On 16^th March, 2007, Virgin media announced that it is going to double the top speed of its successful cable broadband service later this year. The current speed of its premier service is going to double up as from May to provide 20Megs. This new speed is going to enable Virgin Media customer to get a lightening fast download speed for their MP3 is a little over 3 seconds and other download are going to speed up as well. The upload speed is going to be near around 768Kbps which is good too.

The flagship 'XL' service is going to aim at the existing and new cable broadband users either for home or business purpose. The news was given the Chief Commercial Officer, Ernie Cormier, who explained that the new change is going to bring in a new very high speed internet experience for its users and not many competitors can match or beat this offer.

Therefore, if you are dying to get ulta-fast speed for your internet experience, XL is what you should be looking at as it going to satisfy all your browsing requirements whether you are downloading music, or streaming videos online or blogging. Get ready as once the service gets its boost this May, the monthly subscription rate is going to be increased from £35 to £37 per month.

This is great news for all the Virgin Media customers and for those as well who would like to take advantage of such economical package offered by Virgin Media.