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Originally Posted by Kushan
Well then they're missing a potentially huge selling point. The fact that you don't need a landline is a huge USP that Virgin takes almost no advantage of.
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Given they're already "taking almost no advantage of" it now why would you suspect them to change?
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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
VM do the same thing, which is why the cost of broadband and line rental taken as a bundle is lower than the cost of both added together separately.
Broadband a la carte 152Mb = £41/month, 12 month contract.
Broadband + phone = £20/month for 12 months then £30/month for 6 months + line rental @ £16.99/month, 18 month contract.
Total cost averaged:
Broadband a la carte: £41/month.
Broadband + phone: £36.99/month for 12 months, £46.99/month for 6 months = £40.32/month over course of contract.
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Indeed, hence I had a laugh with the installers a few years ago when we had a broken phone line at installation, I couldn't care less that it didn't work as I only took the phone line bundle because it was cheaper than broadband alone. At that time there was an additional £50 bill credit for the bundle on top of the introductory line rental discount, making the difference even bigger than your example above.