Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/new...-from-november

Yawn. Didn't see that one coming.

Re: Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

There goes the FREE speed increase, for someone with just VM broadband....

Re: Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

Price changes to broadband happen whether you opt for the speed increase or not. Therefore the speed increase offered has no directly related cost.

Re: Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

Will drop my speed, and wait for the speed increase.

Re: Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

It's an interesting game being played by VM. They want our money and we don't want to give them any more than we're already paying. So they have to judge their value proposition in knowing how far they can push their prices before customers defect - that is if they have somewhere to defect to.

As I've said before, there is no valid concept of "loyalty" on either side. It's all about value propositions and thus price positioning.

Re: Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

Some people consider themselves loyal and proclaim how loyal they are to VM pretty vociferously.

Usually at the same time they are complaining about price rises or their losing 'loyalty' discounts and paying closer to list price of course but they think of themselves as loyal.

Re: Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

I love the way people think its cheap to maintain a network of VM size, you live to your means in this life prices will rise.

Re: Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

Exactamundo.

Re: Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

I don't think anyone's questioning the cost of the network, it's more that Virgin claims to give free speed boosts but also increases prices. I'd actually be less upset if Virgin just increased prices, it's the cheek to call the upgrade "Free" that's annoying.

Same with the TV. Price of TV went up but we got BT Sport for "free". Don't want BT sport, would rather the price stayed the same.

Re: Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

At a time of zero inflation and decreasing technology costs, I don't see anything else one could reasonably connect this price rise with.

Re: Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

Additional CMTSs and associated works across the estate?

Re: Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

Considering OFCOM have said that between the 2013 and 2014 there was a 93% increase in UK broadband data usage, then there is still need for investment which has to be paid for, even if all other factors remained the same.

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/bin...ructure-14.pdf

Re: Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

Note that "decreasing technology costs" mean the same amount of data requires less costs to provide, and similarly more usage can be accomodated for the same cost.

From a user's perspective they were already paying for "unlimited" usage anyway.

Re: Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

that means my average package price will be around £85.88 a month for XXL BB XL TV and weekend calls.

No doubt another price rise of about £3-£6 come February-April next year to cover inflation.

Its not like you can got somewhere else the prices are nearly the same and VM know this. I wouldn't have a phone line if it were upto me but they hike the price up so you save next to nothing.

Re: Virgin Media broadband customers to be hit with price hikes from November
 

Indeed. A Sky TV + BB + Phone package works out around £90 a month also.