Essential Collection

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• Broadband provider
  Virgin Media
• Product
  Essential Collection
• Term
  18 months
• Incentive offer
  Fibre optic broadband, TiVo and HD as standard.

Fibre optic broadband, TiVo and HD as standard. Up to 30 Mb/s fibre optic. Unlimited downloads. Up to 30Mb fibre optic broadband. 500GB TiVo box, 83 TV channels, 6 HD channels. Up to 512 kb/s upload speed. No connection charge. 18 month contract.

Package costs

• Monthly cost
  £26
• Line rental
  £14.99
• Equipment cost
  Free
• Connection cost
  Free
• Delivery cost
  Free
• First year cost
  £312
• First year cost with line rental
  £491.88

This broadband package includes:

• Download speed [?]

  Download Speed

  This refers to the pace at which your internet will process data for you (i.e. when browsing the net, download or streaming content). The more 'Mb' the faster your internet might be and the quicker you will be able to move across the internet. For users wanting to browse the net and little more, any package offering up to 20 Mb or more should be sufficient.

  30 Mb
• Upload speed [?]

  Upload Speed

  This refers to the pace at which your computer is able to place content onto the internet, i.e. photos. The more 'Mb' the faster you can upload content onto the internet. For the majority of users the amount downloaded will be significantly higher than the amount uploaded.

  0.50 Mb
• Download limit [?]

  Download Limit

  The download limit refers to the amount of data the provider will allow you to download in any given month. Lower users might typically manage with a lower cap; however, higher users may want to consider unlimited packages.

  Unlimited
• Technology
  Fibre Optic [?]

  Connection Types

  3G: Mobile phone technology that includes services and applications with faster access to the web.

  ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line - the technology that allows you to receive broadband using existing telephone networks. It works like a very fast telephone line that is always connected to the internet. By converting data more efficiently over a wider frequency range than a computer´s modem, ADSL makes the line much faster.

  Cable broadband: Much like cable television and telephone services, broadband is carried through a fibre optic cable buried under the ground.

  Fibre optic: Utilising the latest cable technology Fibre Optic Broadband can deliver speeds up to six times faster than ADSL lines.

  Satellite broadband: An alternative to ADSL that uses a satellite connection to provide a permanent connection to the internet.

Home phone includes:

UK landline calls

• Daytime
  Not included
• Evening
  Not included
• Weekend
  Free
• Includes 0870 / 0845 Numbers
  No

Digital TV includes:

Packages

• No Sports
• No Movies
• Yes HD : TV M+ HD [?]

  TV M+ HD

  BBC HD
  BBC One HD
  Channel 4 HD
  Channel 5 HD
  Film4 HD
  ITV1 HD
  

• Yes Entertainment : TV M+ [?]

  TV M+

  4Music
  5*
  5* +1
  5USA
  5USA +1
  Adult previews
  BBC Alba
  BBC Four
  BBC News
  BBC One
  BBC One England
  BBC One Northern Ireland
  BBC One Scotland
  BBC One Wales
  BBC Parliament
  BBC Three
  BBC Two
  BBC Two England
  Best Direct
  Bloomberg Television
  British Eurosport
  British Eurosport 2
  CBBC
  CBeebies
  CBS Action
  Challenge
  Challenge +1
  Channel 4
  Channel 4 +1
  Channel 5
  Christmas 24
  CITV
  CNBC Europe
  CNN International
  Community Channel
  Dave
  Dave ja vu
  Discovery Channel
  Discovery Real Time
  E4
  E4 +1
  Film4
  Filmflex Previews
  Gems TV
  GOLD
  Home
  Ideal World
  ITV1
  ITV1 +1
  ITV2
  ITV2 +1
  ITV3
  ITV3 +1
  ITV4
  ITV4 +1
  Jewellery Maker
  More4
  NDTV 24x7
  On Demand Previews
  PBS UK
  Pick TV
  PPV Live Events Help
  Price Drop
  Quest
  QVC
  Really
  RTÉ One
  RTÉ Two
  S4C
  Seven
  Sky Arts 1
  Sky Arts 2
  Sky Living
  Sky Living +1
  Sky Living Loves
  Sky News
  Sky Sports News
  Sky1
  Sky2
  Sony Entertainment Television
  Speed Auction
  TG4
  Universal Channel
  Viva
  VTV Music On Demand
  Yesterday
  Yesterday +1