Cheaper Broadband from VM?

[Rone]

"I just hope they can get the billing right"

Well it has to happen one day, how long have you got?

[sav112]

Originally Posted by Richy99

as its been said if you dont like the prices go elsewhere, you dont haggle for prices with other products and services do you?

Well yes i do! Saved £178 this year on car ins...As my car insurance company i've used for years came back with a crap offer, 30 mins on they magically matched another lower company.

Got £50 of my DVD player by price matching - basically went in and said i can walk out here with it or buy it online for this price.

Got offered Sky 8mb,phone and TV £26 today.... Im only on 2mb with VM and paying £34 with the tv and phone. So if Vm dont match it, its too simple to move.

[etccarmageddon]

Originally Posted by sav112

...Got offered Sky 8mb,phone and TV £26 today.... Im only on 2mb with VM and paying £34 with the tv and phone. So if Vm dont match it, its too simple to move.

the 'phone' element of that SKY £26 deal is free evening/weekend calls and not BT line rental so add on £10.75 and it comes to £36.75 compared to whatever Virgin product you are thinking of.

and BT are currently offering a deal of free evening/weekend calls which sounds similar to the sky offer.

the important thing about the SKY deal is you are getting broadband for £5 a month (the other £21 gets you the TV with all the mixes). I'd say that SKY deal is indeed excellent value - they're even offering it in some areas where they haven't LLU the local exchange yet so will be making a loss on it.

[albert_the_dog]

Sorry if this is a bit off topic
I have been with this service provider for many years (since C&W ran the Dump a dish campaign in Stockport) and have no complaints about the service or the way I have been treated. I can honestly say that in all this time I have had less than 10 issues with the services, and these issues were sorted out in less than 24 hours, apart from when the local thugs wrecked the green box completly and Stockport Coucil paving contractors severed my supply cable(they thought a roll of sellotape would fix it) . Some problems are beyond the providers control.
I have the phone, broadband L ,TV XL £55. and for the foreseeable future will remain as a loyal customer, may ring VM to see if I can get a loyalty discount, rather like a noclaims bonus but there again should I also expect a loyalty discount from my energy suppliers.

AtD

Originally Posted by banjo

I will move as soon as it suites me, a friend of mine pays £20 a month for 8meg bb and free telephone calls so how do you equate that with £35 for 10meg "not" bb £11 for line rental and then call charges on top.

8mb Broadband plus anytime calls for £20.00 how nice, but the 8mb broadband is not unlimited, even though advertised as unlimited, the nice little FUP is around 1GB per day, the company offering this also are traffic shaping.

NTL may not be cheap but at least there product is better, i.e. it works more often, they have greater control for upgrades, there network is well above the network supplied by BT, there lines will support much higher speeds for time to come.

Good luck with your 8mb plus free calls £20.00

[>DiN<]

I Phoned Up! and got 10mb connection for 3 months for half price @ £17.99!

[Illuminist]

Quite... The words ADSL and Internet do not go together, Xathras.

...Nice one, Din.

[jtwonk]

just rang VM & got a discount to £24 for L TV L BB & phone for 10yrs. They must be desperate to hang onto customers.