10M Virgin Media Broadband price rises - Page 3

qasdfdsaq · 04-02-2012, 02:39

To save money, like every other business is trying to do at the moment.

a01020304 · 04-02-2012, 05:11

how much will BB XL (30mb) without phone be ?
i only got my upgrade from 10mb 2 weeks ago, am welll MOD EDIT:off by this now as if it does rise cannot afford it, when i called CS and got the upgrade they never mentioned the prise rise despite me specifically saying i had a strict budget and could not go over a certain amount.
if it does rise will i be able to revert back to 10mb and get my discounts and refund of the activation back.
as there is no way i will want to stay on the 30mb packange if it does rise.

**Maggy J** · 04-02-2012, 10:06

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kwikbreaks · 04-02-2012, 10:19

Isn't this just the normal annual price increase? At least this one seems to be limited to L BB and phone charges only. If anybody thinks the prices are too high surely the answer is obvious?

Sirius · 04-02-2012, 10:37

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Originally Posted by kwikbreaks

Isn't this just the normal annual price increase? At least this one seems to be limited to L BB and phone charges only. If anybody thinks the prices are too high surely the answer is obvious?

Agreed, If i was in that postion i would be looking now.

nodrogd · 04-02-2012, 14:49

The BB increases were on Mediaboys' Blog for a while, but were hastily removed before I could make any notes

. Think the XL increase was £1.50 !

denphone · 04-02-2012, 14:54

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Originally Posted by nodrogd

The BB increases were on Mediaboys' Blog for a while, but were hastily removed before I could make any notes

. Think the XL increase was £1.50 !

They will be back when he gets the full correct information from his sources

greeninferno · 04-02-2012, 15:24

For those on retention deals like myself that have had the letter stating a price rise , does this invalidate the contract giving you 30 days to cancel?

yorkshireborn · 04-02-2012, 18:58

our monthly bill is around £70 dependant on calls made my bill would rise to £77 amonth
i think its time to go freesat
keep the bb
lose the land line

should save £40 a month

Milambar · 04-02-2012, 20:26

Its interesting the number of people taking about "lose the landline", but I wonder...

It is my understanding that if you don't take a landline with VM, you have to pay the full rate for broadband, thus negating any saving you might think you'd make.

Its my understanding the full rate for a standalone broadband comes to the same as the discounted rate + landline, give or take a £ or two. Could anyone confirm that?

**Kymmy** · 04-02-2012, 21:07

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Originally Posted by Milambar

Its my understanding the full rate for a standalone broadband comes to the same as the discounted rate + landline, give or take a £ or two. Could anyone confirm that?

There's about £4 difference

bubblegun · 04-02-2012, 23:01

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Originally Posted by Kymmy

There's about £4 difference

Is that save £4, if you don't have landline?

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Originally Posted by tridens

I got the info from virgin customer retentions today also reading the tivo charge is going up from £3 to £5 for new customers and later for everyone i think if that's true £5.50 increase in the bill is to much maybe time to leave virgin

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

There is nowhere that has been said. The only change is for new TiVo boxes ordered after end of Feb.

How long are Virgin likely to keep a price differential in place?
It's really just going to annoy both new and existing customers that they are paying more. To pretend that such a price differential will not be equalised in the long term in just plain dishonest.

TBH
Sky, Virgin and BT (and whoever Competitors) prices will go up each year people will just need to stop getting annoyed about it.
It WILL happen most years.
You can speak to each company's retention teams and they can promise a price but if the price goes up then this will change. (Get over it.)

qasdfdsaq · 05-02-2012, 03:35

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Originally Posted by Milambar

Its my understanding the full rate for a standalone broadband comes to the same as the discounted rate + landline, give or take a £ or two. Could anyone confirm that?

For me it ended up quite a bit cheaper taking the landline as it was £37 without and £40 with, but taking the bundle gave me 3 months free and a £100 bill credit in the first year - i.e. many discounts are only open to those taking a bundle and makes the bundle work out cheaper.

Now the year's over I'm ditching the landline. We've never even had a handset plugged into it ever since it was installed.

Harryn9000 · 05-02-2012, 03:47

funny thing is i have said i would lose the land line coz the bill are nearly 400 quid every month most of it is calls made on land line my advice get a call bar on saved me more in the long run

kwikbreaks · 05-02-2012, 09:09

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Originally Posted by bubblegun

Is that save £4, if you don't have landline?

Yes about that but if you actually use the phone there are far bigger savings to be made. I have caller id so I can easily see if I want to answer or not. VM charge £2 for that (if you can get it) - free on Vonage along with lots of other handy optional extras free such as blocking calls with no caller id. Anytime calls - VM charge £8 or £9 - Vonage is £5.99 for anytime free geographic calls. It works well even on VMs abysmal jittery BB and I'll probably keep it instead of using BT calls when I move to Infinity.