Virgin Media Broadband student discount

Virgin Media Broadband is a popular student choice, whether bought alone or as part of a TV package. The monthly price is cheap as chips, especially if you split it between you and your housemates.

Another added benefit of a Virgin contract is that there is no need to set up a phone line, meaning you can save more than £15 a month as well as any possible installation costs. With speeds of over 500Mbps on the top packages, Virgin tends to offer faster broadband than other providers and blows most of its competitors out of the water.

Virgin has been known to offer a reduced 9-month contract to fit in with the student academic year. The 9-month contract can be a real help to most students because many don’t live in their accommodation for the full 12 month tenancy period, so is excellent value for money. Watch out for it around the start of the new academic year.

Virgin Media Broadband product examples

It can be tricky to work out which Virgin Media Broadband package you need – you don’t want to pay over the odds for speeds you don’t necessarily need, but it is worth keeping in mind that you might be sharing your connection with housemates and all wanting to stream movies at the same time on different devices.

Virgin Media Broadband options include:

• M100 Fibre Broadband - perfect for streaming
• M200 Fibre Broadband - perfect for HD streaming
• M350 Fibre Broadband - ideal for UHD streaming
• M500 Fibre Broadband - the best speeds for gaming

Virgin also offer ‘Oomph’ packages, where you can pay extra to have a SIM included with your package, which is connected to your router and will act as a back up if your internet connection ever goes down. If you need a constant connection for work or don’t want to risk missing any deadlines due to lack of service, it might be worth taking a look at this (though you can use your mobile phone’s connection as a hotspot with most smartphones now).

You can see how Virgin compare within our student broadband comparison table.

Virgin Media Broadband sales, offers, and promotions

Look out for the 9-month contracts and the best student deals around the start of term. We’ll usually post about them here at Save the Student, but you can check for yourself on Virgin’s Student Broadband page too. Watch out for flyers and exclusive discounts at Fresher’s Fairs as well!

There are always plenty of great deals available to new customers year-round, which you’ll find on the Virgin Media Broadband homepage.

Past offers at Virgin Media Broadband

Past Virgin Media Broadband offers featured here at Save the Student include:

• £12/month for 12 months with the Big Welcome Discount at Virgin Media Broadband
• Broadband with a separate SIM plan with unlimited minutes, texts and 1GB data for £36.50/month for 12 months
• £5/month for 6 months on 50Mb Superfast Fibre Broadband and phone. then £17.50 thereafter
• Free £25 takeaway voucher when you sign up for Virgin Media Broadband
• Free £50 Nando’s voucher when you sign up for Virgin Media Broadband
• Half price subscription bundles
• and more!

Look at the section above for the current active offers and discounts.

If you find any great bargains at Virgin Media Broadband, let us know in the comments below, and we’ll add them to this page. Don’t forget to keep checking back for the most recent Virgin Media Broadband offers, sales and deals.