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Originally Posted by BexTech
It's difficult for Virgin Media, they have to 'buy in' content. Their phone service is extremely overpriced.
What could they offer?
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It's difficult to say really. Virgin had their game changer being ESPN for free to XL and VIP customers. This however comes to an end next month with no reduction in the price of XL and VIP expected.
Virgins lowest broadband speed is 30mb. Virgin charge £22.50 per month for this without a phone line or £14.50 with a phone line. The big problem is the 30mb connection has really tight usage restrictions. Would Virgin consider giving their 30mb broadband free to customers? Virgin could lower their broadband prices, or introduce a totally free lower speed service. For example give L, XL and VIP customers 10mb broadband totally free.
The broadband scene in the UK seems to be going through some major changes. Whilst Virgin are pushing high speed connections they come at a fairly high price with heavy restrictions. Other ISP's are offering incredibly cheap broadband or in the case of BT premium TV free with their internet packages.