General : Dropping TV package in the next 12 months

[dibbz]

Originally Posted by MarkC1984

Yeah it is called thinking of leaving us, but 5 then 3 are the shortcuts so you don't have to listen to the choices.

Very nice lady and even with all the patter...i never got much better deals.

she did say when my line advance ends in a few month then try again

[HeCTiC]

Nice Thread! I have Tivo and an additional V+ box in another room. 30 Mb BB TX XL and phone XL.

This is costing me about ?£70 a month and I called recently to drop the TV down to M+ Or L as the only real difference is the HD channels and I would not miss them TBH.

It annoyed me that the drop meant I would be charged for having the additional recording function on the V+, or extra as I have the tivo when droppng to the M+ package.

All very well set up to make sure it is not worth my while to drop down.

He did up my BB to 30Mb as it was 20 - never had any issues with the 20 anyway!

It annoyed me that I could not change really.

[jb66]

If you move to the premier collection you get 60mb broadband for 99p extra

[HeCTiC]

Originally Posted by jb66

If you move to the premier collection you get 60mb broadband for 99p extra

Aye that was suggested - but that is more money and a new contract.

The point was to cut the monthly costs.

I dont need the 60mb anyway - the quality of the 30mb is very good.

According to my bill I get triple loyalty discount and a new person joining still gets better :-(

[Dash: CF noob]

They appear to be making a big effort to get people to take out a new contract.

[HeCTiC]

Not by putting the price up.

Its more likely that I will switch to Freeview TBH.

[alwaysabear]

Originally Posted by HeCTiC

Not by putting the price up.

Its more likely that I will switch to Freeview TBH.

With the addition of more HD on Freeview it comes more and more attractive.

If only Sky Sports HD was on YouView, I think I could live without Fox or Comedy Central.

[PISCES]

Originally Posted by Jameseh

If only Sky Sports HD was on YouView, I think I could live without Fox or Comedy Central.

Why?

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Originally Posted by jb66

If you move to the premier collection you get 60mb broadband for 99p extra

[dilli-theclaw]

Since I made the switch to freesat from Sky I've not looked back at all.

If Natalie wasn't here I think I'd get rid of the TV all together and just listen to the radio.

[PISCES]

Originally Posted by HeCTiC

Aye that was suggested - but that is more money and a new contract.

The point was to cut the monthly costs.

I dont need the 60mb anyway - the quality of the 30mb is very good.

According to my bill I get triple loyalty discount and a new person joining still gets better :-(

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Schorl to you all good luck

[dilli-theclaw]

In fact ideally I'd like a box that can pickup freeview but not put out the picture just the audio - wonder if I'd still need TV license then.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

Since I made the switch to freesat from Sky I've not looked back at all.

If Natalie wasn't here I think I'd get rid of the TV all together and just listen to the radio.

Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

In fact ideally I'd like a box that can pickup freeview but not put out the picture just the audio - wonder if I'd still need TV license then.

Boxes do exist that produce the TV sound only (including audio description) and a TV license is not required (just checked on the TV Licencing website)

[techguyone]

I dropped to L from XL with no real loss, just missed a few HD versions of some channels & the On Demand bit seems quite a bit smaller.

I also dropped from 60 to 30 Meg BB with no noticeable loss in anything (I'd never consider 30 meg as 3rd class personally, coming from an era when 3.3k/sec was regarded as 'good'...)

[jb66]

Can you leave virgin if espn goes?