Virgin Media Broadband Size L (TV & Phone Bundle)

• Free wireless router when you sign up online
• No line rental required
• 10Mb unlimited broadband
• 55MB of free Virgin Media webspace

Virgin Media broadband review: Broadband: L (TV & Phone)

BURSTING with so many extras and offers you'd think Mr Branson was desperate for your custom - and maybe he is - these Virgin Media Broadband Size L bundle packages come with up to 10Mb cable broadband suitable for most web users who want to enjoy fast, unlimited broadband.

Bundled up

We love a good bundle. As well as being more convenient, having one provider for three services often works out much cheaper.

We've listed all the TV and phone combinations with broadband size L below so just scroll down to see the prices or read on to decide which features will suit you best.

Reliable 10Mb broadband

Although Virgin Media inherited NTL's rather shaky cable network which had a history of hiccups the general consensus nowadays is that the connection is stable, fast and - according to many - more reliable than ADSL broadband.

At 10Mb you're not going to set your keyboard on fire but it's a good speed (especially when you consider that this package used to offer just 4Mb back in the day) that will be more than adequate for browsing and streaming video and audio.

Money-Saving Phone Deals

At £11.99 a month Virgin's line rental is just a touch more expensive than BT's (£11.54) and with the M phone package you won't pay a penny more.

The M, L and XL phone packages are easy to distinguish by the amount of inclusive UK landline calls available.

The M package only offers them weekends, the L package will let you chat away on both evenings and weekends and with XL you're covered anytime.

When you do pay for calls to local and national UK landlines they'll be 6.36p a minute. Calls to mobiles are 15.68p in the day and 10.79p in the evening (expect when calling 3, which is slightly more pricey).

You also get free voicemail, 141 (to conceal your number) and 1471 (last number callback) services. Perfect for private investigators (and tabloid journalists).

TV without the dish

When you sign up for TV you pay for the amount of channels that you'll have at your disposal: 65 with M+, 100 with L and 160 with XL.

M TV is pretty much the channels available with Freeview so you'll need to trade up if you want extras such as Comedy Central and the Disney Channel.

Even with M, though, you'll get free catch up TV with iplayer, 4 OD and ITV player and you pay for TV on-demand (free with XL TV).

This is cable TV so there's no need for a dish (or as Virgin likes to say: an 'unsightly' dish) which makes installation easier.

You can also buy a V+ HD box, for a one-off cost of £75, which can store up to 80 hours of TV.

Like the Sky+ box you can also pause and rewind live TV and the seriously indecisive (or those who live with a large and argumentative family) can even record two channels and watch a third.

Join the Virgin Family

With Branson's fingers adorning so many proverbial pies joining this part of the Virgin family can get you discounts elsewhere.

For example, you can add mobile broadband with a freedom netbook to your bundle for around £6 a month (depending on the size of your bundle) and you'll also be able to enjoy reduced mobile phone tariffs.

All in all, the UK's biggest broadband provider also fares pretty well with providing.

A little more detail...

Broadband		Special Note...
Package:	Size: L	-
Connection:	Cable	-
Max Speed:	Up to 10Mb	-
Usage Limit:	Unlimited	Fair use policy applies
Totally Unlimited:	No
Hardware:	Wireless Router	-
Internet Security:	Included free	PCGuard Total package (which includes PCguard features as well as extra Anti-Spyware, Identify Theft Protection and Parental Control features)
Online Gaming:	All major consoles supported

Home Phone
Summary:	Optional choice of call plans Optional Virgin Media line rental
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TV
Summary:	Optional choice of Virgin TV
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