Virgin Media home broadband customers are set to be migrated over to Google’s Gmail service for their email services.
The start of the migration started last week as Virgin are set to move their 4 million broadband customers from their own in-house email platform over to Gmail.
Virgin broadband customers don’t need to worry about losing their current email addresses, and even those who still have @blueyonder.co.uk, @ntlworld.com and &virgin.net email address will be able to keep them if they want. All new Virgin broadband email address will be via @virginmedia.com and will come with the Gmail services of POP3 and IMAP access and also receive 7GB inbox space and will be done on the Gmail platform that has proved very stable since it was launched back in 2004.
Each customer will be able to have up to 10 email addresses if they wish meaning that Virgin broadband customers could potentially create up to 40 million email address between them!
The service will at first be offered to the next 20,000 new Virgin broadband customers who sign up before it is rolled out to the rest of the Virgin Media customer base.
Last week we told of another “customer service” that Virgin were offering with the launch of VStuff which is an auto-backup storage for Virgin broadband customers.
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Virgin broadband customers get some free “V Stuff”
Virgin has launched a new service called V Stuff that it is giving to their home broadband customers for free. V Stuff will offer the ability to store, share photos and receive free digital photo prints for a year (monthly limit on the number of free photos to be printed), also they are offering free auto backup and remote access to documents.
Depending on which of the Virgin broadband package you are on will depend on how many free digital photo prints you will receive and also how much backup and storage space you will receive.
The great thing is that Virgin are offering this not only to their fibre broadband customers but also to those who use standard broadband due to not being in an area where Virgin has cable coverage.
Below is details of what each customer on the various Virgin broadband packages can receive.
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V Stuff
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Fibre Optic broadband
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National broadband
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M/L
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XL
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XXL
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Solus
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Bundle 1
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Bundle 2
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Backup/Storage
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5GB
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10GB
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Unlimited
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5GB
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10GB
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5GB
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Cost
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Free
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Free
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Free
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Free
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Free
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Free
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Auto-backup & Remote Access
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Album Creation & Share
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Inclusive Photo prints
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25/month
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50/month
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100/month
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25/month
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50/month
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25/month
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The Auto-backup is designed so that any new additions to folders or any changes will automatically result in the changes and additions being backed up without users manually having to do it themselves.
For any customers who want to receive Unlimited storage and also 100 monthly photo prints can upgrade for £5 per month to receive this, customers on the XXL deal already receive this.
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Take Virgin broadband & Phone bundle and you could pay less!
Virgin Media offer fibre broadband to customers across the UK (around half of the UK is covered) through their own fibre network.
As they use fibre optics to deliver customers their services means that Virgin Media are able to offer faster speeds, what’s more as they own their own network means that they can offer some brilliant deals too.
If you sign up for Virgin Media broadband on the XL or XXL package and also take the “Phone M” bundle you will actually pay LESS per month than if you just took the XL or XXL broadband as a stand alone product.
Standard Broadband XL (20Mb) costs £35 per month, however if you take Broadband XL + Phone M it will just cost £20 per month + £11 for a phone line meaning a total of £31 and a saving of £4 per month.
Broadband XXL (50Mb) costs £50 per month, however if you take Broadband XXL + Phone M it will just cost £35 per month + £11 for a phone line meaning a total of £46 and a saving of £4 per month.
The Phone M gives users Unlimited weekend UK landline calls. Also those taking the XL & XXL Broadband also receive a free wireless router.
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