VIP Package... is it worth the extra?

[moiraf100]

Have V+ with XL TV, 2mb BB and basic phone service. We spend about £10 a month on phone calls.
Just cancelled Sky Sports for the summer break.
So we normally pay about £58 per month plus calls.
Is it worth paying the extra £27?

[MovedGoalPosts]

Do you want / need faster broadband?

Do you want / need the premium TV packages i.e Sports and Movies?

Would having phone calls included in your package price, mean you used it more, and thus saved more.

Would a second Set Top Box be of benefit.

Unless you answer at least 2 of those questions with a yes, I doubt it would make real financial sense.

[moiraf100]

Don't need faster BB
OH needs the footie, but the films aren't up to much
Phone calls debatable
2nd box, not really as we have V+

That answers my question then......thanks

Am I right in thinking that your V+ was installed before June 2007?

I would look at the saving this is what it would cost normally

XL - 22.00
Sports and Movies - £25.00
V+ - £10.00
Addtional V Box - £5
XL BBI - £37
Phone Line - £11
Talk Unlimited - £7.95
Talk International - £1.50
Talk Mobile - £1.50

Total - £120.95 and you pay £86.00 so you would save £34.95 by having the package

Go for it its a great package

[auldyin]

The VIP Package may indeed be a "great package"!
How "great" is it when:

Here are the minuses,
Broadband speed is dire and drops out occasionally.
There is constant pixellation with a brand new TV
There is no Mobile signal available anywhere in our house

Here is the plus,
The phone line is excellent

Needless to say these problems have been reported many times and I have to say that there has been one improvement..............wait for it, don't get too excited.............................the broadband speed is still dire but it now only drops out occasionally, instead of 12-18 times per day!!

This is a bit of a rant, sorry! Something to do with frustration, piled on frustration, piled on frustration......................................e tc

Cheers

Originally Posted by auldyin

The VIP Package may indeed be a "great package"!
How "great" is it when:

Here are the minuses,
Broadband speed is dire and drops out occasionally.
There is constant pixellation with a brand new TV
There is no Mobile signal available anywhere in our house

Here is the plus,
The phone line is excellent

Needless to say these problems have been reported many times and I have to say that there has been one improvement..............wait for it, don't get too excited.............................the broadband speed is still dire but it now only drops out occasionally, instead of 12-18 times per day!!

This is a bit of a rant, sorry! Something to do with frustration, piled on frustration, piled on frustration......................................e tc

Cheers

As I understand your bb is not very good not everyone has that bad service

[IronMaiden]

Originally Posted by auldyin

The VIP Package may indeed be a "great package"!
How "great" is it when:

Here are the minuses,
Broadband speed is dire and drops out occasionally.
There is constant pixellation with a brand new TV
There is no Mobile signal available anywhere in our house

Here is the plus,
The phone line is excellent

Needless to say these problems have been reported many times and I have to say that there has been one improvement..............wait for it, don't get too excited.............................the broadband speed is still dire but it now only drops out occasionally, instead of 12-18 times per day!!

This is a bit of a rant, sorry! Something to do with frustration, piled on frustration, piled on frustration......................................e tc

Cheers

Of course all this is entirely circumstantial and while I understand your need to rant it doesn't really add anything to the thread.

IMO it's simple. If you feel that you will make good use of the services included in VIP, then go for it. It's entirely down to your wants and needs.

[moiraf100]

Thank you for your replies. To make use of the extra box, we'd need to buy a tv for the bedroom!
Ernie, we've had the V+ since the middle of April this year, we were with Sky before.
Had phone and BB with Virgin for ages though.
It is a good total saving, but it's deciding if we would make good use of the whole package.

Originally Posted by moiraf100

Ernie, we've had the V+ since the middle of April this year, we were with Sky before.

...then the standard package price for TV XL, BB M and Phone M should be £30 + £10.50 = £40.50 before extra call charges and assuming you are not on ebilling.

If you are paying £58 then it is too much.

[roland69uk]

I have XL BB, TV, Phone, V+ & V box for £65 a month, not really that bothered about movies and sports channels

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by moiraf100

Have V+ with XL TV, 2mb BB and basic phone service. We spend about £10 a month on phone calls.
Just cancelled Sky Sports for the summer break.
So we normally pay about £58 per month plus calls.
Is it worth paying the extra £27?

It might be worth you thinking about the XL+ package, XL TV, BB, and phone, and a V+ box +Vbox for £65pm its the same as VIP but without the movies and sport, you could always add these if you wanted for £20. Basically your looking at £7pm extra for 20mb BB and talk unlimited.

[moiraf100]

I said I normally pay £58 per month, but I have cancelled Sports for the summer, so am paying about £40 for the next couple of months.

---------- Post added at 12:00 ---------- Previous post was at 11:47 ----------

Just had the letter about BB usage.
I don't download many mp3's but I have been watching Lost online.
OH plays online poker nearly every night - will this have an effect on his game.
Is this Virgins' way of getting us to increase our BB package?
Posted this on a new thread as well.

[willas00]

Originally Posted by auldyin

Here are the minuses,
Broadband speed is dire and drops out occasionally.

Speak for your self I get between 18 - 20mb I'm not complaining

[auldyin]

Clearly I am speaking for myself, because, if I were you I would not be moaning about broadband..............hehe!!!