Virgin Media users can cut broadband bills to £0, but must act FAST to avoid deadline
Switch to Virgin Media and you won’t pay a penny for broadband until March 2025. Yes, really.
Not only that, but Virgin Media will also gift 3 months of Disney+ at no cost when you sign-up for any of its broadband packages — saving £26.97 on subscription fees, and unlocking thousands of exclusive films, series, and documentaries to stream on your new Wi-Fi connection over Christmas.
If this generous giveaway sounds familiar at all, it’s likely because £0 broadband was the headline offer from Virgin Media on Black Friday, which fell on November 29 this time around.
Black Friday might be in the rearview mirror, but Virgin Media has decided to keep the freebie around until Sunday December 8, 2024. That means you have a few more days to take advantage of the £0 broadband offer.
Pay £0 for your broadband until March 2025 + stream Disney+ for FREE
Virgin Media’s incredible Black Friday sale is sticking around for a few more days. For a limited time, you can sign-up for full-fibre broadband and paying nothing! Yes, the full-fibre broadband supplier is offering free broadband for 3 months with select internet and telly bundles. It’s even waived the £25 set-up fee too — so nothing will leave via Direct Debit until early next year
Fancy watching Disney+ at no cost on your free broadband connection? Find the complete list of Virgin Media Black Friday deals on its website. We’ve rounded up more details on the standout savings below.
Following its multi-billion merger with O2, Virgin Media customers now benefit from the O2 Priority scheme, which offers early access to ticket sales for concerts in O2 venues. It also rewards subscribers with discounted cinema tickets, free coffees from high street chains, and other savings and shopping bundles.
These are all of the packages from Virgin Media that unlock 3 months of free broadband:
Broadband-only deals
- M250 Full-Fibre Broadband | Pay £0 for three months, then £28.99 per month — save £86
- M500 Full-Fibre Broadband | Pay £0 for three months, then £33 per month — save £99
- Gig1 Full-Fibre Broadband | Pay £0 for three months, then £39.99 per month — save £125
Broadband and Television deals
- Bigger Bundle (Movies + M350 Broadband) | Pay £0 for three months, then £60.99 — save £182
- Biggest Bundle (Sky Sports + M500 Broadband) | Pay £0 for three months, then £79 — save £237
- Biggest Bundle (Gig1 Broadband) | Pay £0 for three months, then £84.99 — save £147
All of the above deals offer free installation — waiving the standard £35 set-up that Virgin Media customers usually have to pay to switchover to its network. Earlier this year, Virgin Media announced free 24/7 monitoring for all customers on its network to preemptively fix faults before they cause headaches (or worst of all, outages) for its subscribers.
According to the most recent data from Ofcom, the average household broadband connection in the UK sits at 69Mbps. That means you’ll enjoy 3.6x faster speeds with the entry-level M250 Full-Fibre Broadband connection from Virgin Media, topping out at 14x faster downloads with the flagship Gig1 Full-Fibre package from the firm.
While broadband providers like Sky, Vodafone, EE, TalkTalk, and Plusnet all run on infrastructure from BT-owned Openreach, Virgin Media owns and maintains its own distinct full-fibre network.
This nationwide broadband infrastructure is connect to over 16 million homes and business across the UK, with all of these able to access the speediest gigabit internet speeds — a stark contrast with Openreach, which is working to upgrade its network.
Until recently, moving between Openreach-powered brands was hassle-free …but switching to a separate broadband network required a lot more planning. Thankfully, that’s changed with the introduction of the One Touch Switch system.
Under this new system, new broadband customers will only need to contact their new supplier to initiate the change. The new broadband firm will handle all aspects of the switch, including terminating the existing contract and organising the installation date for the new broadband supplier.
The streamlined new sign-up process eliminates the need for you to give 30 days’ notice to the existing provider. Not only that, but it removes the stress of trying to sync-up the cut-off date from the old provider to the installation date from the new broadband firm — minimising the time without an internet connection.
Billing and activation dates will now be coordinated between the broadband operators in the background, further reducing the administrative burden.
Best of all, if your new internet provider is unable to connect you on the date agreed, you’ll receive compensation. There’s no need to take action, the money is sent automatically.