Virgin Media O2 has significantly expanded its support for households hit hardest by the ongoing cost of living crisis by enabling more people to sign up to its social broadband tariffs which start at just £12.50 per month.
Some 9.7 million people receiving benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), including those on Income-based Employment Support Allowance, Income-based Jobseekers Allowance, Income Support, Pension Credit or Universal Credit, are now eligible for the provider’s social broadband tariffs, Essential Broadband and Essential Broadband Plus.
The change has been made possible after Virgin Media O2 became one of the first major telecoms providers to fully integrate the DWP’s social tariff checking tool which makes it faster and easier for customers to prove their eligibility with an automated check. The change will mean low-income families and those who need support most can receive fast, reliable and cheap broadband more quickly.
