Virgin Mobile USA today announced that the company will begin offering the iPhone on June 29. 

Virgin Mobile will be offering service plans for as low as $30 per month with no commitment when customers sign up for automatic payments. 

"Virgin Mobile's Beyond Talk unlimited data and messaging plans for iPhone start at $35 per month for access to Sprint's Nationwide Network, and customers can receive a $5 per-month plan discount when they register for automatic monthly payments with a credit card, debit card or PayPal account, making iPhone available for as low as $30 per month. Customers can also use their iPhone as a mobile hotspot through Virgin Mobile for an additional $15 per month."

Unlike Cricket, which announced last week that they will begin to offer the iPhone on a prepaid basis on June 22, Virgin is not offering any subsidy on the iPhone hardware, the 8 GB iPhone 4 being priced at $549 and the 16 GB iPhone 4S for $649.

Cricket is offering the iPhone for $150 less, but their service plan is $55 per month offering the customers with unlimited talk, text and data.

All three Virgin Mobile plans include unlimited texting and data (throttled after 2.5 GB), with voice being the separate factor. 

Virgin Mobile is also offering a $5 discount for automatic payments, Virgin Mobile's plans are priced at $30 (300 minutes), $40 (1200 minutes) and $50 (unlimited minutes).

Virgin Mobile will offer the iPhone through their website and at RadioShack, Best Buy and other selected retailers. 

iPhone· iphone4s· Mobile· Phones· Virgin· virginmedia

iPhone coming to Virgin Mobile USA, June 29

Virgin Mobile USA today announced that the company will begin offering the iPhone on June 29. 

Virgin Mobile will be offering service plans for as low as $30 per month with no commitment when customers sign up for automatic payments. 

"Virgin Mobile's Beyond Talk unlimited data and messaging plans for iPhone start at $35 per month for access to Sprint's Nationwide Network, and customers can receive a $5 per-month plan discount when they register for automatic monthly payments with a credit card, debit card or PayPal account, making iPhone available for as low as $30 per month. Customers can also use their iPhone as a mobile hotspot through Virgin Mobile for an additional $15 per month."

Unlike Cricket, which announced last week that they will begin to offer the iPhone on a prepaid basis on June 22, Virgin is not offering any subsidy on the iPhone hardware, the 8 GB iPhone 4 being priced at $549 and the 16 GB iPhone 4S for $649.

Cricket is offering the iPhone for $150 less, but their service plan is $55 per month offering the customers with unlimited talk, text and data.

All three Virgin Mobile plans include unlimited texting and data (throttled after 2.5 GB), with voice being the separate factor. 

Virgin Mobile is also offering a $5 discount for automatic payments, Virgin Mobile's plans are priced at $30 (300 minutes), $40 (1200 minutes) and $50 (unlimited minutes).

Virgin Mobile will offer the iPhone through their website and at RadioShack, Best Buy and other selected retailers. 

As some of the Virgin Media customers across the UK have now discovered, The Pirate Bay is now blocked. The reason being is because the courts in the UK have decided that it would be best to attempt a block of The Pirate Bay from the ISP's (Internet Service Providers). Virgin Media have been the first to act. And all of the people out there who use The Pirate Bay may be worried, because this maybe a website that you use heavily to download an album from it to see whether you like it, rather than purchasing the album, and then finding out that you dislike it. This is the use I have for The Pirate Bay, I like to consider it as 'borrowing' the music from the Internet, and if I like it, go out and purchase it, and if not, remove it from my computer.

Although I do not have Virgin Media broadband, it is inevitable that my ISP will eventually attempt to block The Pirate Bay, and I am not worried at all, and you should not be either. The reason for my confidence is because it is almost impossible for an ISP to completely block a website, there are always different ways to get on to said website, and people have already discovered that you can still get on The Pirate Bay by using this link: http://www.pirateproxy.net/. This is using a proxy, and going around (so to speak) the Virgin Media blockage.

I don't know if the courts realise it, but by blocking the website and posting it all over the news websites, people who did not know that the site existed will then attempt to get on The Pirate Bay, thus resulting in more downloads, so in the long run, the courts decision has completely backfired on itself, more people now know of The Pirate Bay than they did this time last year. Although it is one of the most visited websites on the Internet, some people did not know of its existence before this.

Although I use this website, I can understand why they are attempting to block it, because the amount of money that has been lost by the music industry, the film industry, and the software industry is absolutely unfathomable. I can see the meaning behind the courts decision, but they have got this all wrong, people will always be able to go on any website that they want, if they are prepared to try hard enough.

2012· Courts· ISP· Proxy· The Pirate Bay· UK· Virgin

Virgin Media Vs The Pirate Bay

As some of the Virgin Media customers across the UK have now discovered, The Pirate Bay is now blocked. The reason being is because the courts in the UK have decided that it would be best to attempt a block of The Pirate Bay from the ISP's (Internet Service Providers). Virgin Media have been the first to act. And all of the people out there who use The Pirate Bay may be worried, because this maybe a website that you use heavily to download an album from it to see whether you like it, rather than purchasing the album, and then finding out that you dislike it. This is the use I have for The Pirate Bay, I like to consider it as 'borrowing' the music from the Internet, and if I like it, go out and purchase it, and if not, remove it from my computer.

Although I do not have Virgin Media broadband, it is inevitable that my ISP will eventually attempt to block The Pirate Bay, and I am not worried at all, and you should not be either. The reason for my confidence is because it is almost impossible for an ISP to completely block a website, there are always different ways to get on to said website, and people have already discovered that you can still get on The Pirate Bay by using this link: http://www.pirateproxy.net/. This is using a proxy, and going around (so to speak) the Virgin Media blockage.

I don't know if the courts realise it, but by blocking the website and posting it all over the news websites, people who did not know that the site existed will then attempt to get on The Pirate Bay, thus resulting in more downloads, so in the long run, the courts decision has completely backfired on itself, more people now know of The Pirate Bay than they did this time last year. Although it is one of the most visited websites on the Internet, some people did not know of its existence before this.

Although I use this website, I can understand why they are attempting to block it, because the amount of money that has been lost by the music industry, the film industry, and the software industry is absolutely unfathomable. I can see the meaning behind the courts decision, but they have got this all wrong, people will always be able to go on any website that they want, if they are prepared to try hard enough.