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Originally Posted by BenMcr
For some reason Virgin do do a credit search on all applicants, however unless you actually owe them (or one of the previous incarnations) money, they'll generally just put a Credit Limit on or ask for a deposit
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Probably because as a double/triple-play you have the ability to run up a negative balance with them (on phone calls, pay per view etc). And even if you take BB only, I'd suspect it's a limitation of the billing system used that a check is required (in case you move to double/triple further down the line)
If you went to a pure ISP only such as BE and paid in advance, you wouldn't have this ability and therefore wouldn't need to be credit checked.