Originally Posted by Broadbandings (Post 34959483)

Have you considered a career in VM sales m419, you always appear to have a sales pitch / anti-the competition post in threads like this?

You also neatly skipped around the big price difference between the respective unlimited calls packages - well done on that one :)

Dumping VM's telco and TV will increase my overall costs marginally due to the bundled discounts. This is more than offset however by knowing that:

A) I've a second broadband circuit available for when the 50M fails - no need to go into the office or work off tethered cell phone.
B) I'll show up in the churn figures. Well deserved for the stubborn resistance to fixing the long standing issues here properly.
C) The crazy peeps at O2 are giving me a ton of cash back making the service virtually free for a year :D

EDIT: Incidentally the stuff about operators piggybacking on BT's network and BT not wanting the competition is tosh. Of course BT don't want it but Ofcom say they've no choice in the matter and it's Ofcom who decide how much BT can charge for access. It's less than 90GBP/year to use a BT line for both voice and DSL, hardly anti-competitive in the context of BT's own line rental charge.

VM know their telco service is a rip off that's why they basically give the line rental away free with HSI :D

Originally Posted by m419 (Post 34959522)

If only I lived in India :D

Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 34957602)

It just proves that they do it for a reason.

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/vi...hanges1feb.jpg

Originally Posted by freeair (Post 34964468)

Now that the XL TV package has gone up by £1.50 can I please have the other ESPN channel (ESPN") please so I can watch the full coverage of American Drag Racing rather than the limited Channel 5 coverage?
Someone pointed out, as a 'positive' of the price increase, that we now get ESPN channels, those channels, AFAIK are not extra but replace those that Setanta had.

And what's all this about VM giving away its phone lines for free???? Looking at the marketing all the packages are attractively priced until you see in small 'plus a VM phone at £11 (soon to be £12)
Grrrrr........

Originally Posted by sniper007 (Post 34964524)

Mine goes up £3 per month. I could have stomached £1-2 but £3 is stretching it a bit when I already have issues with paying as much as I do for the broadband and phone. The TV I find good value.

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic (Post 34964510)

What do you mean when you say

Originally Posted by tvtimes (Post 34964857)

I think he is confused. I think he means that Virgin will be doing free landline to virgin mobile calls.

Originally Posted by tvtimes (Post 34964857)

I think he is confused. I think he means that Virgin will be doing free landline to virgin mobile calls.