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1andrew1 15-05-2023 13:57
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Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k (Post 36151894)
You can get the same with glass and skyq i believe but those would ofcourse be subject to a contractr,
anyway i'm going to shut up about SKY deals unless asked as i'm starting to sound like a SKY fanboy lol.
A friend was considering doing something similar - there's some very good deals on the alt nets round here (Community Fibre 500MbS £23.50) but stuck to VM after negotiating with them. The website price for your package was £37pm and then there were some extra fees for each room so it got a bit pricey in the end.

Legendkiller2k 15-05-2023 19:00
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36151898)
A friend was considering doing something similar - there's some very good deals on the alt nets round here (Community Fibre 500MbS £23.50) but stuck to VM after negotiating with them. The website price for your package was £37pm and then there were some extra fees for each room so it got a bit pricey in the end.
I phoned them and was like "hey man i'm thinking of coming back to SKY i'm interested in SKY Stream with movie pack can you fo me any deal please?"
Whilst he was looking we chatted about gaming as he is a gamer too he was like "i got this deal for you which includes ad skipping and no contract, also no charge for the puck."

epsilon 15-05-2023 19:40
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Maybe this is the start of the soft push to encourage people to move to the 360??
There is a trend towards standardisation across platforms using HTML5 apps which can be easily modified to suit individual devices. It shouldn't really be too difficult to bring the same apps to the 360 and the V6 but really depends on choices made by Virgin for their devices.

Customers also have a choice and don't have to be corralled towards the 360. Smart TVs within their product support period, Roku devices, Amazon Fire devices etc are more likely to have a much wider range of apps.

Mad Max 15-05-2023 20:50
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It's total shite that they won't add an app onto the V6 box, so much for keeping your customers happy, I'm now seriously considering leaving Virgin.

denphone 16-05-2023 06:13
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Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 36151926)
It's total shite that they won't add an app onto the V6 box, so much for keeping your customers happy, I'm now seriously considering leaving Virgin.
For the first time in over 25 years when our contract finishes our household is considering those same options

1andrew1 16-05-2023 08:05
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For the first time in over 25 years when our contract finishes our household is considering those same options
Now that there's very good broadband from VM's competitors, there's no need to stay loyal to one brand. Especially with higher household bills.

Hugh 16-05-2023 09:07
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Now that there's very good broadband from VM's competitors, there's no need to stay loyal to one brand. Especially with higher household bills.
Agreed.

Just wish the competition would start installing around here…

Just rx’ed an email from OpenReach - well, when I say "update"…

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We're rolling out Full Fibre to 25 million people across the UK – it's a huge, complex project and we’re still planning when we can start to build in your area.

We'll keep you updated as we progress and let you know as soon as we can give you a delivery date.

Legendkiller2k 16-05-2023 13:00
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Now that there's very good broadband from VM's competitors, there's no need to stay loyal to one brand. Especially with higher household bills.
Absolutely VM need to book up or they'll find themselves losing a lot of customers as the likes of hyperoptic, cityfibre and openreach roll out their fttp services.
Quite a few on cityfibre are offering things like 1000mbs first 3 months free then as little as £35p/m afterwards.
I don't know about openreach fttp as we're a cityfibre area and i have to say Giganet is one of the best isps i have ever been with.
For example this is gigabyte

Media Boy UK 16-05-2023 18:13
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TNT Sports to launch on July 18th.

A major employee of BT Sport has made a post about it's closure on Linkedin. He said that BT Sport will cease broadcasting on the 17th of July.

Sources: Digital Spy Forum and Linkedin.

1701-e 16-05-2023 19:40
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Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k (Post 36151969)
Absolutely VM need to book up or they'll find themselves losing a lot of customers as the likes of hyperoptic, cityfibre and openreach roll out their fttp services.
Quite a few on cityfibre are offering things like 1000mbs first 3 months free then as little as £35p/m afterwards.
Ie
Virgin M250 is £33 per month (after six months at £15 for New customer) so is actually cheaper

crazyronnie 16-05-2023 20:38
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A few months back i left Virgin Media after 27 years!...I switched to Community Fibre 1Gb for £27 which is amazing. It's the first time i've had an actual alternative to VM for broadband. OpenReach can only get 48Mb to my property with no fibre upgrades in sight.

Although i'm happy on the whole with leaving...i miss the recording functionality on the Tivo Box. Streaming services are great but i've noticed that channel 4's streaming quality is absolute dog poop.

iPlayer has the best streaming quality in my opinion followed by ITVX, then channel 5 and last channel 4.

Media Boy UK 17-05-2023 00:35
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E4 Extra is no longer broadcasting any Music Videos but Virgin Media still got E4 Extra listing under Music on it EPG.

Legendkiller2k 17-05-2023 02:30
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Virgin M250 is £33 per month (after six months at £15 for New customer) so is actually cheaper
Cheaper than Gigabyte yes but there are other options on the Cirtfibre network too.
Not to mention with VMS network you're restricted to just one provider and VMS upload speeds are appaulling.
VM is £50p/m for 250mbs after 18 months.

OLD BOY 17-05-2023 20:52
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Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k (Post 36151867)
Not at all no i pay £31p/m for sky stream entertainment plus cinema, that includes Netflix, Discovery+ and Paramount+ leave anytime
Plus £40p/m for giganet 1gbs up and down broadband leave anytime
Equalivalent on vm would set me back £85p/m that's without paramount+ and discovery+ aswell as a 18 months contract.
Perhaps I should have clarified that I was comparing Sky Q against Virgin’s offering (not including Virgin Stream).

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Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 36151926)
It's total shite that they won't add an app onto the V6 box, so much for keeping your customers happy, I'm now seriously considering leaving Virgin.
Older boxes don’t always cope with the newer technology too well. If this impacts on performance, it makes Virgin look bad. So they either have to force you to change or they will deny that streamer to your box.

Legendkiller2k 18-05-2023 02:52
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36152074)
Perhaps I should have clarified that I was comparing Sky Q against Virgin’s offering (not including Virgin Stream).

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Older boxes don’t always cope with the newer technology too well. If this impacts on performance, it makes Virgin look bad. So they either have to force you to change or they will deny that streamer to your box.
Can't really compare virgin stream with sky stream as one is only available to vms broadband customers and the other is available to anyone with decent speeds.


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