Originally Posted by TJS (Post 35206970)

Ok, I didn't read all the posts on this thread, so this may have been said


But am I missing something here, or do people just like to moan and bitch about virgins service and prices. (and this goes slightly off topic)

Because at the moment we are paying £75 for sky+ in 2 rooms, and £28 for BT internet + line rental (we cant get any isp other then BT as its a locked exchange.

Yes sky does have more channels, but when we've looked through the channels on sky and the full package channels on virgin, virgin just seems to have the good channels that sky has and none of the crap that no body even watches. for about half the price.

Then comes the internet.

I'm currently on BT's none infinity "up to 20 mb/s"

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/04/98.png

This is the speed we get, at all times and it disconnects frequently (no line faults) £28 a month.

I may be missing something here, but after we have moved 2 weeks time, april 20th, well be having the full virgin tv package in 2 rooms, and 50 mb internet that in general is 50 mb for around £75 a month I think it came to in the end which is infinitely cheaper then anything we are paying at the moment for what seems to be a better service.

and I see endless threads on here of people complaining about prices, or being speed limited for downloading illegal content.

seriously? or am I missing somthing.

Originally Posted by TJS (Post 35206983)

I said that there is less channels but it seems to only have the good channels :)

and that i cant understand why people complain about the internet service when in general people seem to get 50, but im paying at present for 20 mb and getting 1.68 LOL


And the same with sky, weve been with them for 14 1/2 yrs though :)

Originally Posted by mersey70 (Post 35206987)

Having very recently switched my TV service from VM to Sky I don't really understand how you conclude VM's TV service is half the price of Sky's. It is cheaper but there's a very obvious reason it's cheaper but no way is the package I had with VM (XL) half the price. Maybe yours is though so I don't blame you for swapping, it's a no brainer.

If mine was half the price of Sky's I doubt I would have left!

Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35206990)

From my experience it will be a switch well woth making as are you going on to the VIP50 pack?

Originally Posted by TJS (Post 35206996)

£31 is approximately half of £75 right? thats how much it costs for TV XL with 2 V+ box's (minus line rental) opposed to sky £55 for the full package, of which a virgin has a majority of the channels worth watching without the likes of "god channel" e.t.c and then because were in a rolling contract they seem to deem it ok to charge is £10 a month extra for the sky+ box in the living room then £20 a month for the sky+ box in the second room.

Originally Posted by mersey70 (Post 35207006)

God Channel is on Virgin!

It all depends on what you subscribe to, I only have one box so obviously I don't pay anywhere near twice what I paid VM.

VM sounds a better option for you particularly if you get such poor ADSL speeds.

Personally I required Sky Arts HD and Sky Sports 3 and 4 HD amongst quite a few other channels which I obviously don't consider rubbish but it's all down to taste.

Did you pay for HD with Sky?

Originally Posted by TJS (Post 35207008)

No, just the standard definition sky+ box's :)

Originally Posted by mersey70 (Post 35207015)

How come your Sky TV package is so expensive then? What channels do you subscribe to with Sky.

How much are you paying to get 2 V+ boxes installed, the going rate is £149.90.

Originally Posted by TJS (Post 35207022)

The full sky package is £55, then £10 a month for the multiroom, then they charge £10 month extra on one of the box's just for having sky+ because we have been in a rolling contract with them since 2006 they have not dropped the sky+ charge for us.

and were paying the £149 installation charge :)

Originally Posted by TJS (Post 35207022)

The full sky package is £55, then £10 a month for the multiroom, then they charge £10 month extra on one of the box's just for having sky+ because we have been in a rolling contract with them since 2006 they have not dropped the sky+ charge for us.

and were paying the £149 installation charge :)

Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35207044)

From what TJS has stated what they are getting it seems that they are getting the VIP50 with a extra V+ ( I may stand corrected )?

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35207070)

It's probably the first six months half price deal....

Originally Posted by mersey70 (Post 35207075)

If it was I would have stayed with them for ever, sod a few extra channels!!