200M Gamer : Virgin Media to launch broadband gamers tariff

[Martin_D]

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[Inactive Digital]

Originally Posted by johnathome

I'm struggling to understand this. After my loyalty, and oversubsribed BB, discount ran out i'm paying about £28, soon to rise to about £31, for 70Mb BB only.

According to this i could have

up to 50Mbps fibre optic broadband, 70+Channels & Phone only £12 a month for 12 months (£26 a month thereafter)

I think i need to phone them up!

All the prices listed exclude line rental, which is £19 on top, and have 18 month minimum terms.
50Mbps broadband on its own is £32.25.

This sounds a bit like the old NTL trick of charging gamers for a second IP, back in the days before most people had a home router.

[SimonB79]

Originally Posted by Harryn9000

would i need hub 3 to take advantage of upload increase as currently on vivid 200 now with 2ac in modem mode

you need a superhub3 ... the hub2ac isn't compatible!

(just ordered via live chat)

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Inactive Digital

All the prices listed exclude line rental, which is £19 on top, and have 18-month minimum terms.
50Mbps broadband on its own is £32.25.

As providers will be compelled to include line rental in their broadband prices, it's a shame VM hasn't taken advantage of the new packages to do this.

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by Inactive Digital

All the prices listed exclude line rental, which is £19 on top, and have 18 month minimum terms.
50Mbps broadband on its own is £32.25.

I've just looked at my 'upgrades and offers' and it says (player bundle)

Upgrade from an extra £5.62 a month

Ongoing cost £33.87
Virgin Phone line @ £19.00 Included

I've been meaning to phone them anyway.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by SimonB79

you need a superhub3 ... the hub2ac isn't compatible!

(just ordered via live chat)

Probably smart. Takes care of upgrades they are going to be doing in the near future to the tier's download speeds.

[mike86]

I was thinking of upgrading to 200Mbps Gamer for the extra upload and removal of STM, but I've read bad things about the Superhub 3. My 2ac is solid is a rock in modem mode, how likely is it I'll be a victim of this connection dropping issue when the 3 is in modem mode?

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by johnathome

I've just looked at my 'upgrades and offers' and it says (player bundle)

Upgrade from an extra £5.62 a month

Ongoing cost £33.87
Virgin Phone line @ £19.00 Included

I've been meaning to phone them anyway.

Phoned them, didn't ask about the new bundles but instead of my BB going up to £32 in November i'll be paying £23 for 6 months and then £26 for 12 months.

Happy with that as it's comparable with other ISP offerings.

[mike86]

Looks like I'll be shopping around, everything they can offer me is about £10/month more expensive than a new customer deal

[Martin_D]

Just upgraded working very well

Placed my order.

As above, they said I'll have to switch to the SH3, which is on its way to me.

[Harryn9000]

I'm gonna have to wait couple of hours vm having problems with new deals

[mike86]

So for the first time ever I called up with a threat to cancel as Sky are offering 50% off for VM customers. That finally got them to budge a little and they've given me 200Mb Gamer with no requirement for a SH3, but it hasn't applied to my connection yet and could take up to 24 hours.

[BenMcr]

I very much doubt you'll get the 200Mbit Gamer tier with your existing kit.

I'd expect it's the same as HomeWorks + 300. If you don't get the Hub 3.0 you remain on whichever speed it was you were on before the package change.

Customer Relations can't override this as it's applied at a technology level.