Looks like Virgin are responding well to the loss of Sky

Matblack · 06-03-2007, 12:00

Just called Virgin Media about how much it would cost to almalgamate our services to one provider, I was hoping we could get a good deal but the website wanted ~£70 for Medium TV package, Phone and 10mb BB.

Right now we're all over the place, phone is BT, TV is Sky and BB is Virgin Media. I think we're paying about £20pcm for the phone, Sky is £18pcm just for 4 of their 'blocks' which is a reduction on what we had before channels wise and BB is £35pcm, so we're looking at ~£72 which is quite a lot.

The bloke I spoke to at Virgin (took 30 seconds to connect, no hold music) Initially said £47 for the lot which would include

10Mb BB
Lowest phone package - Free Weekend calls
Lowest TV package - missing the Living channels - so no America's Next Top Anorexic Witch (Bonus for me but might annoy H)

Then he fiddled with a few things - I didn't ask him to; to be honest I was stunned by the price.

He then said actually we can get that down to £46, I was a bit :/ - a quid off big deal! but he said to do that he'd up'ed the TV to the maximum package, no PPV channels but pretty much everything else which reduced the BB cost, so now we can watch America's Next Top Whore 9 times a day - Groovy :undecided:

So thats a £25 saving, right now I pay for the BB and Sky out of my account so rather than £53 I will be paying £46 and Heather wouldn't have to pay for the phone at all! So she's saving £20pcm, not bad huh?

So we lose Sky One and a few other channels but we get to stop funding Murdoch the Nazi and get to give our money to the beardy jumper wearing hot air balloonist!

Its nice to see a company offering decent discounts and deals to existing customers rather than shafting them.

If anyone thinks this is a good deal and can get Cable I have the codes for the deal which is apparently quite well hidden, you need to quote L171T03 and L271D02

MB

06-03-2007, 12:00	#1
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Looks like Virgin are responding well to the loss of Sky Just called Virgin Media about how much it would cost to almalgamate our services to one provider, I was hoping we could get a good deal but the website wanted ~£70 for Medium TV package, Phone and 10mb BB. Right now we're all over the place, phone is BT, TV is Sky and BB is Virgin Media. I think we're paying about £20pcm for the phone, Sky is £18pcm just for 4 of their 'blocks' which is a reduction on what we had before channels wise and BB is £35pcm, so we're looking at ~£72 which is quite a lot. The bloke I spoke to at Virgin (took 30 seconds to connect, no hold music) Initially said £47 for the lot which would include 10Mb BB Lowest phone package - Free Weekend calls Lowest TV package - missing the Living channels - so no America's Next Top Anorexic Witch (Bonus for me but might annoy H) Then he fiddled with a few things - I didn't ask him to; to be honest I was stunned by the price. He then said actually we can get that down to £46, I was a bit :/ - a quid off big deal! but he said to do that he'd up'ed the TV to the maximum package, no PPV channels but pretty much everything else which reduced the BB cost, so now we can watch America's Next Top Whore 9 times a day - Groovy :undecided: So thats a £25 saving, right now I pay for the BB and Sky out of my account so rather than £53 I will be paying £46 and Heather wouldn't have to pay for the phone at all! So she's saving £20pcm, not bad huh? So we lose Sky One and a few other channels but we get to stop funding Murdoch the Nazi and get to give our money to the beardy jumper wearing hot air balloonist! Its nice to see a company offering decent discounts and deals to existing customers rather than shafting them. If anyone thinks this is a good deal and can get Cable I have the codes for the deal which is apparently quite well hidden, you need to quote L171T03 and L271D02 MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"