Is it worth keeping Virgin if Setanta goes bust

[percie123]

Is it worth moving to sky if setanta goes bust, at the moment i pay £61.50 for XL TV, L Broadband, and Talk anytime.

i can get a similar deal with Sky for £54.50

any thoughts

[Andrewcrawford23]

Originally Posted by percie123

Is it worth moving to sky if setanta goes bust, at the moment i pay £61.50 for XL TV, L Broadband, and Talk anytime.

i can get a similar deal with Sky for £54.50

any thoughts

If you want unstable connection with sky broadband yeah that would be your best option but if you want stable broadband i mean speeds virign is your best bet. unless your very close to your exchange in which case sky might be better.

But why let the fact of setenta go bust choose where to be?

[TheDon]

Originally Posted by percie123

Is it worth moving to sky if setanta goes bust, at the moment i pay £61.50 for XL TV, L Broadband, and Talk anytime.

i can get a similar deal with Sky for £54.50

any thoughts

Is that all you have?

XL TV, L BB and XL phone should be £53.95

[percie123]

Originally Posted by TheDon

Is that all you have?

XL TV, L BB and XL phone should be £53.95

+ all of sky sports

[Andrewcrawford23]

go for the vip package then you will have a better deal than sky will ever offer and have xl broadband and sky movies

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by percie123

Is it worth moving to sky if setanta goes bust, at the moment i pay £61.50 for XL TV, L Broadband, and Talk anytime.

i can get a similar deal with Sky for £54.50

any thoughts

Pricing 6 Mix + Sports, BB Mid (up to 8Mbit) + Talk Anytime + Line Rental on the Sky Website I get £59.50?!

[m419]

Also,what about the money you will waste in the cost of changing.

Sky charge a connection one off fee of £60 plus any installation costs.
BT require 3 months in advance if you do not pay by direct debit

Also, you will be paying 2 companies rather than recieveing just one bill and have to faff about setting up new direct debits.

Also bare in mind, the price you mentioned for Sky DOES NOT include BT Telephone line rental, so you will be worse off in the end!

Also Sky Sports channels is currently cheaper with Virgin Media, I think Setanta maybe rescued in time anyway.

[gadge]

Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23

If you want unstable connection with sky broadband yeah that would be your best option but if you want stable broadband i mean speeds virign is your best bet. unless your very close to your exchange in which case sky might be better.

But why let the fact of setenta go bust choose where to be?

You wouldn't get unstable speeds at all we changed our broadband from virgin to sky and haven't looked back.

[Mullington]

What contingency plans do Virgin have in place in relation to new packages etc, if Setanta go bust tonight as is predicted.
I am business/hobby reliant on RUK which is part of the Setanta package. I hope this isn't just switched off by Virgin?

[m419]

No, Setanta is part of the XL TV package, those on other packages have to pay extra for it as a premium channel.

At the moment you can get the XL TV package(containing Setanta) and all Sky Sports channels for around £38 for a few quid more,you can add all of the Sky Movie channels too!

[ilovehd]

Keep your virgin phoneline and broadband then just get sky tv!

[Toto]

Originally Posted by Mullington

What contingency plans do Virgin have in place in relation to new packages etc, if Setanta go bust tonight as is predicted.
I am business/hobby reliant on RUK which is part of the Setanta package. I hope this isn't just switched off by Virgin?

It has nothing to do with Virgin, this is purely Sentanta.

[m419]

If setanta goes bust,its gone! which means blank screens on all services inlcuding Sky and BT Vision.

[Mullington]

Originally Posted by Toto

It has nothing to do with Virgin, this is purely Sentanta.

What I mean is, would we get an instant rebate? would new channel bundles be concocted? People will be looking towards replacement Sky Sports channels along their current pricing structures.

[m419]

But its still cheaper to use Virgin Media and Smallworld Media to view Sky Sports channels!

Beware of Tiscali TV, Sky and Virgin Media undercut Tiscali badly with TV channels for the price they pay!