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

Justsomebloke · 06-03-2007, 12:08

Give it a month or so then ring up and moan, they will drop the price again

Got my 10meg TV & phone in the thirtys. Brilliant speeds on BB since day one i love 'em.
I do like the idea of Dicky B running the show and taking the dough aswell it makes me feel all British & Proud.
Dicky B is the man, i watched an interview recently with him on & it said he was worth 3 Billion

which he never denied either. Top dude in my books. His comment i liked best was that they (virgin) look for gaps in the market where they feel the customer is being ripped off & Virgin can offer better deals & he just loves taking on the big guys such as BA etc.

Haly · 06-03-2007, 12:09

Sounds good

My parents managed to go from £55 a month for 4mb BB, phone line and what's now the medium TV range (but on NTL was slightly above the cheapest one) to £35 a month for 4mb BB (Which the guy on the phone said was an upgrade from 2mb....but we've had 4mb BB for ages so who knows what went on there), phone line with free evening and weekend calls and the XL TV Package which has everything but Sky Movies/Sky Sports on it.
Was hoping they'd barter to get a deal with the 10mb BB but I think they got confused so my Dad thought they were already getting faster BB through this deal.
However, we've got to phone them up in a couple of months about an extra box for my room, and we've been customers for years so have to see if we can sway them then

Mark · 06-03-2007, 12:10

What's the deal with IP addresses on Virgin? For remote access reasons I need one that doesn't change much (I know I can use the likes of dyndns, but they decided to block my account for some silly reason, but I suspect I can get it back).

I reckon I'd be saving about 50% going for that deal.

Matblack · 06-03-2007, 12:14

They don't change very often as far as I am aware

MB

Justsomebloke · 06-03-2007, 12:17

Mine has changed once in about a zillion & fifty years but you do get bounced around on certain sites claiming you are proxy **** off.
I reckon the proxy is to avoid something else rather than changing customers I.P.s
One of the clever ones can clarify.

Mark · 06-03-2007, 12:22

Yup - 'NTL' uses lots of proxy servers. I know about that one. I'm in an ex-NTL area, not ex-BY. I use my own proxy anyway, so not much change there.

Only problem I have with cable is living in an upstairs flat. They've installed cable downstairs, but I'm not sure what's involved in getting it to me.

Haly · 06-03-2007, 12:25

They should go upstairs fine. My housemate upstairs has a seperate account and they installed it fine, although I didn't notice how they got the cable upstairs.

Daz · 06-03-2007, 12:58

Our IP has only changed when I reboot the modem, and the last time I did that it didnt change anyway.

Instead of a dyndns service (which I just dont like) I have a bit of VB that uploads my current WAN IP address to some hosting every now and again. If it does change without me knowing, then I can at least find it easy enough

Mark · 06-03-2007, 13:16

Ooh, yes. I could shove a nameserver on my box (had one on the old one) and host a DNS zone on that. Good idea, sir.

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"

06-03-2007, 12:08	#2
Justsomebloke The Night Worker Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,228	Give it a month or so then ring up and moan, they will drop the price again Got my 10meg TV & phone in the thirtys. Brilliant speeds on BB since day one i love 'em. I do like the idea of Dicky B running the show and taking the dough aswell it makes me feel all British & Proud. Dicky B is the man, i watched an interview recently with him on & it said he was worth 3 Billion which he never denied either. Top dude in my books. His comment i liked best was that they (virgin) look for gaps in the market where they feel the customer is being ripped off & Virgin can offer better deals & he just loves taking on the big guys such as BA etc. __________________

06-03-2007, 12:09	#3
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	Sounds good My parents managed to go from £55 a month for 4mb BB, phone line and what's now the medium TV range (but on NTL was slightly above the cheapest one) to £35 a month for 4mb BB (Which the guy on the phone said was an upgrade from 2mb....but we've had 4mb BB for ages so who knows what went on there), phone line with free evening and weekend calls and the XL TV Package which has everything but Sky Movies/Sky Sports on it. Was hoping they'd barter to get a deal with the 10mb BB but I think they got confused so my Dad thought they were already getting faster BB through this deal. However, we've got to phone them up in a couple of months about an extra box for my room, and we've been customers for years so have to see if we can sway them then __________________ Halycopter

06-03-2007, 12:14	#5
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	They don't change very often as far as I am aware 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"

06-03-2007, 12:17	#6
Justsomebloke The Night Worker Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,228	Mine has changed once in about a zillion & fifty years but you do get bounced around on certain sites claiming you are proxy **** off. I reckon the proxy is to avoid something else rather than changing customers I.P.s One of the clever ones can clarify. __________________

06-03-2007, 12:10	#4
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	What's the deal with IP addresses on Virgin? For remote access reasons I need one that doesn't change much (I know I can use the likes of dyndns, but they decided to block my account for some silly reason, but I suspect I can get it back). I reckon I'd be saving about 50% going for that deal.

06-03-2007, 12:22	#7
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Yup - 'NTL' uses lots of proxy servers. I know about that one. I'm in an ex-NTL area, not ex-BY. I use my own proxy anyway, so not much change there. Only problem I have with cable is living in an upstairs flat. They've installed cable downstairs, but I'm not sure what's involved in getting it to me.

06-03-2007, 12:25	#8
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	They should go upstairs fine. My housemate upstairs has a seperate account and they installed it fine, although I didn't notice how they got the cable upstairs. __________________ Halycopter

06-03-2007, 12:58	#9
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Our IP has only changed when I reboot the modem, and the last time I did that it didnt change anyway. Instead of a dyndns service (which I just dont like) I have a bit of VB that uploads my current WAN IP address to some hosting every now and again. If it does change without me knowing, then I can at least find it easy enough __________________ apt-get moo

06-03-2007, 13:16	#10
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Ooh, yes. I could shove a nameserver on my box (had one on the old one) and host a DNS zone on that. Good idea, sir.

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