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cityfan247 · 09-09-2010, 21:21

Hi

I am a newbie but have read the forum for some time now.

I have Sky + in one room on basic entertainment package and Virgin in another room with a V+ HD box -again basic entertainment pack no premium channels. I have 20mb BB (XL) and tel (M) with virgin. I was paying just under £80pm for this (including line rental ) and tel call charges were usually about £25-£30pm on top of that.

I want to go full HD in both rooms and upgrade to sky sports & movies and decided it would be more cost effective to get everything through 1 provider.

I rang Sky- they offered me a free install for 2 new SKY + HD boxes and then £90pm for full Sky World pack with HD for both boxes(multiroom). I didn't realise that sky also charge for HD per box (£10 per box). It would have been an extra £18.50 for 20mb BB and unlimited calls. A total of £108.50pm.

unfortunately Sky admitted that due to my distance from the nearest telephone exchange the best BB i would be likely to get would be less than 2mb. This is insufficent for me so i rang Virgin.

Virgin have offered me a 2nd V+ HD box with free instalation (normally £100) and VIP20 package XL BB 20mb- XL phone- XL TV pack with Sky Sports and movies in HD on both boxes for £97.44pm. This is £11 cheaper than the equivalent sky package and a vastly superior BB

I am probably going to take virgin up on this as sounds pretty good to me. Hopefuly the XL phone pack will reduce our call charges so for about roughly what i am currently paying to sky and virgin for basic tv I will get upgrade to sports and movies in HD on 2 V+ boxes.

Do people agree it is a decent deal ??

09-09-2010, 21:21	#641
cityfan247 Inactive Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lincolnshire Services: Full House 2 V6 Boxes 1 1TB Tivo Freesat Freeview HD Roku Apple TV 3 Firesticks Posts: 134	Re: VIP/VIP+ New and Improved VIP Package Hi I am a newbie but have read the forum for some time now. I have Sky + in one room on basic entertainment package and Virgin in another room with a V+ HD box -again basic entertainment pack no premium channels. I have 20mb BB (XL) and tel (M) with virgin. I was paying just under £80pm for this (including line rental ) and tel call charges were usually about £25-£30pm on top of that. I want to go full HD in both rooms and upgrade to sky sports & movies and decided it would be more cost effective to get everything through 1 provider. I rang Sky- they offered me a free install for 2 new SKY + HD boxes and then £90pm for full Sky World pack with HD for both boxes(multiroom). I didn't realise that sky also charge for HD per box (£10 per box). It would have been an extra £18.50 for 20mb BB and unlimited calls. A total of £108.50pm. unfortunately Sky admitted that due to my distance from the nearest telephone exchange the best BB i would be likely to get would be less than 2mb. This is insufficent for me so i rang Virgin. Virgin have offered me a 2nd V+ HD box with free instalation (normally £100) and VIP20 package XL BB 20mb- XL phone- XL TV pack with Sky Sports and movies in HD on both boxes for £97.44pm. This is £11 cheaper than the equivalent sky package and a vastly superior BB I am probably going to take virgin up on this as sounds pretty good to me. Hopefuly the XL phone pack will reduce our call charges so for about roughly what i am currently paying to sky and virgin for basic tv I will get upgrade to sports and movies in HD on 2 V+ boxes. Do people agree it is a decent deal ??