Virgin Media to double the speed of customer broadband Bandwidth allowance will be doubled in accordance with the speed increase, Virgin Media said Virgin Media will double the speed of its broadband service for more than four million of its customers, the company has said. The upgrade, which begins in February, will also see the service's top speed increase from 100Mbps to 120Mbps. The full rollout is expected to be complete by mid-2013 at a cost to the company of £110m. The Prime Minister, David Cameron, said the investment would be a "great boost" to the UK. "I welcome this announcement from Virgin Media," Mr Cameron said in a statement. "It will provide a great boost for the economy and change the way many households, consumers and businesses use the internet. "Rolling out superfast broadband across the country is a critical part of our plan to upgrade the UK's infrastructure and build a new and smarter economy."...