General : Prices

Is it midnight or tomorrow the prices go up?

[BenMcr]

I think they have already changed to October pricing on the website

Still showing old pricing for me..

http://store.virginmedia.com/broadba...and/100mb.html

Just wondered so I know when the bill will hit.

Thanks for the reply Ben

[BenMcr]

Broadband prices aren't changing for new connections, so the website is showing the correct price

I see, SO it's just for loyal and old customers?

I'm not whinging. I think £37.50 a month is brill value I use about 500GB a month so I know I should pay that.

[qasdfdsaq]

That's how all business works. Their job is to get your money, once they already have your money there's less reason to care.

Which is fair because they are getting it x2 soon!

As I said I use a lot so it's probably not enough but justified

[Sephiroth]

Taking everyday's point on board,I didn't see anybody whinge about the free speed doubling programme (other than the time taken to overbuild a particuar area to make it fit for the upgrade).

I do see others whingng about the pricerises though - small in relation to their speed doubling.

As for LOYALTY - that's a load of tosh when people whinge that their price should be cheaper because of their loyalty. How on earth would VM make money for profit and/or investment if they had to pay out on customer loyalty? Customers usually stay loyall if the service is up to the mark.

Customers whinge if their downloading is disrupted by everyone else downloading at the same time and then blame it onto VM for not providing unlimited capacity.

Agreed. I might be one of a dying breed but I consider £37.50 to be a bargain for 120mbps and thus £75 for both is also good.

I mean £75 for 240 down and 24 up (on paper anyway) is a steal!

Even if I do double and hit say 1TB (probably won't) I still don't think I am paying enough.

I did look at, and can get business but I decided the £150 install charge per router was too much and I could just get a load balancer on res instead.

[linwelin]

Originally Posted by everyday

Agreed. I might be one of a dying breed but I consider £37.50 to be a bargain for 120mbps and thus £75 for both is also good.

I mean £75 for 240 down and 24 up (on paper anyway) is a steal!

Even if I do double and hit say 1TB (probably won't) I still don't think I am paying enough.

I did look at, and can get business but I decided the £150 install charge per router was too much and I could just get a load balancer on res instead.

i am glad your not in charge at VM

[kwikbreaks]

There's a simple way out if you don't like the price rise - call retentions and they'll give you a substantial price cut on what you're paying now instead of the rise in exchange for a further 12 months minimum term. At least they did for me but I'm in an FTTC area which may have influenced their offer.

Just as caring for existing customers goes out of the window for VM so does any loyalty to them if they try to impose two price rises at way over inflation inside a year.

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Customers whinge if their downloading is disrupted by everyone else downloading at the same time and then blame it onto VM for not providing unlimited capacity.

As they have not got unlimited capacity maybe they should stop advertising an unlimited product then.

Originally Posted by linwelin

i am glad your not in charge at VM

If I was you'd all be paying full price but also getting a lot more!

[Kushan]

As they have not got unlimited capacity maybe they should stop advertising an unlimited product then.

Nobody has unlimited capacity.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by kwikbreaks

---------- Post added at 17:20 ---------- Previous post was at 17:17 ----------

As they have not got unlimited capacity maybe they should stop advertising an unlimited product then.

You're being specious here, Kwikkie. All that VM have to say about "unlimited" is:

Unlimited downloads – no hidden charges

The web is bursting with exciting things to see and do, so don't hold back when you're browsing. You can stream and download as many music tracks, films, photos and files as you want without having to worry about hidden charges**.

Which is true - even if the speed is dropped the data isn't

We all seem to have forgotten the days when ADSL came out. If you hit your limit your auth was cut off until you paid more or waited till the next month.

Compared to these days unlimited downloads is right. And okay it might be what 70-80mbps but that's still fast!

or have I got this all wrong? Are people wondering if I am weird. Because I

A. Pay full Price and don't mind and
B. Agree I get what I was sold and pay for

?