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RB2004 14-09-2011 02:33

Re: 20 - 30Mb Upgrade on a Loyalty Discount
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jb66 (Post 35299873)
Yeah, but the VIP package goes wonky with two v+. You could use the £30 to pay towards a £49 TiVo, then it would still be £101 and free install

Hi,

just wondered what you meant by it going wonky with 2 V+ boxes lol

i was on VIP50, and now im on VIP100, and I have 2x V+boxes.

Getting Tivo on top at the end of the month possibly.

jb66 14-09-2011 10:24

Re: 20 - 30Mb Upgrade on a Loyalty Discount
 
You pay £5 extra last time I tried to do a vip with two v+

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Quote:

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq (Post 35299958)
Lol. 500GB hasn't been "massive" since 2005. ;) Massive these days is 4TB.

LOL

Thats like saying a ford transit isnt fast, but a 36,500 mph Earth to solar rocket is

BenMcr 14-09-2011 11:12

Re: 20 - 30Mb Upgrade on a Loyalty Discount
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jb66 (Post 35300022)
You pay £5 extra last time I tried to do a vip with two v+

They pricing changed when TiVo lauched

VIP 50 with two V+HD (or two TiVo) costs the same as with 1 V+/TiVo and a non-PVR

Lone Star 14-09-2011 13:17

Re: 20 - 30Mb Upgrade on a Loyalty Discount
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jb66 (Post 35299873)
Yeah, but the VIP package goes wonky with two v+. You could use the £30 to pay towards a £49 TiVo, then it would still be £101 and free install

That sounds like you're saying that the £30 activation charge for the broadband upgrade is waived if you pay £49.95 to switch to Tivo. I've just been on to Sales trying to upgrade from VIP20 to VIP50, and have been told I'll have to pay both the £49.95 and £30 charges.

Am I misunderstanding what you're saying, or was I speaking with an ill-informed Salesperson

jb66 14-09-2011 15:03

Re: 20 - 30Mb Upgrade on a Loyalty Discount
 
Ben is the best to advise but when I upgrade customers during a visit the super hub fee is waived

qasdfdsaq 14-09-2011 15:52

Re: 20 - 30Mb Upgrade on a Loyalty Discount
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jb66 (Post 35300022)
LOL

Thats like saying a ford transit isnt fast, but a 36,500 mph Earth to solar rocket is

But it is!

P.S. You *can* actually get 4TB media storage drives now, with 1-2TB being common in most mainstream ones and 3-4TB in high-end.

Lone Star 14-09-2011 17:03

Re: 20 - 30Mb Upgrade on a Loyalty Discount
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jb66 (Post 35300116)
Ben is the best to advise but when I upgrade customers during a visit the super hub fee is waived

Yes, that was what I thought should happen, so I argued about it (my Glaswegian and his Indian English made that an interesting discussion), but the guy insisted that he was right. I declined the offer, may phone back later and see if I can get someone who sees it differently.

denise119 14-09-2011 17:46

Re: 20 - 30Mb Upgrade on a Loyalty Discount
 
Just phoned CS about upgrading from 20 to 30MB only to be informed that after paying the £30 for the new equipment it will also cost me an extra £7 per month.

No idea how virgin work their pricing out anymore, but an extra £7 per month doesn't equal free in anybodies language.

On the plus side i did find out i only have 5 months left on my contract so switching to another provider can now be a serious option.

daggman 15-09-2011 04:07

Re: 20 - 30Mb Upgrade on a Loyalty Discount
 
Been there, I asked for 30mb soon as it came out as only a few weeks earlier retentions put me on a bundle which incl 20mb, but like you was told £30 (would i would have paid) and pay extra a month which i was not willing to pay so told them to stick it, recently i wanted TIVO willing to pay £99 but again told my bill will go up due to loyalty discount. When we moved in this house 9 years ago the first thing i did was to get the cable hooked up, but to me it seems like mid contract they dont want to know, they might sit up and notice in March when i ring to cancel all my services.

deed02392 16-09-2011 21:04

Re: 20 - 30Mb Upgrade on a Loyalty Discount
 
I've phoned 'em up, I can get Sky Sports HD channels as well as 50 Mb, free super hub (which is great 'cause my current Buffalo wireless modem needs daily reboots) and of course free installation. I wish the Super hub wasn't a modem bundle though, gonna lose out on a lot that Tomato can offer me on my WRT54G.

All for 101.9-, about a fiver a month extra. Dunno if I'll bother with TiVo, she didn't even mention that but I presume it's just a £49 up front fee.

I have to pay £30 to activate the super hub.

qasdfdsaq 17-09-2011 01:24

Re: 20 - 30Mb Upgrade on a Loyalty Discount
 
Set it to modem only mode, bypass router, keep using tomato. Problem fixed.

deed02392 17-09-2011 01:53

Re: 20 - 30Mb Upgrade on a Loyalty Discount
 
Yeah I read earlier on about modem only mode after a few Google's. I wonder if I'm going to get home from work at some point this week to find the engineer has ripped out my switch and wireless access point in turn for the super hub, or if they'll just leave it for me to sort out.


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