Virgin Media - Above Inflation Rises from 1st February

[denphone]

When they say things are free for things you must remember nothing usually comes free in life...

[techguyone]

I'm more than happy with my 70 meg , freeview virgin at 50p/mth & my android box with kodi on for my more... advanced TV viewing. I'm still of the view (don't kill me) that 100mg+ is more of a 'nice to have, rather than a need to have' then again I come from an era where I was doing well to get over 3k/sec, could rely on getting booted every hour & still pay around £300/mth for the privilege.

If I didn't have the super deluxe phone line I'd be paying under £40/mth, with it, I'm only averaging £45 or so.

[linwelin]

Originally Posted by techguyone

I'm more than happy with my 70 meg , freeview virgin at 50p/mth & my android box with kodi on for my more... advanced TV viewing. I'm still of the view (don't kill me) that 100mg+ is more of a 'nice to have, rather than a need to have' then again I come from an era where I was doing well to get over 3k/sec, could rely on getting booted every hour & still pay around £300/mth for the privilege.

If I didn't have the super deluxe phone line I'd be paying under £40/mth, with it, I'm only averaging £45 or so.

For many people, me included. I have the 200mb BB but i only need that for the upload speed. I could care less about any down speed over 70mb.

I just entered a new contract with VM a month or so ago. When i get the price rise letter, am i able to cancel my contract ? would i need to give them 30 days notice like they always seem to tell me before cancelling ?

[Ignitionnet]

These stats from Openreach illustrate nicely why prices are going up.

BT et al are hiding it in line rental and cross-subsidy with ADSL.

[qasdfdsaq]

Originally Posted by Hugh

No one is holding a gun (other weapons of intimidation/coercion are available) to their heads - if they 'don't even want' the service, they have options...

Not really. Ditching the service saves nigh on nada, and all the competitors charge about the same.

[denphone]

Sounds like a cartel then.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by denphone

Sounds like a cartel then.

Oh on line rental definitely. The big boys all follow BT Retail's lead.

[Gavin-D]

Sky are rising prices from December 1st the rise affects line rental, calls and voicemail for broadband customers.

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/...Jeremy-Darroch

[denphone]

Is that a surprise given that sheep usually follow sheep in raising their prices

[Kushan]

Well I just renegotiated my package last month, guess I'll be doing that again shortly.

[Gavin-D]

Has anyone phoned up since receiving a letter about the increase? have you had any good deals offered

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by Gavin-D

Has anyone phoned up since receiving a letter about the increase? have you had any good deals offered

What letter ?- it'll be a month before VM inform their customers ; they' ll hope its buried in Xmas mail. This rise has been reported on the MSE site. Customers get to know last to give them as little time as possible to react.

[Gavin-D]

Still got 28 days though from getting the letter

[nialli]

I've put a poll up on the VMHD blog to see how unpopular the news of yet another price hike is with customers: http://vmhd.blogspot.co.uk/
From the emails I've received, this rise could well prove to be the final straw for a lot of loyal customers.

[Ignitionnet]

I'm sure people are thrilled at the prospect of paying more. I'm sure people will complain.

How many actually do something about it is of course quite different.

I'm not sure how scientific or reliable a poll prefaced by:

Time to get angry - yet another Virgin Media price hike announced

I've just about had enough of this - anyone else feel the same? A poll top right to assess the customer reaction to yet another price hike.

is.