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Obasho · 17-12-2008, 18:33

I nearly changed to Sky when Virgin lost sky1 etc. But after recent events i.e. Virgin re securing afore mentioned channels I’m glad I stayed. I'm sure all the teckies on here speak a lot of sense but the reality of the whole thing is Virgin is just so easy. No crappie dish sticking on the front or back of your property, no cable draped over your roof because sky engineers aren’t allowed in your roof space (I know it's not their fault) No having to have a BT phone line with all the added costs and hassle of that. I take the view that Sky has had a massive head start and to be frank haven’t made a great job of providing a top draw service. They thought they had the market monopolised and I’m pleased that there is now a serious competitor that can help bring prices down, which after all is for the good of all of us. I am just about to sign up to Virgin+HD, which may not as quick as SKY but in my opinion the overall product that virgin supplies i.e. Virgin on demand inc. BBC iplayer, Music on Demand and pretty much everything else, is pretty much spot on. Whether you own (Sky) or Rent (V) your equipment, doesn’t make much difference. The only advantage here is that if you box breaks, Virgin replaces it, SIMPLE!

With my Virgin XL package I get 145 Channels including Sky 1, 3 etc, Setanta Sports plus a variety of on demand services including iplayer. I get 20mb proper Broadband (although it mostly comes through at 11-15mb) and a phone line. This all come through at the, not cheap, but not wallet splitting cost of Â£38 per month. The HD+ again isn’t cheap, although there is a 50% discount at the moment and with the XL package, I don’t pay any monthly additional cost.

My only real complaint about virgin is that the customer service has been shocking in the past, however having spoken to someone today, they seem to be improving things.

Let's hope both providers continue to improve as well as bring cost's down.

Anyway hope you all have a good Xmas and try not to watch too much TV. (it'll make your eyes go square)

17-12-2008, 18:33	#43
Obasho Inactive Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1	Re: As Promised, back too give comparison between sky HD and Virgin HD boxs I nearly changed to Sky when Virgin lost sky1 etc. But after recent events i.e. Virgin re securing afore mentioned channels I’m glad I stayed. I'm sure all the teckies on here speak a lot of sense but the reality of the whole thing is Virgin is just so easy. No crappie dish sticking on the front or back of your property, no cable draped over your roof because sky engineers aren’t allowed in your roof space (I know it's not their fault) No having to have a BT phone line with all the added costs and hassle of that. I take the view that Sky has had a massive head start and to be frank haven’t made a great job of providing a top draw service. They thought they had the market monopolised and I’m pleased that there is now a serious competitor that can help bring prices down, which after all is for the good of all of us. I am just about to sign up to Virgin+HD, which may not as quick as SKY but in my opinion the overall product that virgin supplies i.e. Virgin on demand inc. BBC iplayer, Music on Demand and pretty much everything else, is pretty much spot on. Whether you own (Sky) or Rent (V) your equipment, doesn’t make much difference. The only advantage here is that if you box breaks, Virgin replaces it, SIMPLE! With my Virgin XL package I get 145 Channels including Sky 1, 3 etc, Setanta Sports plus a variety of on demand services including iplayer. I get 20mb proper Broadband (although it mostly comes through at 11-15mb) and a phone line. This all come through at the, not cheap, but not wallet splitting cost of Â£38 per month. The HD+ again isn’t cheap, although there is a 50% discount at the moment and with the XL package, I don’t pay any monthly additional cost. My only real complaint about virgin is that the customer service has been shocking in the past, however having spoken to someone today, they seem to be improving things. Let's hope both providers continue to improve as well as bring cost's down. Anyway hope you all have a good Xmas and try not to watch too much TV. (it'll make your eyes go square)