VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

Have V+ with XL TV, 2mb BB and basic phone service. We spend about £10 a month on phone calls.
Just cancelled Sky Sports for the summer break.
So we normally pay about £58 per month plus calls.
Is it worth paying the extra £27?

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

Do you want / need faster broadband?

Do you want / need the premium TV packages i.e Sports and Movies?

Would having phone calls included in your package price, mean you used it more, and thus saved more.

Would a second Set Top Box be of benefit.

Unless you answer at least 2 of those questions with a yes, I doubt it would make real financial sense.

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

Don't need faster BB
OH needs the footie, but the films aren't up to much
Phone calls debatable
2nd box, not really as we have V+

That answers my question then......thanks:)

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

Am I right in thinking that your V+ was installed before June 2007?

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

I would look at the saving this is what it would cost normally

XL - 22.00
Sports and Movies - £25.00
V+ - £10.00
Addtional V Box - £5
XL BBI - £37
Phone Line - £11
Talk Unlimited - £7.95
Talk International - £1.50
Talk Mobile - £1.50

Total - £120.95 and you pay £86.00 so you would save £34.95 by having the package

Go for it its a great package

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

The VIP Package may indeed be a "great package"!
How "great" is it when:

Here are the minuses,
Broadband speed is dire and drops out occasionally.
There is constant pixellation with a brand new TV
There is no Mobile signal available anywhere in our house

Here is the plus,
The phone line is excellent

Needless to say these problems have been reported many times and I have to say that there has been one improvement..............wait for it, don't get too excited.............................the broadband speed is still dire but it now only drops out occasionally, instead of 12-18 times per day!!

This is a bit of a rant, sorry! Something to do with frustration, piled on frustration, piled on frustration......................................e tc

Cheers

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

As I understand your bb is not very good not everyone has that bad service

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

Of course all this is entirely circumstantial and while I understand your need to rant it doesn't really add anything to the thread.

IMO it's simple. If you feel that you will make good use of the services included in VIP, then go for it. It's entirely down to your wants and needs.

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

Thank you for your replies. To make use of the extra box, we'd need to buy a tv for the bedroom!
Ernie, we've had the V+ since the middle of April this year, we were with Sky before.
Had phone and BB with Virgin for ages though.
It is a good total saving, but it's deciding if we would make good use of the whole package.

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

...then the standard package price for TV XL, BB M and Phone M should be £30 + £10.50 = £40.50 before extra call charges and assuming you are not on ebilling.

If you are paying £58 then it is too much.

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

I have XL BB, TV, Phone, V+ & V box for £65 a month, not really that bothered about movies and sports channels

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

It might be worth you thinking about the XL+ package, XL TV, BB, and phone, and a V+ box +Vbox for £65pm its the same as VIP but without the movies and sport, you could always add these if you wanted for £20. Basically your looking at £7pm extra for 20mb BB and talk unlimited.:)

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

I said I normally pay £58 per month, but I have cancelled Sports for the summer, so am paying about £40 for the next couple of months. :)

---------- Post added at 12:00 ---------- Previous post was at 11:47 ----------

Just had the letter about BB usage.
I don't download many mp3's but I have been watching Lost online.
OH plays online poker nearly every night - will this have an effect on his game.
Is this Virgins' way of getting us to increase our BB package?
Posted this on a new thread as well.

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

Speak for your self ;) I get between 18 - 20mb I'm not complaining

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

Clearly I am speaking for myself, because, if I were you I would not be moaning about broadband..............hehe!!!

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

We were considering the VIP package but we only surf the net, no downloading done really so didn't go for it.
I gave them a ring on Friday and managed to get £15 off my bill.
We are now on:
TV XL
BB M
Phone XL
Movies and sports
V+
Extra box
£55

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

but the speed increase on XL BB is apparent when surfing the net too, the pages load faster and streaming videos etc on certain sites is a lot better too, the extra speed makes for a faster smoother experience when surfing.

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

This almost seems to good to be true;) you already have the VIP package bar the 20mb BB, so why would you want to pay another £30 a month for it?:)

Re: VIP Package... is it worth the extra?
 

We get an extra £4 off our bill each month as Stevenage Borough council have some sort of deal going with virgin (we pay for it in our rent).
So my bill would be £59 a month.