Happy New Year – or maybe not. According to the BBC, Virgin prices are going to rise in 2021
Virgin Media is alerting customers to forthcoming price increases for its broadband, TV and phone services. The average rise would be 4%, it said. That is 13 times higher than the current consumer-price-inflation rate.
It plans to invest £1bn in its network this year. Virgin did not raise prices as normal in 2020, citing pandemic-related difficulties for customers.
Other internet providers are expected to announce similar - or larger - inflation-beating increases soon.
More details here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55529291
Personally, I'm tied to my Ultimate Oomph package until early 2022 so I won't be changing anything this year but I will be paying close attention to what they do with the Virgin 360 rollout before committing again next year.
