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Average Broadband Speed in the UK is Now Up to a Whopping 9Mbps
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...
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Virgin TV Anywhere is Virgin’s Sky Go / iPlayer Streaming Service
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. The service,...
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Virgin Media Planning its Own 4G Service Using EE’s Network
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...
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Virgin Media Uses the U-Word to Describe New Mobile Data SIMs
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. If...
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Virgin Media’s Web/Streaming/Catch-Up/App TV Service Now Live
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...
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Your Virgin Broadband Struggling With Streaming? Blame Unnamed ‘Third-Party...
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...
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US Media Giant Buying Virgin Media as Birthday Present to Self
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...
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Virgin Mobile Admits to New 2Mb Mobile Data Speed Cap
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. Virgin...
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Virgin Media’s Chucking In Free Unlimited Calls to Premium Numbers In Its New...
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...
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Sky Gives Virgin Media £49m to Patch up its Groaning Broadband Network
Bizarre news from the cut-throat world of ISPs sees two deadly rivals teaming up for the betterment of the nation, with Sky asking Virgin Media for help shoring up its broadband and beating the...
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Chopped Cable Downs Virgin Media TV and Internet on the South Coast
The precious umbilical cord of light that connects thousands of Portsmouth and Southampton residents to the internet has been cut through by engineers, leaving thousands of Virgin customers in the area...
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The BBC Might Be Done With 3D But Virgin’s Not Giving Up That Easily
While the BBC might be abandoning 3D broadcasts and productions for the foreseeable future, Virgin Media isn’t yet ready to wave the surrender flag out of the screen. It’s increasing the amount of 3D...
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The Radio Times Gets Blocked in the UK By Big Media Gaff
If it wasn’t bad enough that news sites like TorrentFreak are going to get a taste of the piracy ban-hammer, it seems the humble Radio Times has gotten a helping of the court-ordered ISP blockade, and...
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BT Sport Channels Now Available in HD on Virgin Media
The two BT Sport channels and their ESPN overseas exchange student buddy are now available on Virgin Media, with the cable network providing them for free to anyone who currently subscribes to the...
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Virgin Media Joins Sony as PS4 “ISP Partner”
Virgin Media and Sony have signed some sort of blood-buddy pact covering this year’s PlayStation 4 launch, with the ISP claiming it’s now the “PlayStation 4 UK ISP partner” for Sony in the UK. Virgin’s...
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Netflix Streams Coming to Virgin Media TiVo Boxes
Two of our media titans are set to collide, with old world cable TV and ISP network Virgin Media set to start carrying content from new media streaming darling Netflix. Users of the Virgin Media TiVo...
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Unlimited 152Mb Broadband From Virgin Media Will Go “Far Beyond BT”
Virgin Media has announced plans to roll-out its 152Mb broadband services early next year. An unlimited usage package, Branson’s broadband will be “twice as fast” as “any other widely available...
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UK Networks Agree £50 Cap on Lost and Stolen Phone Charges
Four of our largest mobile networks have come to a deal on handling calling fees run up on lost and stolen mobile phones, with EE, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone agreeing to limit the nicked mobile...
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A 60mb Virgin Broadband Upgrade With a Free Superhub is Your “Bolt-Fast...
The internet is brilliant isn’t it? You can read whatever you like, shop without leaving the house and, most importantly, leave snarky comments on articles telling people they can’t spell or wanting...
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£10-a-Month Pirate Sky TV Subscription Ring Exposed
£10-a-month for every Sky TV channel, a subscription package that would usually cost closer to £80 a month? If it sounds too good to be legal, that’s because it is. Like a scene from Jim Carey’s The...
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