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Virgin Media Broadband Size L (TV & Phone Bundle)Independent review with up to date prices, details and special offers for this package...
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 a slightly pricey 10Mb cable package 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. In fact, Virgin Media earned itself an accolade in the 2008 ISPA's for best consumer ISP. 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 a month Virgin's line rental is 54p cheaper than BT's 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.
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User RatingsUser CommentsAdd your own review of Virgin Media broadband... 
Remember, the customer reviews below are subjective (and are not the opinions of ChooseISP.co.uk).  mike latham from brighton writes... 07/12/2008 "I get all three of my services through VM, BB, TV and Phone with their VIP package. As regards their BB I always get over 18mb whatever time of day and it very rare I ever lose my connection, twice in one year each time for less than half hour. The only real drawback with VM is the Indian CS, some people terribly hard to understand, and they all read answers off a clipboard, best wait to business hours. Mind you it is improving, overall I'd give them 8/10." George from Dundee writes... 27/11/2008 "I have recently moved house and needed to phone Virgin Media several times but never once had to speak to an Indian call center. Although i have with BT. Service with VM is decent enough and there cables broadband is excellent. Have had to move to ADSL with them but have not tried it yet so can't comment on quality." Martin from London writes... 12/10/2007 "Signed up for Virgin Media XL Broadband 20Mb. I don't even get 1Mb most times, usually lower. The customer service is extremely poor and they are all based in India. There is no email based support, only 25p/min tech number." Gareth Snow from Worthing writes... 03/10/2007 "We recently had broadband, telephone and also TV installed from Virgin Media and they were excellent. Really good value for money. Also we have Virgin Media's V+ service which is superb!" S.J. from Manchester writes... 08/09/2007 "When Virgin Media was still Telewest it was great. Now the XL package is £37/month, with fair use policy introduced, the speeds are not consistent and the upload speed is ridiculous for todays isp's. The once free tech help is now 25p/min with 10p connection charge (to India!!). If I had a BT line I would try another broadband provider." Jason Hines from Epsom writes... 12/08/2007 "So far so very good. I signed up to the VirginMedia 3 for £30 bundle in April and so far have been amazed. I had heard bad stories but took the risk as they offer a moneyback guarantee. Thankfully I never had to use it. I still find it amazing that I get all this for £30. Highly recommended." Hazel Wykes from Birmingham writes... 11/08/2007 "We thought we'd give Virgin Media a try just to see how it compared but were so dissatified with it, that we changed back to BT. We are now on BT Total Broadband Option 3. Its top class, everything about it is excellent. It beats Virgin Media all round." |
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Broadband: L, TV: M & Phone: M
