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I switched to Sky at the start of the year and if prices do go up in September then the way I look at it is like this, what's the worst scenario?

Be with Sky who put up their prices and provide all the TV programmes that I want to see

or

Be with Virgin who put up their prices and don't provide all the TV programmes that I want to see

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You can use any ISP now to access Anytime+ so taking Sky BB is not necessary.

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i had sky before for tv only and keep getting offers to come back , by far the best offer they have sent, coincidence ? them knowing i left for virgin and that bills were going up.

we kept Virgin XL broadband and have Anytime+ thru that.

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My ADSL is poor no matter who am with. Sky for ADSL is cheap enough so that doesn't bother me. If I was going to use another provider it would have to be cable by Virgin or Infinity by BT but that would negate the goal of saving money.

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"23 HD channels at no extra cost" they say, yet when you look at the TV XL vs TV L channel list you will see that the main difference is premium HD channels. FTA HD is of course included in L as you would expect.

smoke and mirrors eh ?

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Of course, the "23 HD channels..." probably only refers to their top, XL, pack which does indeed list 23 HD channels in its line-up. So no, not "smoke and mirrors" at all. Just a statement of fact, as far as I can tell.

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May have made the wrong decision but I decided to stay with Virgin in the end. Sky Atlantic, extra HD and cheaper subs just wasn't enough to take me away from super fast BB, TiVO, ESPN and great VOD.

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Can anyone confirm VIP50 price increases (with 2 TIVOS). VM wrote to me to say that my bill was going up just over £4 per month, but I have the latest bill and it has gone up over £7 per month! It looks like they have added an extra TIVO fee onto the bill. I only ordered my 2nd TIVO last year for the imminent multi room streaming and to because we were told signing up before a certain date (November if I recall correctly) that we wouldn't be liable for the TIVO fee on the 2nd box. Is this a billing error or have I been shafted? Apologies if this has already been discussed.

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I rang and spoke to a retentions guy yesterday. He used the following things against me:

1: Lied about how much up/down I use "on average" claiming hundreds of GB per month.
2: Claimed virgin are VERY competitive and basically harped on about how their broadband is amazing and nowhere else would get close.

I expained over and over that I don't care for the 50mb broadband (I do really) and that I mainly just wanted to go to sky to reduce costs and get slightly better TV. He just went round and round in a circle hapring on about how their broadband was amazing. I told him that ok that's all nice, but can I still cancel given you have risen prics on all three things and would I suffer cancelation fees as a result. Took me about 15 minutes for him to basically admit that yes "you can go down that road if you feel you must do". I said all I really want is for you to reduce the increase of £4.10 down to just £1 and I will stay with you. Couldn't give me any discount if I stayed on 50mb tier. If I came down to 30mb broadband he would discount it by about £8.
Not worth it to me.
I said I would consider my options for a day and then ring back if I decide to cancel.
He was pretty stubborn, polite, but stubborn. I basically told him I disagree with his findings of my broadband usage and he was quite intrusive as to what I use it for. lol. I was like...err stuff, now get lost.
Sky could be in my future....
Gonna give it some thought over next day.

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So you're complaining that VM lied to you (even though they will have the figures to hand, I assume), but you have no problem lying to them? That's called hypocrisy, and - for me - completely negates the rest of your post.

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I've had to read your post several times, and I'm still not sure I've got it right? You wanted a £3 discount, but refused an £8 discount when the only difference would be to drop your broadband from 50 to 30 mb, before watching it double to 60? Alrighty then...

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That's how I read it too. Maybe we're both wrong? :D

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Quality reply mate.....:shocked:

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Not going daft then. When I read the post I went back to the start again,thought I had misread it :monkey:

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Just to point out that any broadband changes are now on to the new tier/speeds immediately. So if you get put on 30Mbit, it won't change again as it'll be L 30 not XL 30.