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Student broadband deals

Only available until October 2024! Grab superfast, reliable broadband deals, for students like you with an ‘ac.uk’ email address.

Enter your postcode to see what you can get:

Shorter, student-friendly broadband deals

Much more flexible than our standard 18-month deals, yet as fast and reliable. You get to have your choice of rolling 30-day student broadband deals or 12-month options made for university life.

Shorter, student-friendly broadband deals

For a limited time only!

These broadband only deals for students won’t be around forever. Make sure you get yours before the offers end in October 2024.

For a limited time only!

Enjoy all the rewards and experiences

All our broadband deals for students include access to Priority from O2, at no extra cost. Get early access to gig tickets and experiences, plus exclusive rewards from your favourite high street brands.

Enjoy all the rewards and experiences

What is student broadband?


Student broadband deals (sometimes called student WiFi) are superfast and reliable. You
get to power your uni accommodation with unlimited fibre broadband and enjoy benefits,
at no extra cost, such as access to Priority.

The 12-month options keep you connected for the full academic year and summer. Or
there’s rolling 30-day broadband deals for students which you can choose to end whenever
you like, no early cancellation fee.

Find the right student broadband deal for your accommodation

You can go superfast on a student budget. Whatever your needs, whether you’re a couple or a big group living together, we have student broadband deals for you.

What student broadband deals do you have?

Student broadband deals are only around until October 2024, so don’t miss out! Our best student broadband deals for:

Monthly cost

M125 Fibre Broadband is currently our most affordable student broadband deal and best on
price. But whatever speed you need, see if you can get it cheaper on the longer contract -
our 12-month student broadband deals will usually have a lower monthly cost than the 30-
day options.

Speed

Gig1 student broadband deals are our fastest and best for speed, averaging uploads of
104Mbps and downloads of 1,130Mbps. The more housemates you split the cost with, the more affordable our faster speeds
will feel, so you’d be surprised how fast you can really go within your personal budget.

Flexibility

Rolling 30-day deals could be our best student broadband deals for temporary housing.
These are easy for you to end at any time with no cancellation fees, you simply keep it
rolling for as long as you need, even just for part of a semester. Our longer, 12-month
student broadband deals are also much more flexible than the standard 18-month options.

Reliability

Our 99.85% reliable network powers all our student broadband deals, providing superfast
connections that you can rely on. For extra peace of mind, you can also add the WiFi
guarantee with WiFi Max to any of our student broadband deals and get promised speeds in
every room, or bill credit back.

What should I look for when choosing the best student broadband?

Our best student broadband deals for you will depend on your personal requirements, such as your budget, speed and household needs.

FAQs

The legal stuff

*Monthly price of Virgin Media’s main services and O2 Airtime Plan will increase each April from April 2025 by the Retail Price Index rate of inflation announced in February each year plus 3.9%. Doesn’t apply to any add-ons you may have selected, out-of-bundle charges or admin costs, which may increase separately. See www.virginmedia.com/prices and www.o2.co.uk/prices for details.

No setup fee

This promotion means you won’t pay the usual setup fee of £35. No setup fee is available on all bundles, broadband & phone, and broadband only packages. If you can set up using a Self-Install pack, but choose to use an engineer for the installation, you’ll still be charged £30 for this service.

These prices are for new customers only.

Virgin Media services are only available in eligible Virgin Media network areas. Virgin TV 360 and, for the time being, home phone are not available in new network expansion areas.

All of the products on this page are subject to survey, network capacity and a credit check.

Each service has a minimum contract length that’s shown in your basket.

If you take a bundle with both Virgin Media and O2, you’ll have separate contracts and bills – one for Virgin Media, and another for O2.

Priority is a service from O2 that current Virgin Media customers aged 16+ can also use.
  • Offers are subject to eligibility and availability.
  • Read the terms on the Priority app or at o2.co.uk/terms

  • Get fast, reliable WiFi gliding through every room or money back
    Eligible Virgin Fibre areas only. WiFi Guarantee available with M50 broadband or faster. £8p/m extra or included with Gig1, Gig2 or Volt. At least 30Mbps download speeds in every room or £100 one-off credit. Up to 3 WiFi Pods if needed. Exclusions & legal stuff apply.

    †To verify, see: https://www.virginmedia.com/legal/awards. Best Broadband Experience Award: GWS network award based on national tests Dec ’23-May ’24 comparing major UK providers’ average scores in respect of speed, reliability, latency, packet loss & video streaming. User speed depends on broadband package choice. Virgin Fibre areas only. Best Combined Connectivity Experience: based on GWS test results Dec '23-May '24 comparing data connectivity performance of major UK mobile operators and their associated ISP partners to form a combined score across both mobile network and WiFi experience. Best in Test: based on umlaut Fixed Broadband Benchmark 2023 comparing major UK ISPs on download speed, upload speed, latency and stability. Uswitch Most Popular Broadband Provider: based on Uswitch consumer research Dec 2022 - Jan 2023 conducted by Opinium comparing broadband sales volumes and overall customer satisfaction of major UK ISP operators, split equally to form a combined score.