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kilmaccumsey

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I have both at the moment .virgin for the internet and phone which i never use (the phone i mean ) what do locals think is the best ,as looking to go to one package with sky for all .see if i can get a better deal.
 
Floss

Floss

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I have both sky TV and Virgin phone and Internet. I think the Internet is pants it always seems to be slower at the weekend and sometimes it doesn't work at all. Going to sky for everything is something I've also considered so it will be interesting and helpful to see any overall outcome on here.
 
wmrcomputers

wmrcomputers

Stafford PC & laptop repair specialist
I have friends that pay around £50 a month (a shocking £600 a year) for everything and just don't see the point. A landline is something very few people need any more, and I don't agree with paying a fortune for TV packages when freeview now has over 120 channels - unless of course you have a very specialised interest such as sports to make it worth the extra charges. I haven't had a landline for over 15 years or paid for TV since Comtel days.

Virgin Media, fibre broadband only - no phone - no TV. About £20 a month. Get yourself a nice Youview box and you can then do all the usual catch-up TV and series recording features etc.

Either way, by going to sky you're forced to have a landline whether you intend to use it or not.
 
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gilesjuk

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Virgin is fine for me, but then I'm on some sort of silly 230MB service. They employ traffic shaping in peak times and all internet has contention ratios.

I much prefer not to give money to Sky and BT, although Virgin are part of some big US giant now.
 
kyoto49

kyoto49

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Virgin for me..........easily. No reliance on the weather being clear to get a TV picture, and excellent customer service with free repairs/replacements should anything go wrong, which hasn't happened for me in 5 years so far!! Sky charge to come out to your house which I think is disgraceful given the monthly amount people already fork out.

@wmrcomputers I think the £40 I spend a month on Virgin is worth every penny!! The range of extra channels, alot of them HD makes it more than worth it for me :)

Out of interest, I'm looking to change BB provider, has anyone any experience of Viodafone? They seem happy to do BB withouth landline rental unlinke most of the others
 
Lucy

Lucy

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Although the line rental charge is annoying, this has to be paid for in some form, so if it's not charged seperatly BB costs are likely to rise. The lines have to be maintained to give access to BB after all.

I'm a YouViewer too, I love it.
 
Feed The Goat

Feed The Goat

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I have broadband contracts with all 3 at the moment. BT, Sky and Virgin.
Virgin is not bad, but the others are quicker for me.
 
Perrier

Perrier

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Been with virgin media for the last 18 months . Always get the speed i pay for so i signed for another 12 months but got a discount this time around.

200 mbps broadband
Tivo box in living room and v box upstairs ( every channel including sky movies but no sports channels)
phone line.

£63 month
 
wmrcomputers

wmrcomputers

Stafford PC & laptop repair specialist
kyoto49 said:
Out of interest, I'm looking to change BB provider, has anyone any experience of Viodafone? They seem happy to do BB withouth landline rental unlinke most of the others
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I'm confused. Your post states how chuffed you are with everything you get from Virgin, but then you concluded with this statement?

As for Vodafone's new offering, Virgin have been capable of that from the start. We pay no line rental - we don't even have a phone line. It annoys me that Vodafone are trying to make it look like they're the first to do it.
 
Dreamies

Dreamies

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virgin is fine for me, never goes slow, rarely now stops, i use to complain a lot but the last year its been perfect since i got a new hub. i use internet and phone, dont pay for tv services as i use my ps4 for netflix. dont like sky to overrated and expensive
 
dirtboxin

dirtboxin

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I did went back to Sky a month ago they had a deal On MSE line rental and unlimited broadband for under £70 for the year. I use the phone maybe a couple of times a month just bought it mainly for broadband
 
John Marwood

John Marwood

I ♥ cryptic crosswords
perry081064 said:
Been with virgin media for the last 18 months . Always get the speed i pay for so i signed for another 12 months but got a discount this time around.

200 mbps broadband
Tivo box in living room and v box upstairs ( every channel including sky movies but no sports channels)
phone line.

£63 month
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£750 a year to watch telly? WTF!
 
tek-monkey

tek-monkey

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I pay £24.50 a month for 76Mb fibre including line rental, I don't pay for TV as I rarely watch it. I need the upstream that fibre has, virgin can't match it even on their top package.
 
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