Virgin Media Bundles
Virgin Media was the first UK telecommunications company to offer the full range of media services, that is TV, fixed
line phone, mobile phone and broadband. And because Virgin Media can provide all four media options it has naturally
developed a number of bundle packages designed to allow customers to combine two or more of these services
together.
In fact, as a cable digital TV provider, Virgin Media's services incorporate a certain level of bundling from the
outset. To get Virgin TV, customers must also sign up to a Virgin phone package. So the most basic Virgin Media
package includes two options bundled together right from the start.
2 for £20£20 per month Buy online and save £20.00Bundle includes:
TV Size: L
Phone Size: M
Includes landline rental | | 2 for £25£25 per month Buy online and save £20.00Bundle includes:
TV Size: L
Broadband Size: M
| | 3 for £30£30 per month Buy online and save £30.00Bundle includes:
TV Size: L
Phone Size: M
Broadband Size: M
Includes landline rental | 4 for £40£40 per month Buy online and save £30.00Bundle includes:
TV Size: XL
Phone Size: M
Broadband Size: M
Virgin Mobile
Includes landline rental | | VIP Standard£85 per month Buy online and save £30.00Bundle includes:
Sky Sports and Movies
TV Size: XL
V+ HD set-top box
Additional V set-top box
Broadband Size: XL
Phone Size: XL
Talk International
Talk Mobile
Includes landline rental | | VIP Complete£125 per month Buy online and save £30.00Bundle includes:
Sky Sports and Movies
TV Size: XL
V+ HD set-top box
Additional V set-top box
Broadband Size: XL
Phone Size: XL
Talk International
Talk Mobile
Includes landline rental
Virgin Mobile
Pay Monthly Mobile
Any handset from our range
500 texts and 500 minutes
VIP bonus - £60 free airtime voucher |
About Virgin Media Bundles
As mentioned in earlier sections. Virgin Media's TV offering comes in three options. Classed by 'size', Virgin
digital cable television is available in 'M', 'L' and 'XL' packages. Each package must be taken with at least the
basic Virgin phone deal, known as its 'M' phone package. The 'M' phone package from Virgin media (also referred to as
'Talk Weekends') costs £11 per month. For this customers get completely free weekend calls and weekday calls at a
rate of 3.25p per minute. In addition, customers on this particular Virgin phone deal also get the 'M' package TV
option for no further cost.
However, customers on the 'M' phone package with Virgin can also opt to take the 'L' package TV deal for an
additional £11.50 per month or the 'XL' TV deal for an additional £20.50 per month. Details on the channels offered
in each of the three Virgin digital TV packages can be found by clicking on the Virgin Media page of this website.
The bundle packages described above can be viewed as Virgin Media's generic bundle offering. However, Virgin also
offers a number of bespoke bundle deals for customers. The 'entry' level bespoke bundle package costs just £20 per
month and combines the 'M' class Virgin phone deal with the 'L' class TV package. For the same price customers can
opt to take a more basic TV service but with the addition of broadband. This package is essentially a two product
bundle of phone and broadband with the add-on of Virgin's Free TV service (as described on the Virgin Media page of
this website).
For £5 more, customers can opt to bundle 'L' level Virgin digital TV with 'M' level Virgin broadband. This package
costs £25 per month and is Virgin's cheapest bundle that includes both the TV and broadband options.
For a monthly fee of £30, Virgin Media customers can get the triple-header deal of TV, phone and broadband. In the
package Virgin supplies its top standard TV service, the 'XL', along with the 'M' class product for both its phone
and broadband services.
The next bundle package up costs £40 per month. It incorporates all of the services in the £30 deal with the addition
of Virgin Mobile. With this deal customers get entry level fixed-line phone and broadband services with top package
TV services and 300 texts and 300 minutes a month to use on any mobile network, any time.
Finally, Virgin offers two premium bundle deals. The first is called the VIP package. It costs £85 per month and
includes: TV Size: XL, V+ HD set-top box, an additional V set-top box, broadband Size: XL, phone Size: XL, Talk
International, Talk Mobile and Sky Sports and Sky Movies.
The second is called VIP Complete. This is Virgin's ultimate media bundle. It includes: (all of the VIP services) +
Virgin Mobile, Pay Monthly Mobile, any handset from Virgin Mobile's range, 500 texts, 500 minutes and a VIP bonus -
£60 free airtime voucher. Described by Virgin Media as the 'works', this package incorporates the very best of Virgin
TV, phone, broadband and mobile for just £125 per month. |
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