live-streaming the women's high jump at the Olympics. Read More >>
The unlimited mobile data wars are starting to hot up. First we had Three's "One Plan", then T-mobile's "Full Monty", and now Virgin's stepped into the ring too with a £25-a-month all-you-can-eat "Premiere" tariff. Read More >>
Featured comment by britishchris:
"Dunno, I have a factory unlocked iPhone I got from the apple store.
It could be working still to be honest and it was some glitch (tho shouldn't be a..." More »
Seems like Virgin Media's been having some serious issues for the last four days, leaving some customers unable to pull down websites, essentially rendering their broadband connections useless tethers to the wall. Read More >>
Featured comment by Kushan:
"You should still be able to avoid using Virgin's DNS. You won't be able to change it on the modem, but then you won't be able to change it on a newer ..." More »
Virgin Media's chief operating officer, Andrew Barron, has been writing angry letters about BT to anyone who'll listen, claiming it isn't fair that a large proportion of the government's broadband upgrade subsidies are sucked up by the telecomms giant. Read More >>
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