Virgin Media customers to get broadband boost

Virgin Media announced a £110m upgrade programme on Wednesday to boost headline speeds across all packages it offers — with many set to double in speed.

Virgin Media has announced a £110m upgrade programme to boost maximum speeds across all of its broadband packages, with many set to double in speed. Image credit: Virgin Media

It is also raising the ceiling on the highest speed package it currently offers — pushing 100Mbps subscribers on to a package with a theoretical maximum of 120Mbps. Rival broadband provider BT's current top speed broadband offering is 100Mbps.

The upgrades will also mean Virgin Media customers on the 10Mbps package will see their headline broadband download speed double to 20Mbps; customers on the 20Mbps and 30Mbps packages will get a speed hike to 60Mbps; while customers on 50Mbps will get lifted on to the 100Mbps service.

For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Broadband speeds to double for four million Virgin Media customers on silicon.com.