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What are your experiences I moved to Virgin and find it rubbish ( stupidly now in 18 month contract ) should of stayed with sky
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What are your experiences I moved to Virgin and find it rubbish ( stupidly now in 18 month contract ) should of stayed with sky
We wait until the end of the contract and then check out which of the two are offering the better deal. Last time it was Sky so we went with them but as I say we're really pleased with it as the TV is easier to use and the On demand and catch up is better.Hi did you cancel your contract
A fine sentiment.I'm also anti-Murdoch and all he stands for !!
Ok , very bizzare sky just phoned me offering me half price for 12 months and 2 months free , but I think we got rid of the box ... Any one got a spare sky box ??
that thing where the equipment that you rent from Sky breaks yet you have to pay for them to come and fix it? Bizarre in the extreme.
I'm also anti-Murdoch and all he stands for !!
I have had cable TV since 1998. Rarely get any downtime, bad weather very rarely affects it, and the Samsung HD V+ box I have is far more reliable than the old Pace boxes VM used to supply.
Broadband is brilliant, speed via ethernet are always at 55-60Mb (with a 60Mb connection), wifi speeds are generally 'slower' at about 30-40Mb. Sky can only offer 2-8Mb download where I live so there is absolutely zero chance that I would move to their broadband service.
I really miss my Samsung V+ Box. Virgin are giving out TiVo boxes now, unfortunately, we've ended up with one. I'm not sure whether it's just me but I find it awfully slow in the menus. Also the user interface is not consistent. A button that works as "back" in one screen will do something else or nothing at all on another screen. The "clever" bit (with it guessing what you would want to watch and records it for you) isn't at all great. It decided to start recording every news program which was particularly useless.
Hi I'm 6 months into the 18 month contract , sky are offering me no fixed contract , but I must have the. Box
When I have previously investigated Freeview, the channels I want to watch weren't available.
Also with regards to having a landline. If you don't take a landline then the price of TV and broadband increases. The companies make it so it's cheaper to take a landline with your TV and BB packages than not.
I can never understand people PAYING for a TV service when Freeview exists with over 100 channels. All we pay for is broadband from Virgin... no phone line, no TV package. If you ask alot of people how many minutes they get on their mobile phone, they tell you unlimited calls or at least 500 or more minutes - so why on earth pay companies like Sky for TV and phone when neither are essential these days.
If you're a sports buff or something then I kind of get it, but I find there's too much on Freeview channels already.
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