Comparing VM costs with Rogers

[bamav]

Rogers are a cable company in Canada who operate in a similar way to Virgin and provide similar products, so it's quite interesting when you compare what we get and what they get for TV services, including HD channels.

https://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.po...V_PROG_PACKAGE

Obviously there are many factors to influence costs, but it seems that in rip-off Britain, we're never let down...

[RobboEdin]

Did you add the rental charge for the STBs? Another $25 per month for an HD PVR or purchase it.

[Digital Fanatic]

Rogers looks more expensive if you add the $25 a month rental or buy the PVR HD box for $500

[gazzae]

Cool thing with Rogers is when you are watching TV and get a phone call the name of the person whos calling pops up on the screen. You can then choose to ignore it or send to voicemail by pressing a button on the remote.

[Bob]

You think Virgin's TV interface in antiquated, try Rogers. OMG!

[Peter_]

I find that most people always seem to think that the grass is greener on the otherside.
















Until they actually read the small print.

[bamav]

I may have missed some costs as I did a quick scan over the site at lunch time. There are various packages and options, so quite a lot to add up.

But I particularly liked the bit where they were offering a discount if you traded in your satellite box! Maybe Virgin should do that! Not sure what they'd do with all the boxes - eBay?

[alwaysabear]

Originally Posted by bamav

I may have missed some costs as I did a quick scan over the site at lunch time. There are various packages and options, so quite a lot to add up.

But I particularly liked the bit where they were offering a discount if you traded in your satellite box! Maybe Virgin should do that! Not sure what they'd do with all the boxes - eBay?

I first got Telewest when I traded my Satellite dish and box over 10 years ago , so they have tried it.

[JPoll]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

Rogers looks more expensive if you add the $25 a month rental or buy the PVR HD box for $500

Not to mention that the box & remote looks like a prop from an old scifi movie.

Comparing them makes the old SA box look good!

Here's my attempt at a package:

$100.47 for VIP TV
$99.99 for 50meg, 175GB limit and then $0.50 per GB.
$33.95 for home phone with 1000 minutes. (weird)
$49.90 for 2 HD PVRs $24.95 each
$12.95 for 1 HD box
$4.49 for 1 SD box

$301.75 total per month

$301.75 Canadian dollars = £188.49 British pounds sterling
Exchange rate: 0.624649

I pay Virgin £136 per month, or $217.72 CD.