Virgin Media rolls out Gig1 Fibre: “Fastest gigabit home broadband” package is 20 times faster than UK average
As part of the roll-out, Virgin Media has also unveiled its next-generation router, called Hub 4, to enable these faster speeds
Virgin Media has begun rolling out its gigabit home broadband service – Gig1 Fibre.
More than 100,000 homes in Southampton can now benefit from what the ISP is calling the UK’s “fastest home broadband” package in the first step to connecting 15 million premises by 2021.
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As part of the roll-out, Virgin Media has also unveiled its next-generation router, called Hub 4, to enable these faster speeds.
Speed-wise, the Gig1 service running through a Hub 4 router offers an average peak-time download speed of 1,104Mbit/s and up to 52Mbit/s upload speeds, according to Virgin Media and as measured by the website Download-Time. This makes it more than 20 times faster than the average UK broadband download speed of 54.2Mbps, as per Ofcom’s latest UK Home Broadband Performance report. At these speeds, an ultra-high definition 4K film could be downloaded in seconds.
Gig1 broadband is available to new and existing customers and can be packaged with or without telephone, TV and mobile service across all of Virgin Media’s Solus, Dual, Triple and Oomph bundles. Prices start at £62 per month on an 18-month contract and this price will be frozen for at least 24 months. The Hub 4 router comes as part of this package. The full pricing details can be found below.
Bundle | Monthly price |
Broadband only | £62 |
Broadband and phone | £67 |
Big Bundle (Mixit TV, broadband, phone) | £72 |
Bigger Bundle (Maxit TV, broadband, phone) | £89 |
Bigger Bundle + movies (Maxit TV + Sky Cinema HD, broadband, phone) | £99 |
Bigger Bundle + sports (Maxit TV + Sky Sports HD+ Sky Sports HD, broadband, phone) | £105 |
Bigger Bundle + sports and movies (Maxit TV + Sky Sports HD and Sky Cinema HD+ Sky Sports HD, broadband, phone) | £109 |
Ultimate Oomph Bundle (All the TV,broadband, phone and a truly unlimited SIM) | £119 |
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Virgin Media, through its Project Lightning programme, is also continuing to expand its ultrafast network to more homes and businesses across the UK – almost 2 million premises have been passed since the project began – and the new city in the Gig1 roll-out will be announced “shortly.”