6.7% Price Increase From February!

[Qtx]

Quite a lot more than inflation at 2.7%.

Crap for customers, good for shareholders. Reminds me of the energy business

[Uncle Peter]

I received my letter today.

I hope that 6.7% increase goes towards fixing the area faults that stuff my connection up on a regular basis... or it'll be off to FTTC next Spring.

[Ryan92]

I spoke to the online chat team to see what they could do for me in terms of reducing my package ; even with the price rise I'd begin to struggle so don't want to go there.

I pay £97 for ;

120meg Broadband
4 TiVo subscriptions
Talk Weekends
Caller Display

They offered

Deal 1

60 meg Broadband
L TV with 4 TiVo boxes
Talk Weekends
Caller Display

£88.49

Deal 2

60 meg Broadband
M+ TV with 4 TiVo boxes
Talk Weekends
Caller Display

£80.20

What do you think?

FTTC is available here next month so really don't want to need to go elsewhere :/

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Ryan92

What do you think?

You obviously watch a lot of TV. you don't need a fast connection unless you know how to use it.
I've never seen the fascination in loads of TV channels. Freeview is good enough for a lot of people.

[eljay]

AT one time it seemed the "Norm" to get good deals from retentions on your existing package. The "Norm" now appears to be just achieving reductions by reducing the level of service. I strongly expect that the addition of new channels and stuff like BT Sport plus the cost of the "double" speed free provision has severley increased VM's costs and hence willingness to accept reductions in revenue from the existing packages.

I had the VIP50 (now VIP100) collection and when I went to them was only offered £7 / month reduction against downgrading to 60 meg. The list price difference was £7-50 so no reduction at all in essence.

Suffice to say I ended up going to sky for a deal including Sky TV plus extra, sky movies and sport, multiscreen and Sky phone with anytime calls for £67.90/month for a year including line rental. So even retaining 120 meg broadband (got sky basic included but insufficient for my needs) total cost was £105.40 compared to £116.20 for VM only.

This is the price we are paying for the upgrading of the TV content & BB improvements

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Qtx

Quite a lot more than inflation at 2.7%.

Crap for customers, good for shareholders. Reminds me of the energy business

l am afraid price rises are a fact of life and as l always say if people are unhappy then vote with your feet but remember the grass is usually not that greener on the other side of the fence.

[MUD_Wizard]

Originally Posted by Ryan92

I pay £97 for ;

120meg Broadband
4 TiVo subscriptions
Talk Weekends
Caller Display

120Mb broadband
Netflix USA £5
Sipgate FREE+calls

£42.50

Who needs TV channels? Watch programmes when you want. I haven't watched channels or adverts in years.

[howardmicks]

Yer come February I'm gonna cancel TV and just keep broadband and home phone,price rise way to much,we're paying the cost of bt sports
Got sky TV free till September then I will revue my options.gonna miss me TiVo thou

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When we receive letters can we cancel some services or do we have to wait till February

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by howardmicks

When we receive letters can we cancel some services or do we have to wait till February

You have to cancel now, as you get 30 days from the notification

[want to know]

hi i have virgin tv xl / 20meg bb / and medium phone for £47.00 a month . think may be i will drop the tv go with free sat just keep the bb / phone unless they come up with an offer .

[howardmicks]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

You have to cancel now, as you get 30 days from the notification

Thanks bud ,thinking of cancelling TV.but keeping broadband and phone

Originally Posted by Gary L

You obviously watch a lot of TV. you don't need a fast connection unless you know how to use it.
I've never seen the fascination in loads of TV channels. Freeview is good enough for a lot of people.

Actually free view is crap. I'm currently watching it and the choice is lousy. Not a patch on the VM xl TV package.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Actually free view is crap. I'm currently watching it and the choice is lousy. Not a patch on the VM xl TV package.

You sound like you're selling it when you mention XL and not M

Everybody knows SKY TV beats all.

TV is all repeat, repeat, repeat anyway.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by howardmicks

Yer come February I'm gonna cancel TV and just keep broadband and home phone,price rise way to much,we're paying the cost of bt sports
Got sky TV free till September then I will revue my options.gonna miss me TiVo thou

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When we receive letters can we cancel some services or do we have to wait till February

you got 30 days from getting letter Howard to cancel

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Originally Posted by Maggy J

Actually free view is crap. I'm currently watching it and the choice is lousy. Not a patch on the VM xl TV package.

totally agree it is but prices are getting ridiculous now and will never come down more will be using freeview I guess

[Jimmy-J]

I don't use the phone or watch the V-Box/HD, I'll be phoning them soon to cancel, I'll just keep the BB.

I predict there'll be a large increase in the sale of other, certain types of sat-box then.