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Old 05-01-2021, 14:49   #16
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Re: New price rises 2021!

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Agreed, and other similar providers are likely to increase their prices even more.

There was no increase last year and investment comes at a cost.
For once OB l agree with you.
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Old 05-01-2021, 14:55   #17
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Re: New price rises 2021!

Prices rises due to inflation ive no problem with. But VMs ( and others) have busted that over the past few years.
Only negotiated a new deal couple of weeks ago, heard nothing, so fingers crossed! If they do renege on the deal its contract ripped up and the bore of renegotiating again...
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Old 05-01-2021, 15:30   #18
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Re: New price rises 2021!

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Prices rises due to inflation ive no problem with. But VMs ( and others) have busted that over the past few years.
Only negotiated a new deal couple of weeks ago, heard nothing, so fingers crossed! If they do renege on the deal its contract ripped up and the bore of renegotiating again...
Defo going to go to retentions as don’t see the point in accepting “inflation” as a justification for costs going up - otherwise inflation never comes down!

Where’s their entrepreneurial spirit? These capitalists are supposed to create competition and drive costs down for end users not issue lazy annual price rises just because they can.

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Old 05-01-2021, 15:59   #19
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Re: New price rises 2021!

What competition ?

No one else around here can provide anything close to 350/35, let alone 1000/50.
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Old 06-01-2021, 00:20   #20
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Re: New price rises 2021!

Well I only agreed a new 18 month contract on the 24th December with a couple of agreed changes with uplifts to TV and BB options. Now will a price rise apply for a brand new contract still in its initial 30 days? If yes then I will be ringing up and removing those uplifts!

However one of those uplifts I did was for BB from 100 to 200MB as have had speed performance issues where I am so may negotiate that one still. If after upgraded to 200MB, doing speed tests on VMs own site (which uses Speedtest anyway) only came up with 127-141MB download anyway (and that was with a direct ethernet connection to my SH3 so no Homeplug or WiFi slow down) so still well off the 200MB purchased.

The other uplift I did was on TV as my old package (Fun TV) was no longer available I was told. Not so bothered about this uplift and will pull back if required to save cost if a price increase does apply for my new contract. It was a bit of a strange offer in that I was happy too have the nearest to what was Fun TV with the channels that offered and was changed to Mix TV, but then discovered that meant I would not get one channel I do watch (National Geographic) so rang back to say this wasn't stated and was then changed to Maxit TV to get that channel back and at no extra cost. Now what i was told was there was no other option above Mix TV despite being other options on the VM site like Full House. So not sure what was gong on there and even wondered if the agent was a bit "too merry" as this was Christmas Eve I called! But was happy to accept as wasn't costing me anything, but if it does now with this price increase then that is a different matter! I only wanted 1 extra channel from the Mix TV I was offered, so if it will cost me lots, its not that important in the end and will go back to Mix TV or whatever they can offer me as a pull back.

By the way, one thing I've always wanted to know is whether VM have ever offered TV only so for any Internet connection allowing the customer to use another provider? Its not an option on the web site but are they prepared to agree to that as a direct customer contract if called up? If it was possible it would be an option I would consider but is it some thing VM would very consider or a "no go" option as far as they are concerned. My logic is that if directly connecting a Tovo V6 box to your BB router does it matter which BB driver you are using?
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Old 06-01-2021, 00:23   #21
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Re: New price rises 2021!

Not since they discontinued the original TiVo - there were TV options (possibly TV/phone) that didn’t require Virgin broadband.

The V6 - on both TiVo and 360 software - will only connect work with a Virgin broadband connection.
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Re: New price rises 2021!

The original TiVo isn't discontinued. Many customers are TV-only.
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Old 06-01-2021, 10:01   #23
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Re: New price rises 2021!

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The original TiVo isn't discontinued. Many customers are TV-only.
I'll try telling my Tivo its discontinued this morning.... Despite its slowness that additional scart output is ever so handy !
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Old 06-01-2021, 12:16   #24
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Re: New price rises 2021!

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I would not get one channel I do watch (National Geographic) so rang back to say this wasn't stated and was then changed to Maxit TV to get that channel back and at no extra cost. Now what i was told was there was no other option above Mix TV despite being other options on the VM site like Full House.
There's now the Mix it (broadly equivalent to Freeview) with Personal Picks (https://www.virginmedia.com/content/...Picks_2019.pdf)

Mixit + The "Entertainment & Documentaries" personal pick would have been achieved the same.

Costs may vary, as ever - and Maxit may not be much more expensive (and therefore better value) in some cases.
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I'll try telling my Tivo its discontinued this morning.... Despite its slowness that additional scart output is ever so handy !
I also still have the old 500 GB scart version and yes the scart is certainly handy, although the fuzzy RF analog loveliness I can pipe around the house is starting to feel a bit dated. I'm sure our American forum friend would appreciate it
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The original TiVo isn't discontinued. Many customers are TV-only.
Apologies I meant "to new customers".

Do they do TV only downgrades for TiVo users?
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Re: New price rises 2021!

Mine is going up £3-50, wife is complaining again yet she's the one that wants the TV package.

I'm wondering about going BB only and getting a Freeview PVR type thing for the TV
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Do they do TV only downgrades for TiVo users?
Yes, though it's rare.
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Old 06-01-2021, 19:04   #29
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Re: New price rises 2021!

My increase is £3 50 from March, We should still get our loyalty bonus I hope
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There's now the Mix it (broadly equivalent to Freeview) with Personal Picks (https://www.virginmedia.com/content/...Picks_2019.pdf)

Mixit + The "Entertainment & Documentaries" personal pick would have been achieved the same.

Costs may vary, as ever - and Maxit may not be much more expensive (and therefore better value) in some cases.
The list you have linked is way out of date . Stopped looking when I saw universal listed
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