More customers switched to broadband provider Virgin rather than BT , Sky , TalkTalk and broadband combined , according to Megabuyte broadband Philip ##wire . Virgin Media signed up a record 31,000 subscribers for its ultra - fast broadband package in Q2 2016 , giving sales a 3.2 % rise to £ 1.2bn , while business sales rose by 2 % to £ 167 m . The company aims to convert four million UK homes to ultra - fast broadband by 2020 , as part of its Project Lightning programme .
More customers switched to broadband provider Virgin Media than BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Vodafone combined, according to Megabuyte analyst Philip Carse. Virgin Media signed up a record 31,000 subscribers for its ultra-fast broadband package in Q2 2016, giving sales a 3.2% rise to £1.2bn, while business sales rose by 5.5% to £167m. The company aims to connect four million UK homes to ultra-fast broadband by 2020, as part of its Project Lightning programme.