Virgin Media Mobile Broadband Pay Monthly

• Choose from 1GB or 3GB usage allowances (£15 per extra GB)
• One of the fastest mobile broadband deals
• Choose from 18 or 1 month contracts
• Free USB modem with 18 month contracts
• Extremely good price

Virgin Media mobile broadband review: Pay Monthly

THEY may have joined the mobile broadband party a little late in the day, but it's served them well and Virgin Media have burst onto the scene with a select few mobile broadband packages.

Usage Allowances

The Virgin Media Mobile Broadband package offers a very respectable 3GB usage limit or a lighter 1GB.

There's an annoying, but par-for-the-course, £15 for every extra GB you go over the limit (about 13p per extra MB) which makes it worth paying the extra £5 for 3GB if you think you might regularly go over that limit.

Long or short contract

Virgin Media Mobile Broadband provides a free USB modem using the same technology as T-Mobile's excellent T-Mobile Modem Stick when you take an 18-month contract.

Without the contract you'll pay £24.99 for the modem but you'll have more flexibility: after the first two months you'll be on a one-month rolling contract and free to cancel at any time.

It's also worth noting that VoIP services are not available with this service.

28-day Satisfaction Guarantee

Virgin do get a thumbs up from us, though, for their 28 day Customer Satisfaction Guarantee.

If you're not happy, this will give you a full refund (although minus any data access you've bought) and they'll send you prepaid packaging to post the modem back.

How fast is Virgin Media Mobile Broadband?

You can theoretically receive speeds of up to 4.5Mbps, but realistically you probably won't get much faster than 2Mbps when 'out in the field', so to speak.

That said, Virgin Media have done themselves a big favour by piggybacking on the rump of T-Mobile, as our tests reveal T-Mobile - and thus Virgin Media Mobile Broadband - offers the fastest and most reliable mobile broadband speeds.

Is Virgin Media Mobile Broadband any good?

The fastest mobile broadband speeds mentioned above, coupled with the very reasonable price (on par with 3 Mobile and T-Mobile, but faster and with shorter contract respectively) make Virgin Media Mobile Broadband our pick for best mobile broadband deal.

A little more detail...

Mobile Broadband		Special Note...	Any good?
Usage Limit:	Up to 3GB
Max Speed:	Up to 4.5Mb
Choose a package option to see more details

Payment & Contract
Monthly Price:	from £10
Modem Cost:	from Free
Contract Terms:	from 1 month
Choose a package option to see more details

Virgin Media Mobile Broadband Pay Monthly package options...

Broadband 1GB		Up to 4.5Mb 1GB usage		18 months		£10		Free
Broadband 1GB - 1 month contract		Up to 4.5Mb 1GB usage		1 month		£10		£24.99
Broadband 3GB		Up to 4.5Mb 3GB usage		18 months		£15		Free
Broadband 3GB - 1 month contract		Up to 4.5Mb 3GB usage		1 month		£15		£24.99