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percie123 09-06-2009 12:40

Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
Is it worth moving to sky if setanta goes bust, at the moment i pay £61.50 for XL TV, L Broadband, and Talk anytime.

i can get a similar deal with Sky for £54.50

any thoughts

Andrewcrawford23 09-06-2009 13:00

Re: Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by percie123 (Post 34810798)
Is it worth moving to sky if setanta goes bust, at the moment i pay £61.50 for XL TV, L Broadband, and Talk anytime.

i can get a similar deal with Sky for £54.50

any thoughts

If you want unstable connection with sky broadband yeah that would be your best option but if you want stable broadband i mean speeds virign is your best bet. unless your very close to your exchange in which case sky might be better.

But why let the fact of setenta go bust choose where to be?

TheDon 09-06-2009 13:08

Re: Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by percie123 (Post 34810798)
Is it worth moving to sky if setanta goes bust, at the moment i pay £61.50 for XL TV, L Broadband, and Talk anytime.

i can get a similar deal with Sky for £54.50

any thoughts

Is that all you have?

XL TV, L BB and XL phone should be £53.95

percie123 09-06-2009 13:19

Re: Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDon (Post 34810812)
Is that all you have?

XL TV, L BB and XL phone should be £53.95

+ all of sky sports

Andrewcrawford23 09-06-2009 13:28

Re: Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
go for the vip package then you will have a better deal than sky will ever offer and have xl broadband and sky movies

BenMcr 09-06-2009 14:38

Re: Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by percie123 (Post 34810798)
Is it worth moving to sky if setanta goes bust, at the moment i pay £61.50 for XL TV, L Broadband, and Talk anytime.

i can get a similar deal with Sky for £54.50

any thoughts

Pricing 6 Mix + Sports, BB Mid (up to 8Mbit) + Talk Anytime + Line Rental on the Sky Website I get £59.50?!

m419 09-06-2009 18:28

Re: Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
Also,what about the money you will waste in the cost of changing.

Sky charge a connection one off fee of £60 plus any installation costs.
BT require 3 months in advance if you do not pay by direct debit

Also, you will be paying 2 companies rather than recieveing just one bill and have to faff about setting up new direct debits.

Also bare in mind, the price you mentioned for Sky DOES NOT include BT Telephone line rental, so you will be worse off in the end!

Also Sky Sports channels is currently cheaper with Virgin Media, I think Setanta maybe rescued in time anyway.

gadge 09-06-2009 18:33

Re: Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23 (Post 34810807)
If you want unstable connection with sky broadband yeah that would be your best option but if you want stable broadband i mean speeds virign is your best bet. unless your very close to your exchange in which case sky might be better.

But why let the fact of setenta go bust choose where to be?

You wouldn't get unstable speeds at all we changed our broadband from virgin to sky and haven't looked back.;)

Mullington 09-06-2009 18:34

Re: Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
What contingency plans do Virgin have in place in relation to new packages etc, if Setanta go bust tonight as is predicted.
I am business/hobby reliant on RUK which is part of the Setanta package. I hope this isn't just switched off by Virgin?

m419 09-06-2009 18:39

Re: Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
No, Setanta is part of the XL TV package, those on other packages have to pay extra for it as a premium channel.

At the moment you can get the XL TV package(containing Setanta) and all Sky Sports channels for around £38 for a few quid more,you can add all of the Sky Movie channels too!

ilovehd 09-06-2009 18:40

Re: Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
Keep your virgin phoneline and broadband then just get sky tv!

Toto 09-06-2009 18:40

Re: Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mullington (Post 34811054)
What contingency plans do Virgin have in place in relation to new packages etc, if Setanta go bust tonight as is predicted.
I am business/hobby reliant on RUK which is part of the Setanta package. I hope this isn't just switched off by Virgin?

It has nothing to do with Virgin, this is purely Sentanta.

m419 09-06-2009 18:41

Re: Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
If setanta goes bust,its gone! which means blank screens on all services inlcuding Sky and BT Vision.

Mullington 09-06-2009 18:44

Re: Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Toto (Post 34811060)
It has nothing to do with Virgin, this is purely Sentanta.

What I mean is, would we get an instant rebate? would new channel bundles be concocted? People will be looking towards replacement Sky Sports channels along their current pricing structures.

m419 09-06-2009 18:49

Re: Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust
 
But its still cheaper to use Virgin Media and Smallworld Media to view Sky Sports channels!

Beware of Tiscali TV, Sky and Virgin Media undercut Tiscali badly with TV channels for the price they pay!


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