Virgin Media - Above Inflation Rises from 1st February

[Dave42]

£3.99 rise here might be leaving

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by alexcopeland

I'm calling later today to cancel the whole lot. Fed up with price rise after price rise. I don't use most of my services. Only need broadband and I don't see Virgin letting me cancel everything but that.

I did that last January. Got 50meg BB for £19.50 for 18 months, unfortunately i've had an increase since then but i still get a £7.50 discount every month until they sort the over subscribed problem out.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by jungleguy

A few 'Disciples of Branson', Like most cults there's a certain amount of brainwashing that goes on, and they don't like criticism of their utopian state......

and yes 10% is an unacceptable price rise

Well we are certainly no 'Disciples of Branson' as we are getting fed up with the relentless prices rises and when our contract ends later next year we will be bartering for a much better deal l can assure you of that..

[alexcopeland]

Originally Posted by johnathome

I did that last January. Got 50meg BB for £19.50 for 18 months, unfortunately i've had an increase since then but i still get a £7.50 discount every month until they sort the over subscribed problem out.

I got offered what they described as a better deal but couldn't guarantee that there'd be another price rise in the next 12 months so I'm off.

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by alexcopeland

I'm calling later today to cancel the whole lot. Fed up with price rise after price rise. I don't use most of my services. Only need broadband and I don't see Virgin letting me cancel everything but that.

They'll let you do anything you want to, they're your services after all. They might not give you a particularly great deal, but they'll let you.

[JPAC]

Originally Posted by alexcopeland

I'm calling later today to cancel the whole lot. Fed up with price rise after price rise. I don't use most of my services. Only need broadband and I don't see Virgin letting me cancel everything but that.

I thought the same but VM said I would lose my loyalty discount, so it would've cost me more, for less services.

[alexcopeland]

Originally Posted by Kushan

They'll let you do anything you want to, they're your services after all. They might not give you a particularly great deal, but they'll let you.

I'm only interested in having a broadband connection into the home and VirginMedia were insistent on me keeping my landline I don't use and reduce the number of STB's and channels. This would have halved my current bill but I'm still not satisfied. The huge price rises have gone on for too long. I'm calling it a day with VirginMedia. If they won't give me just broadband I'll take my money else where.

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by alexcopeland

I'm only interested in having a broadband connection into the home and VirginMedia were insistent on me keeping my landline I don't use and reduce the number of STB's and channels. This would have halved my current bill but I'm still not satisfied. The huge price rises have gone on for too long. I'm calling it a day with VirginMedia. If they won't give me just broadband I'll take my money else where.

I don't know why they were so insistent. You can definitely get just standalone broadband and you can cut any services you want as long as you're out of contract.

The only thing they might have been trying to communicate is that it could work out cheaper to take the landline with the broadband rather than have standalone broadband.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by alexcopeland

I'm calling it a day with VirginMedia. If they won't give me just broadband I'll take my money else where.

Good luck getting just broadband elsewhere, sadly, especially if you want more than up to 20Mb

[alexcopeland]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Good luck getting just broadband elsewhere, sadly, especially if you want more than up to 20Mb

I'm interested in Sky Fibre. Offered with a landline but for less than VM's standalone broadband. The money I'm due to save each month will be put into buying a Sony Android TV.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by alexcopeland

Offered with a landline

Which is exactly what you objected to at VM

[Mr K]

A landline is essential, even as just a back up. What if you have a 999 emergency and no credit/power/signal on your mobile ? If there is a powercut the landline still works (as long as you don't just have cordless) , most mobile networks go down.

None of this detracts from the thrust of the thread, that VM are thieving capitalist swine; however Sky etc. are exactly the same. A colleague swaps between SKY/VM annually to get the best new customers deals - it is the thing to do if you can be bothered, which I and most others can't. It must cause them a lot of admin costs, guess we should all do the same.

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

Which is exactly what you objected to at VM

I was the same, i didn't want a landline but if i didn't get a price from VM that i thought was acceptable i would have had no other choice but to go with another provider, that means getting a landline as there's no other option. I wouldn't have plugged a phone in though.

Having a normal landline installed would have opened me up to offers from all the other suppliers again, which in my view was a great trade off.

[alexcopeland]

Mine and my families TV viewing habits have changed so much over the years that I'm not prepared to continue to pay for services that are simply not used. It's ironic that'll I'll being signing up to Sky for broadband with a landline but it's the best value for money.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Mr K

A landline is essential, even as just a back up. What if you have a 999 emergency and no credit/power/signal on your mobile ? If there is a powercut the landline still works (as long as you don't just have cordless) , most mobile networks go down.

I've a suspicion you'll find the majority of landlines now are cordless. Certainly been a decade since I've used a corded landline.

Just how things have gone.

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Originally Posted by alexcopeland

Mine and my families TV viewing habits have changed so much over the years that I'm not prepared to continue to pay for services that are simply not used. It's ironic that'll I'll being signing up to Sky for broadband with a landline but it's the best value for money.

Kinda indeed. Sky cross-subsidise.

VM could probably do with a lower end package that costs less. I think one is on the way.