Virgin Media offers mobile broadband for a fiver

While news of its first ever mobile broadband offering leaked out early, Virgin Media have managed to keep schtum about the best bit… the price.

Today the company is to launch the UK’s “cheapest ever” bundled mobile broadband package. Both new and existing customers will be able to subscribe to the new service from as little as £5 a month, when taken with Virgin Media’s XL (20MB) or L (10MB) cable packages, or Virgin Media’s ADSL Bundle 1 (8MB with ‘Talk Anytime’).

For customers on the cheaper M cable broadband package or Virgin Media’s ADSL Bundle 2 the monthly cost rises to £10. There is a one-off charge of £25 for the USB modem itself, but this is hardly excessive considering the contract has a minimum term of one year, rather than the anticipated 18 months.

The mobile broadband package comes with 1GB of monthly data allowance – enough for 10,000 plain text emails, plus 30 hours of web surfing, 60 music tracks and 30 2-minute videos. Virgin Media charges a very reasonable 1.46 pence per MB for usage beyond the 1GB allowance – less than its competitors.

Graeme Oxby, Managing Director for Mobile at Virgin Media, said: “Our 1GB mobile broadband is great for people who need home broadband but also want access to the internet on the move. The bundle is exceptional value and offers complete peace of mind, not only because it comes from genuine broadband experts but also because it offers the safety net of considerably cheaper rates if customers go over the monthly data allowance.”

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