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Originally Posted by greeninferno
if you buy it from sky , you own it.
with virgin you do not so they shouldn't be charging a penny other than postage to heve it delivered.
charging an "installation fee" to unscrew a wire and then rescrew it is a nonsense.
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I used to have the same opinion as you but if you really think about virgin media have 2 options.
1. Charge £100 - £150 installation charge and then £20 a month subscription
2. Free installation BUT rather than a monthly subscription of £20 its now £35 to cover the costs of all the new boxes, and Tivo licensing fees
The above numbers are random before anyone comments on them
Personally i'd rather have a cheap £150 install fee and then a cheaper subscription each month.
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Originally Posted by greeninferno
then everyone hears about how great the service is and rushes to uptrade to XL Tv which is included in the price and Virgin make millions?
OR
its badly implemented - turgidly slow not tested properly - and the customers who are desperate for a decent amount of storage are screwed royally for being early adopters and their highest fee paying customers?
time will tell.
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Unfortunately early adopters know exactly how it all works and no matter what service or product you buy, being first on the scene means you'll have problems one way or another. Theres simply no way to know how a service or product will cope when released to the world, it can be tested to death but theres always something thats missed