Cable Forum - View Single Post - Vote:- Is it time VM changed it's pricing

m419 · 04-09-2009, 17:54

Or rather than offering free calls or broadband when you take TV which sky sometimes offers, offer XL TV for free when customers take at least 20MB and take ANY Virgin phone package.

Sky would hate that!

The thought of Virgin Media offering superfast broadband 10 times faster than Sky and offer there own basic channels for free would certainly cause a price war.

I think the charges and pricing is more simplified in comparison to BT, I mean calls to mobile phones on BT costs all different prices depending on what network you are calling but Virgin phone has one set rate per minute to call any network. And to be honest people don't really call mobiles from landlines much anyway and when they are its just a quick call. Thats why BT's advertisment to get people to use their landlines to call mobiles instead of using prepay mobile phones failed!

Secondly, Sky's TV charges are worse, I mean all these differents mixes,matches and packages and minimum contract terms is all just gobledigoop! There is now a minimum term for keeping Sky Talk whether you keep line rental with BT or not!

A good tip for Sky Talk users is, those who pay there line rental to BT, at weekends, make use of the free 0845 and 0870 calls by routing your calls through BT instead of Sky Talk, you can do this by dialling 1280 in front of the number you are calling. Why pay Sky around 6p per minute to call an 0845 number when it is free via BT? But be aware if you pay your line rental to sky, it is not possible to overide Sky Talk.

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m419 Inactive Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Services: BT Broadband,BT Anytime calls,Sky entertainment extra HD,Vodafone pay monthly Posts: 1,512	Re: Vote:- Is it time VM changed it's pricing Or rather than offering free calls or broadband when you take TV which sky sometimes offers, offer XL TV for free when customers take at least 20MB and take ANY Virgin phone package. Sky would hate that! The thought of Virgin Media offering superfast broadband 10 times faster than Sky and offer there own basic channels for free would certainly cause a price war. I think the charges and pricing is more simplified in comparison to BT, I mean calls to mobile phones on BT costs all different prices depending on what network you are calling but Virgin phone has one set rate per minute to call any network. And to be honest people don't really call mobiles from landlines much anyway and when they are its just a quick call. Thats why BT's advertisment to get people to use their landlines to call mobiles instead of using prepay mobile phones failed! Secondly, Sky's TV charges are worse, I mean all these differents mixes,matches and packages and minimum contract terms is all just gobledigoop! There is now a minimum term for keeping Sky Talk whether you keep line rental with BT or not! A good tip for Sky Talk users is, those who pay there line rental to BT, at weekends, make use of the free 0845 and 0870 calls by routing your calls through BT instead of Sky Talk, you can do this by dialling 1280 in front of the number you are calling. Why pay Sky around 6p per minute to call an 0845 number when it is free via BT? But be aware if you pay your line rental to sky, it is not possible to overide Sky Talk.