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Originally Posted by Hugh
As always, it's not that simple... 
Just spent an hour or so on the chat service, chasing up the VM Volt upgrade - turns out that since I am already on a discounted deal (I have Maxit TV, Sky Movies, Talk Weekends, and 350Mb for a discounted price that was offered on the VM website ( discussed previously ad nauseam)), I am not eligible for the free Volt upgrade*; however, the very friendly and professional person (part of the Volt upgrades team, who I was passed on to after about 10 minutes) on the other end of the link did a bit of searching around, and got me an upgrade to 500Mb for an additional 25p per month (whilst also replacing "Talk Weekends" with "Talk More Weekends- Voicemail". This runs to the same end date as my previous deal (2nd May 2022), then it's renegotiation time (I'll be happy to lose the Sky Movies, as we very rarely watch/record anything from there, and will probably go down to 100Mb (doubled up to 200Mb by Volt)).
I can live with that. 
Probably useful for others to know if they are on a deal, it might require some contact/discussion to progress the VM Volt part of this.
*probably because that would be a free BB upgrade on top of another free BB upgrade... |
I really don’t trust VM one Iota, honestly it shouldn’t make any difference if you're on an existing deal or not, if they say its free and you're not on the MAX BB speed then you should get it - at no extra cost… Advertising Standards!
I have read elsewhere of instances of VM trying to get folk to recontract for £1pm more to get it. Its advertised as free.. Another guy they applied the boost but they upped his price which they eventually had to manually adjust downwards.
I was considering getting a o2 sim, but have decided to wait…. For the moment I would recommend watching your account like a hawk and that contract end date, if you decide to go ahead.
I have a feeling it wont be long before this is on Martin Lewis or Watchdog….