General Terms & Conditions
General
These terms and conditions are in addition to Virgin Media's General Terms and Conditions.
All services are subject availability & our acceptable usage policy.
All Broadband, TV and telephony products are subject to a 12 month contract, unless otherwise stated.
When you purchase services from Virgin Media via our website or by telesales you have the right to cancel your contract within 14 days without giving any reason and without penalty.
30 days written notice is required should you wish to cancel your service. A cancellation fee will apply should you cancel during the contract period. If you cancel & fail to facilitate the return of the equipment, you will be subject to an unrecoverable equipment charge of €152.47.
Freedom Broadband and Anytime Mobile (30 Day Contract)
Freedom Broadband and Anytime Mobile is available to New Virgin Media customers only, and is subject to a 30 day rolling contract period. A €20 equipment activation fee applies. In order to avail of this bundle, customers must sign up to Direct Debit at the point of sale. To cancel your Freedom Broadband and Anytime Mobile subscription contract, you must provide 30 days' notice in writing to Virgin Media. If you cancel & fail to facilitate the return of the equipment, you will be subject to an unrecoverable equipment charge of €152.47.
(In order to purchase a TV product from Virgin Media, Freedom Broadband and Anytime Mobile customers must sign up to one of our combined TV, Broadband and telephony bundles, which are subject to a 12 month contract.)
Information correct at 05/2017
Red House Experience
The Red House Experience is available to all Virgin Media residential customers. The Red House Experience will be offered at no additional charge if you are a new customer where self install is not available at your address or you are an existing customer who needs a maintenance visit to fix a fault. If you request a Red House Experience there will be a charge of €50.
Special Offers
Free connection: Offer applies to new customers who self-install and new customers where self install is not available at your address. If you choose not to self-install a €50 charge applies. Existing customers can avail of free connection if ordering or upgrading to our Virgin TV service, or ordering any broadband and home phone bundle if they choose to self install. Free connection offer ends January 3rd 2018.
All of the offers listed below are available to new customers ordering our services online and choosing self-install. After the offer period, normal monthly rate will apply thereafter. A 12 month contract applies when you subscribe to any offer. All Offers end January 3rd 2018.
€25 off a month for 6 months: This offer is only available to new customers ordering a new Virgin TV, Broadband and home phone pack.
€15 off a month for 6 months: This offer is only available to new customers ordering a new Broadband and home phone pack.
€20 off a month for 4 months: This offer is only available to new and existing customers ordering our new Virgin TV service.
€10 off a month for 6 months: This offer is only available to new and existing customers ordering our new Naked Broadband service.
Customers downgrading any element of their current package will not be eligible for advertised discount offers.
Information correct 02/10/2017
Virgin Media TV & On Demand
Channel line-up is subject to change & regional channel variations may apply.
An installation fee of €60 applies for each additional point ordered unless an active cable outlet point is already in place.
A HD TV is required to enjoy the benefit of our HD service.
To avail of Sky Sports &/or Sky Movies HD you must first have a subscription to Virgin Media Ireland's HD service or Virgin TV.
Virgin Media On Demand
You must have a compatible Virgin Media set top box. If your box is not compatible you can order a new one by contacting us on 1908. A charge may apply for the new box.
If you order a movie using On Demand a charge will apply. We will confirm the cost of the movie before you buy it. The charge will appear on your next bill.
Replay TV available on selected channels
Virgin TV Anywhere is subject to device registration on a maximum of 2 devices in addition to your set top box. Virgin TV Anywhere service includes 80 channels available to watch Out of Home over 3G, 4G and public W-Fi networks. Virgin TV Anywhere requires your device to have iOS7 or above for Apple products & OS.4.0.3 or above for Android, Windows 10 devices & is available to Virgin Media Ireland customers with Virgin Media Ireland TV.
Information correct at 01/2017.
Virgin Media Broadband
Ireland's ultra fast broadband:
Offering speeds of 360Mb expected average speed during peak times of at least 300Mb on a wired connection.
Other factors that may impact the actual speed experienced include the connection from your device(s) to the cable modem & the websites visited.
Wi-Free: When you sign up for Virgin Media's Broadband service your modem will automatically offer a second signal for Wi-Free. If you would prefer your modem was not available to other Virgin Media customers visiting your home you can opt out at any time by logging into My Virgin Media Ireland. If you choose to opt out, your modem will not offer a Wi-Free service nor will you be able to connect to other Wi-Free networks. You must be a Virgin Media Broadband customer & in the home of another participating Virgin Media Broadband customer to avail of the Wi-Free service. All Virgin Media Broadband customers can connect to Wi-Free. Wi-Free will give you speeds of 2.5Mb download & 0.5Mb upload. Up to 3 members of a Virgin Media household can connect to Wi-Free at a time. 5 Virgin Media customers can connect to a single modem at a time. The Wi-Free service is subject to our Acceptable Usage Policy. These terms & conditions are in addition to Virgin Media Ireland's General Terms & Conditions.
Limited Broadband services: These services have a monthly usage allowance of 30GB. If you exceed the usage allowance in any month we will automatically upgrade you to the nearest pack that best meets your needs. Before upgrading we will:
- Send you an email or text message notifying you the first time you exceed the allowance.
- The next time you reach 70% of your allowance we'll send you an email or text message letting you know that you are close to exceeding your limit again. We won't communicate with you thereafter about your usage. We suggest you monitor your usage using the tool available in In My Virgin Media
- In order to send you these notifications you must provide us with a valid email address or mobile phone number when buying this service. For further details on how we may use your email address, or mobile phone number please refer to our Consumer Privacy Policy
- If you exceed your monthly allowance on two occasions we shall automatically upgrade you to the Broadband pack that best meets your needs.Additional information about our broadband
Additional information about our broadband
Our Internet speeds
· Maximum speeds on our network: When we advertise a broadband speed we mean what we say, this will be the maximum download speed you can get on our network.
· Normal speeds on our network: As we promise in our advertising, the expected average download speed you typically get at peak times will be:
- on our 240Mb product 180Mb
- On our 360Mb product 300 Mb.
· Upload speeds will be 24Mb for our 240Mb product and 36Mb for our 360Mb product.
Maximum and normal speeds assume all technologies are working at optimum speeds; in practice numerous factors beyond our control can cause speeds to vary. Should you wish to contact us to get further information in relation to our speeds please call us on 1908.
We may as part of normal network performance carry out traffic management as part of general network maintenance including the management of any network congestion. These activities do not impact on the quality of the internet service we provide to you and do not impact on your privacy or the protection of your personal data.
We may also be legally required to carry out traffic management when directed by any court, tribunal, regulatory body, police authority or other competent authority as part of any proceedings or investigation. This may require us in these limited circumstances to disclose communications transmitted via our services to such authorities which may include personal data.
Information correct at 04/2016.
Virgin Media Home Phone
Anytime World (unlimited calls to landlines)provides free local & national fixed landline calls & 400 anytime minutes per month to fixed landline numbers in 22 international destinations & USA & Canadian mobile numbers. Excludes calls to other mobiles, premium rate, SMS & non-geographic numbers. Calls made outside of the call pack minutes are charged at our standard rates
Anytime mobile (unlimited calls to mobiles)provides free calls to local, national and irish mobile numbers & 400 anytime minutes per month to fixed landline numbers in 22 international destinations & USA & Canadian mobile numbers. Excludes calls to other mobiles, premium rate, SMS & non-geographic numbers. Calls made outside of the call pack minutes are charged at our standard rates
Freetime mobile call pack provides free off-peak calls to Irish mobiles and fixed landlines as well as 400 off-peak minutes per month to fixed landline numbers in 22 international destinations including USA and Canadian mobile numbers. Excludes calls to premium rate, SMS and non-geographic numbers. Calls made outside of the call pack minutes are charged at our current call rates
Mobile World: provides unlimited free calls to local, national and Irish mobile numbers and to mobile and fixed landline numbers in 22 international destinations. Excludes calls to premium rate, SMS & non-geographic numbers. A fair usage policy of 6,000 minutes a month applies. Calls made above this limit are charged at our standard
rates. A fair usage policy of 6,000 minutes a month applies to local, national and Irish mobile number calls.
The 22 international destinations included in our call packs are:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA & Canada. USA & Canadian mobile numbers are also included.
A fair usage policy of 6,000 minutes a month applies to Anytime Mobile,Anytime World, Freetime Mobile and Mobile World packs.
There is a charge of €30 for each phone handset. Virgin Media Ireland guarantees the handset for the first 6 months & faults thereafter are the responsibility of the customer.
Information correct at 06/2017.
Equipment
A €60 connection fee applies for each TV set top box & for each Broadband or Home Phone service ordered unless you qualify for free connection. This will appear as an 'equipment activation fee' on your bill. A €60 connection fee applies for each Digital+ box & a €90 connection fee for each Digital+ HD box used for multiroom viewing. Equipment remains the property of Virgin Media Ireland so there is no charge for service technician visits when the fault is related to our network or equipment.
Information correct at 01/2016.