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Virgin Media finally to offer 4G
Sorry if its already been posted but VM should have 4G next month or early November. I haven't seen any details on pricing or roll out details yet but looks like full contract customers will be offered option first.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...p-on-4g-shift/ |
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Posted already: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2178842
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Your Virgin tri-sim should connect to 4G once Virgin's 4G service commences.
I noticed in Poundland yesterday that there is an EE offering a PAYG package offering 7GB of data for the price of 2GB (presumably of 4G) for £15 per month for 6 months and you also get 500 minutes and unlimited texts. Virgin will still be really struggling on PAYG in comparison to their main rivals once 4G commences on PAYG. Unless they significantly increase allowances. |
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I wonder if it will be like GiffGaff’s 4G as trying that out a couple of weeks ago in Dorset got me, with a 5 bar 4G signal, 1.6 Mb down a 7 Mb up.
With these MVNO’s having a 4G icon on your notification screen mean’s nought.
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I don't think Virgin or EE would do that Skip, you're right though I've still got an active GG sim which is in my burglar alarm and from time to time I take it out just to see what the data is like and it still hasn't got any better.
If it were capped out at 10Mb/s I wouldn't have an issue as it's a very budget provider and that would suit a lot of people, but the speeds are so bad you couldn't really use it to stream in decent quality. |
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It's launching next Thursday as far as i'm aware.
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No announcement then...
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They were updating the store this morning but there's still no mention of 4G LTE other than it's currently not supported (looking at the blurb for the iPhone as an example).
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They were updating the store this morning but there's still no mention of 4G LTE other than it's currently not supported (looking at the blurb for the iPhone as an example).
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Seen a tweet from VM saying that it's expected to launch this month.
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Take this as you will, but this appears to be the pricing for the 4G plans, which will launch next monday Quote:
£6: 300 Mins, unlimited texts, 300MB data
£9: 1500 Mins, unlimited texts, 1GB data £12: 2500 Mins, unlimited texts, 2GB data £15: 2500 Mins, unlimited texts, 4GB data £25: 5000 Mins, unlimited texts, 20GB data |
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Take this as you will, but this appears to be the pricing for the 4G plans, which will launch next monday
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Take this as you will, but this appears to be the pricing for the 4G plans, which will launch next monday
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Do Virgin customers get wifi calling yet?
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Where did you find this source?
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Comparable with Three but with more airtime minutes and of corse much better coverage.
I do need the minutes more than the data, but 4GB would be a nice amount - I don't think I even hit that when I had "Unlimited" data with Virgin and used Spotify regularly. |
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Take this as you will, but this appears to be the pricing for the 4G plans, which will launch next monday
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I get unlimited minutes,unlimited texts and 30GB of data on three for £24 a month.
20GB of mobile broadband data to put into a mifi router was £13 per month, and for an extra £1 the 20GB comes complete with a 4G mifi router. So 40GB of data for £27 is the perfect replacement for fixed line broadband. |
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Well I went with Three's £9 deal for 4gb of 4G data. Fits my usage nicely and is cheaper than Virgin who, incidentally, made zero attempt at retention despite me being with them for over 5 years and having two additional lines with them as well.
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Is there any kind of speed cap in place ?
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30GB of phone data was £20 per month the other day complete with 200 minutes of calls.
20GB of mobile broadband data to put into a mifi router was £13 per month, and for an extra £1 the 20GB comes complete with a 4G mifi router. So 40GB of data for £27 is the perfect replacement for fixed line broadband. On an 12 month deal. 40GB of data for £27 plus a 4G mifi router sounds good too. |
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Is there any kind of speed cap in place ?
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Wonder if Asda will do 4g soon ?
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Virgin's 4G launch is now "official" as the website has been updated.
The prices I quoted above are accurate, but there's also free whatsapp usage and unused data rollover as well. |
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Though they do need to update some of their pages with "Legal Stuff" at the bottom:
2 Data plan required. 4G LTE Advanced and 4G LTE are not currently supported by Virgin Media. Speeds are based on theoretical throughput and vary based on site conditions and carrier. For details on 4G LTE support, contact your carrier and see www.apple.com/iphone/LTE. |
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