Virgin packages - are they a good deal?
 

Could someone please advise me whether these 2 for £20 etc deals are any good as I sometimes find it difficult to spot the pitfalls amongst the hype.

The only package I'm likely to be interested in would be the 2Mb broadband plus phone.

Thanks

Martyn

Re: Virgin packages - are they a good deal?
 

Well the 2 for £20 broadband plus phone package gives you the two services that would cost £29 separately for £20. Other than the £9 saving there is no difference.

Re: Virgin packages - are they a good deal?
 

Thanks for the reply. I'm thinking about downgrading from 4Mb to 2Mb broadband which will cost £18 on its own, so that will mean paying £2, but I'll get the line rental included.

Re: Virgin packages - are they a good deal?
 

You can actually get:
Phone Line rental
2 MB Broadband
Talk Unlimited 24
(+ a few other things)
all for £19.95
if you tell their retentions department that this is what you can get from talktalk.

I am not sure if this is available to new customers.

Re: Virgin packages - are they a good deal?
 

NTL use to offer free basic tv with a phone, if they still do that offer u would could also request to have free basic tv as well making it 3 for 20 pounds.

Free tv with phone might have ended thou since virgin.

worth inquiring about.

mike
edit:

just checked vigin products under tv package sized M is free when u take a virgin phone.

Re: Virgin packages - are they a good deal?
 

the tv size m is indeed free when taken with a phone line but then you would not be elgible for any offer bundles so you would pay full price and not get the 2 for 20

shaun

Re: Virgin packages - are they a good deal?
 

It depends - now things have got more complicated you really need to sit down and look a the figures yourself and decide what you think is good value.

If you just want phone line and 2 Meg then it's not bad - except if you actually use the phone line - then it gets expensive. The talk weekend package (which is the basic one you'll be on) is extortionate compared to using 18185 on a BT line.

If you actually want to use the phone line then I'd recommend a BT line with an account from 18185 and then get 8Meg BB from one of the cheaper suppliers (Plus.net do it for about £15.00)

Alternatively if you want any TV with it Sky suddleny come into it. If you take TV from sky at £15 you'll get 2Mbit BB* free.

You'd then need to take your phone line from BT (calls from 18185) (or Ntl if you don't mind paying over the odds) at £11.00 a month plus call charges.


To summarise-

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BT/18185 (cheapest calls around): £11 + call charges

Plusnet 8Mbit BB: £15.00

Total £26

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Ntl: 2Mbit BB + Telephone (calls expencive) £20 + call charges

Total £20

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Sky: TV (2 mixes) and 2 Mbit BB** £15

BT/18185 (cheapest calls around): £11 + call charges

Total £26

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Sky + BT look more expensive at first but when you compare the calling charges they'll probably still beat Ntl and you'll get TV in the package.

You could probably work it a different way with the use of Vonage and BB from Ntl - However you do it if you get a phone line from Ntl you'll be ripped off on phone calls. :)

Like I said it's a mine field - you really need to look at the figures yourself.

*assuming you're in their area

** 2GB limit a month - upgrade for£5 a month to 8Mbit with 40GB limit :)

Re: Virgin packages - are they a good deal?
 

Shaun

That's what I call a comprehensive reply!

Many thanks to all who posted.

Martyn

Re: Virgin packages - are they a good deal?
 

I'm confused.... I presently have sky sports and family pack and 2mb bb, normal phone service. how much should this cost under the new Virgin packages? I don't like the new m l xl thing - why is xl tv only available as a package if you take the extortionate vip packages?! not everyone has got £85 a month to spare for entertainment purposes.. :(

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Can anyone suggest a package for me. Its confusing me as well, just tried to phone, and the systems are down

At present I have...........

4MB BB
phone
full TV package

thats around £71+ a month, plus phone calls, which don't amount to more than £5.

I also have a virgin mobile pay as you go, which is seperate from the above

thanks in advance

Re: Virgin packages - are they a good deal?
 

The VIP package is probably your best bet.

Re: Virgin packages - are they a good deal?
 

You can get what's called Bundle 3

Talk Unlimited (24 hour calling)
Talk International (cheap international calls)
Talk Mobile (Cheap mobile calls)
line rental
Broadband Size: M (2Mb)
= £19.95 a month fixed with no need to keep calling back each month.I phoned Friday and got this

Re: Virgin packages - are they a good deal?
 

Thanks Nikesh

Re: Virgin packages - are they a good deal?
 

What is the VIP package...?Hmm... must have missed something somewhere

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http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/bundles/vip.html

£85/month without mobile and £125 with. As we have mobile for much less with another provider, we chose the £85 one which is only £12 more than we are paying at the moment for TONS more services.