Cable Forum - View Single Post - Virgin Media Phone Expensive and Uncompetitive

m419 · 21-03-2010, 11:15

Try and compare Virgin Phone with BT, they don't differ that much.

BT Line Rental: £11.54
Virgin phone line rental: £11.99

BT Calling Features: £2.59
Virgin phone Calling Features: £2

BT Anonymous Caller Rejection: £4 per month
Virgin phone Anonymous Caller Rejection: £2 per month

1471 + 3 on BT: 12p everytime you press 3
1471 + 3 on Virgin Phone: Completely Free

Call connection costs to UK landlines,Mobiles and 08 numbers:

BT: 9.9p connection fee on every chargeable call
Virgin phone: 10p for every chargeable call (Hardly a big difference)

BT offer 0845 and 0870 numbers as part of your inclusive calls,Virgin offer Virgin Mobile calls as part of your inclusive calls, most companies are moving to 0843,0844 and 0871 numbers because of getting no revenue share through 0845 and 0870 numbers.

So to be honest there isn't much difference but if you want to make dirt cheap calls then 18185 is for you, to use this via Virgin and non-BT landlines, they will give you a 0800 access number.

21-03-2010, 11:15	#18
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: Virgin Media Phone Expensive and Uncompetitive Try and compare Virgin Phone with BT, they don't differ that much. BT Line Rental: £11.54 Virgin phone line rental: £11.99 BT Calling Features: £2.59 Virgin phone Calling Features: £2 BT Anonymous Caller Rejection: £4 per month Virgin phone Anonymous Caller Rejection: £2 per month 1471 + 3 on BT: 12p everytime you press 3 1471 + 3 on Virgin Phone: Completely Free Call connection costs to UK landlines,Mobiles and 08 numbers: BT: 9.9p connection fee on every chargeable call Virgin phone: 10p for every chargeable call (Hardly a big difference) BT offer 0845 and 0870 numbers as part of your inclusive calls,Virgin offer Virgin Mobile calls as part of your inclusive calls, most companies are moving to 0843,0844 and 0871 numbers because of getting no revenue share through 0845 and 0870 numbers. So to be honest there isn't much difference but if you want to make dirt cheap calls then 18185 is for you, to use this via Virgin and non-BT landlines, they will give you a 0800 access number.