6.7% Price Increase From February!

[bonzoe]

If the increase is to cover BTSport, why isn't it an add along with SkySports?? Not being a footie fan, I don't watch either, but at least I am not charged for SkySports.

[Arthurgray50@blu]

We were advised that the price increase was to cover BT Sport. See in the end we are paying the cost of the FREE pacakge.

We were also told that NETFLEX was going to be included, but have been told further that this will cost £5.00 per month after a trial period.

[BenMcr]

If you are talking about the letter, it doesn't say that price increase is because of those - it says that they are the sorts of things VM have been adding.

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eg.

We want to make your Virgin Media experience the best it can be.
We’re committed to bringing you great value technology and entertainment, so we’re always adding to the things you already get as standard (find out more at virginmedia.com/better):

What we’ve added
3 new channels from BT Sport, plus 3 in HD, now included in your package
Access to Netflix on your TiVo® box – coming very soon
Our free SmartCall app exclusively for customers

What this means
With Virgin Media you can get the full sports line-up, including all of the Sky Sports channels – plus we’ve just added Premier Sports too
If you’re a Netflix subscriber, you’ll be able to stream Netflix movies and box sets straight to your telly
Our SmartCall app helps you save money by letting you use the minutes included in your home phone talk plan on your smartphone, when connected to WiFi – at home, out and about or even abroad

[Osem]

My monthly bill (including a few £'s in calls) is usually around £55 and I've just got a letter telling me my services (XL TV, 20mb BB & phone) will be going up by £6. A more than 10% rise for me then...

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

If you are talking about the letter, it doesn't say that price increase is because of those - it says that they are the sorts of things VM have been adding.

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eg.

We want to make your Virgin Media experience the best it can be.
We’re committed to bringing you great value technology and entertainment, so we’re always adding to the things you already get as standard (find out more at virginmedia.com/better):

What we’ve added
3 new channels from BT Sport, plus 3 in HD, now included in your package
Access to Netflix on your TiVo® box – coming very soon
Our free SmartCall app exclusively for customers

What this means
With Virgin Media you can get the full sports line-up, including all of the Sky Sports channels – plus we’ve just added Premier Sports too
If you’re a Netflix subscriber, you’ll be able to stream Netflix movies and box sets straight to your telly
Our SmartCall app helps you save money by letting you use the minutes included in your home phone talk plan on your smartphone, when connected to WiFi – at home, out and about or even abroad

But they could have done that by making BT Sports a separately chargeable Premium service. There was no need to add it FOC to a TV package. Because, as we've seen by the increase, it really isn't FOC; non sports fans are helping to pay for it.

You can play with semantics all you want regarding the wording of the letter, but like it or not, the cost to VM of BT sports is responsible for part of this years excessive increase.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Osem

My monthly bill (including a few £'s in calls) is usually around £55 and I've just got a letter telling me my services (XL TV, 20mb BB & phone) will be going up by £6. A more than 10% rise for me then...

That's a unjustified steep price rise if you ask me as any price rise given your services you have should be no more then a couple of quid.

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Originally Posted by passingbat

But they could have done that by making BT Sports a separately chargeable Premium service. There was no need to add it FOC to a TV package. Because, as we've seen by the increase, it really isn't FOC; non sports fans are helping to pay for it.

You can play with semantics all you want regarding the wording of the letter, but like it or not, the cost to VM of BT sports is responsible for part of this years excessive increase.

Yes l have to admit it is unfair on customers who are not keen on sport and maybe they should have come up with something else which would please both camps.

[qasdfdsaq]

One of the advantages of not being a VM customer? BT customers didn't get price rises to pay for BT Sport :-/

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

One of the advantages of not being a VM customer? BT customers didn't get price rises to pay for BT Sport :-/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...-to-6.5pc.html

BT to hit millions with New Year price rise of up to 6.5pc
Millions of BT customers will see the price of their phone and broadband packages rise by up to 6.5 per cent in January to help pay for the telecom giant's £1bn investment in sports TV broadcasting.

[denphone]

Price rises are a fact of life and although its never nice all the other providers will put their prices as well and if people don't think they will then they are sadly deluded.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by denphone

Price rises are a fact of life and although its never nice all the other providers will put their prices as well and if people don't think they will then they are sadly deluded.

and prices will continue to only go up and up on all providers

[qasdfdsaq]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...-to-6.5pc.html

And yet, the prices listed on the website are still the same as they were a year ago.

Note if you'd read the article it doesn't mention anything about broadband or annual line rental prices changing. Because they haven't.


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Originally Posted by Dave42

and prices will continue to only go up and up on all providers

We've been through this before. Prices on broadband services used to only go down and down.

This whole pessimistic expectation that costs only ever go up has only come about since the economy went tits up.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

And yet, the prices listed on the website are still the same as they were a year ago.

They haven't changed them yet.

Line rental on BT's website currently is currently listed on the main sales pages as £15.45 - but their own information says http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...asus_Phone_PC1

Line rental will increase from £15.45 to £15.99 a month

[qasdfdsaq]

As I said, annual line rental is staying exactly the same. Still £11.75 a month.

[jungleguy]

FYI share price has gone up too

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

As I said, annual line rental is staying exactly the same. Still £11.75 a month.

Well if we are doing that, then it's still more expensive than VM's annual line rental then