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BenSilverSaxo
7th May 2007, 18:54
I am moving into a flat that is in a cable area, i am thinking about getting the tv and broadband deal from virgin for £20 a month. Anyone got any experiences of this what do they think?
well i have the mobile house phone and internet for £30 and i think its a good service, although i have sky and wouldnt change it for anything, sky owns the tv market.
Im with virgin media..i.e - cable and i got tv, broadband and home phone and its a good deal i think never had no problems and internet been spot on.
Tracey
7th May 2007, 19:31
ive got virgin media cable and broadband.... so far its been the best broadband ive ever had... only drawback is.... if you dont have the home phone too and you have to call the technical helpline.... can be bloody expensive over a mobile.
Yeh, i have had a look at this before, Sky have bought AOL now so i am hoping that i get some discount on my AOL package or they offer me (a valued AOL customer;)) some sort of deal lol
BenSilverSaxo
7th May 2007, 19:40
what is the tv on demand like?
DavoVTR
7th May 2007, 21:33
Dont do it... Had very bad experience with Virgin Media. After all the beef with Sky etc a few months back, I phoned to see what they had to say and what they were going to offer customers etc. I got offered a great deal, some VIP package or something. Basically, better net, cheaper calls, more channels and V+ (which is Sky+) with a extra box upstairs in my room. Got given installation date etc to get my updated boxes which was a month away. Three days before, I got a call from them explaining they cant do it etc etc due to not having the equipment on that day. I said fair enough, when can you do it? They give me the old bullsh1t well we've had to order new stock blah blah your gonna have to wait another 5 weeks. This wasn't acceptable as I was losing a full days worth of hours at work (i'm on flexi and took the day off flexi so i lost 7 hours 24mins). I asked the guy (after a lengthy argument) if i could give my months notice to leave virgin media. He said you'll have to call back as I cant do it. So I call back straight after the call and get "Sorry, we are not open Sundays, please call back Monday between 8am and 8pm" which pi55ed me off even more. Even better... when they told me they we're sending an engineer to collect the equipment, nobody turned up. I waited in all day and not even a phonecall. The next day, I receive a box from Virgin Media sayin "pack it all up, take this to the post office and keep your receipt" - I am now with Sky, have Sky+ and an extra Sky box for Sky Multi-room in my bedroom (which I will upgarde to HD pretty soon when they give me a "special offer"). My phone line is with B.T. and my internet AOL, I have every channel on Sky, a pretty good internet provider and a decent BT package and its costing me less than what Virgin offered.
That is my story.... The End :P
LittleDude101
7th May 2007, 21:44
ive got vrigin media tv
Its fine... BUT sometimes the box crashes, but they have been willing to change it, but no one has been in at the right time
Crag73
7th May 2007, 21:59
Dude im begging you PLEASE dont get virgin media, cheap price = cheap service
iv got it and am canceling it! i seriously prefer freeview mainly coz its free for basically the same service and it doesnt crash / freeze / bug out on me.
just get a isp and a contract mobile phone so much cheaper and better
DavoVTR
7th May 2007, 22:27
Dude im begging you PLEASE dont get virgin media, cheap price = cheap service
Bang on....
BenSilverSaxo
7th May 2007, 22:30
Dont do it... Had very bad experience with Virgin Media. After all the beef with Sky etc a few months back, I phoned to see what they had to say and what they were going to offer customers etc. I got offered a great deal, some VIP package or something. Basically, better net, cheaper calls, more channels and V+ (which is Sky+) with a extra box upstairs in my room. Got given installation date etc to get my updated boxes which was a month away. Three days before, I got a call from them explaining they cant do it etc etc due to not having the equipment on that day. I said fair enough, when can you do it? They give me the old bullsh1t well we've had to order new stock blah blah your gonna have to wait another 5 weeks. This wasn't acceptable as I was losing a full days worth of hours at work (i'm on flexi and took the day off flexi so i lost 7 hours 24mins). I asked the guy (after a lengthy argument) if i could give my months notice to leave virgin media. He said you'll have to call back as I cant do it. So I call back straight after the call and get "Sorry, we are not open Sundays, please call back Monday between 8am and 8pm" which pi55ed me off even more. Even better... when they told me they we're sending an engineer to collect the equipment, nobody turned up. I waited in all day and not even a phonecall. The next day, I receive a box from Virgin Media sayin "pack it all up, take this to the post office and keep your receipt" - I am now with Sky, have Sky+ and an extra Sky box for Sky Multi-room in my bedroom (which I will upgarde to HD pretty soon when they give me a "special offer"). My phone line is with B.T. and my internet AOL, I have every channel on Sky, a pretty good internet provider and a decent BT package and its costing me less than what Virgin offered.
That is my story.... The End :P
:clapping: Some great advice there mate. Think i will go with sky then, just get my internet with tiscali or somebody! Thanks again mate
DavoVTR
7th May 2007, 22:38
No problem! May I say, Sky+ is the nuts. Especially when snooker is on.... you can play games like "pause it before he takes the shot and gues if it goes in. If your right, you down ya drink, if ya wrong... you down ya drink"
The rules to this game are not official!
Crag73
7th May 2007, 22:43
The rules to this game are not official![/QUOTE]
Lol i play that with the footy :P
BenSilverSaxo
8th May 2007, 09:41
No problem! May I say, Sky+ is the nuts. Especially when snooker is on.... you can play games like "pause it before he takes the shot and gues if it goes in. If your right, you down ya drink, if ya wrong... you down ya drink"
The rules to this game are not official!
Ha ha thats great, unfortunately i have been told that i cannot put a dish up on the flat, its against the rules:homme: . Can i get cable from another provider not virgin?
milesg
8th May 2007, 09:47
can you not have the dish on the ground mate, i had a neighbour that didnt want the dish attached to their house and so sky manged to install it in the front garden or something, just a thought....
vtr2007
8th May 2007, 09:50
im with virgin media too i noticed they started this mobile package i wonder if i can add it?
BenSilverSaxo
8th May 2007, 09:55
can you not have the dish on the ground mate, i had a neighbour that didnt want the dish attached to their house and so sky manged to install it in the front garden or something, just a thought....
Well there isnt a garden mate lol!
DavoVTR
8th May 2007, 16:55
Not sure if they can fit it elsewhere, Virgin Media (or Richard Branson to be correct) bought out all the cable companies (Telewest, NTL etc) so he owns them all. I don't think there are any more options other than Sky and Freeview?
BenSilverSaxo
8th May 2007, 17:21
Not sure if they can fit it elsewhere, Virgin Media (or Richard Branson to be correct) bought out all the cable companies (Telewest, NTL etc) so he owns them all. I don't think there are any more options other than Sky and Freeview?
Great, looks like its freeview or virgin then, the broadband should be fast though
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