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ahardie 06-06-2011 17:15
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charliedontsurf (Post 35252968)
Virginmedia customers like to pay more. I believe sky are about to sack the multiroom-HD sub, so my sky package is about to drop by a few quid lol.
The surprising thing is that you were willing to pay £10.25 for more than one box. How did they ever justify that? And when are they going to drop the charge altogether?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35252452)
I think the time to worry is if they put a price on HD channels, As they must be considering this.

Sky inceases there price Sept / Oct and it is only a couple of quid and to be quite honest, that is reasonable conisdering the amount of channel they supply.
I haven't seen any evidence that they are considering an HD charge Arthur. Where do you get that from?

Stephen 06-06-2011 17:25
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Ok so the line rental may be going up a wee bit but maybe there will be more calls included in the package?

ahardie 06-06-2011 17:29
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 35253032)
Ok so the line rental may be going up a wee bit but maybe there will be more calls included in the package?
I hope so Stephen. Virgin Media will still be cheaper for me as a package but their phone (and BT's) rental is beginning to look overpriced. I hope now they have nearly enabled all exchanges for caller display that they will at least include that in the price.

Stephen 06-06-2011 17:35
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
VM and BT line rental will be the same after the increase I think.

richard1960 06-06-2011 17:42
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 35253039)
VM and BT line rental will be the same after the increase I think.
Only if you pay monthly with BT if you pay a years line rental in advance its £10 a month clearly a saving.

ahardie 06-06-2011 17:56
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by richard1960 (Post 35253043)
Only if you pay monthly with BT if you pay a years line rental in advance its £10 a month clearly a saving.
I guess it would be a good idea for VM to do that as well but I don't think I would go for it.

richard1960 06-06-2011 18:00
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahardie (Post 35253050)
I guess it would be a good idea for VM to do that as well but I don't think I would go for it.
Its good value if you combine it with BTs unlimited calling plan at £4.70 a month extra which includes 0845/0870 numbers as well as unlimited landline calls 24/7.

ahardie 06-06-2011 18:10
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by richard1960 (Post 35253054)
Its good value if you combine it with BTs unlimited calling plan at £4.70 a month extra which includes 0845/0870 numbers as well as unlimited landline calls 24/7.
Yes those are also things they VM could/should adopt. I don't have a caller plan though. We just use our mobiles for most calls. I don't ring many 0870/0845 numbers but I always look to see if there is a geographical alternative first. It has to be said though that the telephone is the least attractive part of the VM package but that is where they make most of their money. Personally though I think they should have either froze their phone rental or included the things that BT do.

Chrysalis 07-06-2011 14:46
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jonmarriott (Post 35252042)
The January increase was down to the VAT increase. The April increase was a price hike and so will the August one be too.

Assuming it hits everyone across the range Section 5 of the contract can be used to terminate the phone service...

The difficulty is for TV M+ users who have to have a phone line to get this service.

Must admit with the dire TV at the moment I am seriously considering cutting my losses, reverting to the free TV package and getting Broadband only.

SKY is looking more attractive as a prospect, daily... but their price hike is normally October...
same for me. I never use the tv and have barely used the phone (plus the phone is constantly dead). Its somewhat odd VM keep practically giving away their broadband but hike like crazy on a already uncompetitive phone service. Looking at my last bill £39.38, month before was £37.24. When I signed up was £34 after signup discounts. Checking the breakdown now if I can get to login.

BenMcr 07-06-2011 14:51
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jonmarriott (Post 35252042)
The difficulty is for TV M+ users who have to have a phone line to get this service.
Don't need a phoneline to get TV M+

Chrysalis 07-06-2011 14:53
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
£37.99
Line Rental 30 May - 29 June £12.99
Phone, Broadband XL & TV Saving 30 May - 29 June -£18.50
Talk Weekends 30 May - 29 June £0.00
M+ (Starter) 30 May - 29 June £6.50
Broadband XL(30) 30 May - 29 June £37.00

So if I am right M+ can be reverted to a free M for tv? and I will can the line rental but will increase my broadband subs a bit.

Charliedontsurf 07-06-2011 16:28
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahardie (Post 35253028)
The surprising thing is that you were willing to pay £10.25 for more than one box. How did they ever justify that? And when are they going to drop the charge altogether?
Well they did give me a free second Sky+HD 500gb box and free fitting which involved them giving us a brandnew dish and all new cables. A second box in another room with all TV channels is worth £30 a month to me to be able to watch some of what I want lol.So for £10.25 im happy.

In our house who gets controll of the tv goes like this.

1st-Mrs
2nd-oldest teenage kid
3rd-youngest teen
4th ME.

Now if they would just LLU my local exchange so that I can have ANYTIME+, Although I'm on a pretty good discount right now.

ahardie 07-06-2011 16:46
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charliedontsurf (Post 35253568)
Well they did give me a free second Sky+HD 500gb box and free fitting which involved them giving us a brandnew dish and all new cables. A second box in another room with all TV channels is worth £30 a month to me to be able to watch some of what I want lol.So for £10.25 im happy.

In our house who gets controll of the tv goes like this.

1st-Mrs
2nd-oldest teenage kid
3rd-youngest teen
4th ME.

Now if they would just LLU my local exchange so that I can have ANYTIME+, Although I'm on a pretty good discount right now.
Yes I was really making the point that they all have charges that some may call a rip off, but at the end of the day they all have to make a profit. I'm not happy about this latest increase but were I to move I would have to pay £10.24 for HD, I would lose ESPN unless I paid a minimum £9 and I would get worse broadband. I know I would get more HD channels but as I don't have premium channels the extra ones aren't worth the money for me.
For me the telephone isn't worth the money but the extra services in my package more than make up for it.

BenMcr 07-06-2011 17:30
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chrysalis (Post 35253500)
So if I am right M+ can be reverted to a free M for tv? and I will can the line rental but will increase my broadband subs a bit.
It's M that requires a phonline. M+ is the lowest TV package available without one

But there is no guarantee that ditching the line with make the bundle better value

Chrysalis 07-06-2011 17:37
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35253611)
It's M that requires a phonline. M+ is the lowest TV package available without one

But there is no guarantee that ditching the line with make the bundle better value
VM make it hard to not pay for something you dont use then. :(

So I either have to have a phoneline I dont use or a tv package I dont use.

Or I can have no tv at all and just broadband? But the broadband with a ramped up price due to no phoneline.

telegramsam 08-06-2011 14:01
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35252452)
I think the time to worry is if they put a price on HD channels, As they must be considering this.

Sky inceases there price Sept / Oct and it is only a couple of quid and to be quite honest, that is reasonable conisdering the amount of channel they supply.
I`m not sure virgin would go down that road as the cost of hd channels is already hidden in your tv costs. If they did add an additional cost for hd then I,like many others,would switch to sky. I have already looked at skys website several times in recent months to see whats on offer and how much. I was very close the other day to signing up to sky and saying goodbye to virgin but that misguided `loyalty` keeps nagging at me.

muppetman11 08-06-2011 19:52
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Another price rise on the phone , line rental was 11.99 when I joined then it went to 12.24 then 12.99 and now 13.90 from August what a rip off.

denphone 08-06-2011 20:22
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35254395)
Another price rise on the phone , line rental was 11.99 when I joined then it went to 12.24 then 12.99 and now 13.90 from August what a rip off.
With less people using land lines you would hope they would cut prices to entice customers to join them.

Charliedontsurf 08-06-2011 22:47
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35254395)
Another price rise on the phone , line rental was 11.99 when I joined then it went to 12.24 then 12.99 and now 13.90 from August what a rip off.

£13.90 just for a phoneline is a bit harsh when you think Talktalk will give you a phoneline and an ADSL-2 "upto" 24mb connection for £15.

Although that connection could be anywhere from 4mb-24mb( where we are its between 11 and 12mb.

Dave9946 08-06-2011 23:21
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
They must be making a fortune out of the phone lines seeing as they use up so so little of the bandwidth capacity\spectrum or whatever anyway.

nodrogd 09-06-2011 00:01
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
The new price list is now on VM's website. Free calls to include 0870 non geographic numbers (page 5). Better late than never !

Osem 17-06-2011 13:03
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
It's a pity 0845 numbers aren't inlcuded too - they're a PITA.

ErnieBean 22-06-2011 13:09
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Does a price increase mean my contract with them can be cancelled

BenMcr 22-06-2011 13:17
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
It's the affected service only, so for this rise, only the phone

ErnieBean 22-06-2011 13:25
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
BenMCR

do you work for VM.

Hugh 22-06-2011 13:27
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
If you look under his name, it says Virgin Media Staff.

Damien 22-06-2011 23:12
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
I don't understand how they can increase the prices when I have a contract? It seems all the contract does to lock you in...

BenMcr 23-06-2011 10:48
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35262198)
I don't understand how they can increase the prices when I have a contract? It seems all the contract does to lock you in...
A contract is the sum of the terms and conditions and continues past the minimum term which is part of the overall contract

pythagoras 24-06-2011 00:46
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Does the phone increase effect the bundle prices? Will the VIP packages increase in august?

Regards

John.

BenMcr 24-06-2011 01:29
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Yes, the landline price is going up for all customers

Charliedontsurf 24-06-2011 15:36
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
VIRGINMEDIA Customers are facing 2 price hikes in 12 months.

SKY customers are getting a price freeze until August 2012.

I suspect by August 2012 Virginmedia customers will of had ATLEAST 1 more price increase. But no extra content, No new HD, No Sky Atlantic..

BenMcr 24-06-2011 15:45
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charliedontsurf (Post 35263038)
SKY customers are getting a price freeze until August 2012.
Really? So why does it say on Sky's own website:

Sky Line Rental is £11.25 a month (prices will increase from 6 July).

and

Our prices and packaging will be changing from 1 September

Stephen 24-06-2011 17:34
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Please remember to keep on topic. This is a thread about VM pricing NOT Sky.

Charliedontsurf 24-06-2011 18:14
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35263042)
Really? So why does it say on Sky's own website:

Sky Line Rental is £11.25 a month (prices will increase from 6 July).

and

Our prices and packaging will be changing from 1 September
To answer your question,

Sky have decided not to increase prices untill 2012 I did post the news item but its been deleted I will repost it in the correct forum.

LINK TO SKYS PRICE FREEZE >>CLICK<<

ErnieBean 25-06-2011 14:23
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
BenMcr
Virgin Media Staff
Re: Virgin media price increase
It's the affected service only, so for this rise, only the phone

If you have a Package deal, the increase should cancel the package contract
not just the phone

muppetman11 25-06-2011 15:41
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
VM prices are just to expensive
Example VM L phone 13.90 + 4.00 = 17.90 just for evening and weekend , must be the dearest on the market
VM L BB 12.50 and you get throttled for going over 1500mb between 4-9pm.
3.00 PVR tax on TIVO
As a Sky Sports only subscriber theirs a 7.00 charge for HD and you get 2 HD channels.

denphone 25-06-2011 15:46
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35263491)
VM prices are just to expensive
Example VM L phone 13.90 + 4.00 = 17.90 just for evening and weekend , must be the dearest on the market
VM L BB 12.50 and you get throttled for going over 1500mb between 4-9pm.
3.00 PVR tax on TIVO
As a Sky Sports only subscriber theirs a 7.00 charge for HD and you get 2 HD channels.

How do you view the 3.00 Tivo fee as a tax and also Virgin's broadband is way superior to Sky's so customers do not mind paying that bit more.

muppetman11 25-06-2011 16:00
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35263493)
How do you view the 3.00 Tivo fee as a tax and also Virgin's broadband is way superior to Sky's so customers do not mind paying that bit more.
To me its just another addition to your bill for a few extra features , I liked the overall experience when using my friends box but a charge free PVR will always be preferable to most.

denphone 25-06-2011 16:19
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35263499)
To me its just another addition to your bill for a few extra features , I liked the overall experience when using my friends box but a charge free PVR will always be preferable to most.
The Tivo is already way ahead of Sky;s HD box and in the next year they will make that gap even bigger as they add a lot more functionality to it.

muppetman11 25-06-2011 16:28
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35263503)
The Tivo is already way ahead of Sky;s HD box and in the next year they will make that gap even bigger as they add a lot more functionality to it.
While I fully respect your opinion I don't always agree with it :D

denphone 25-06-2011 16:30
Re: Virgin media price increase
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35263508)
While I fully respect your opinion I don't always agree with it :D
And thats what this forum is about with people having differing opinions on a variety of issues.


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