SD : TV price rises

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Sky Fibre is £20.00 for 40mb , as opposed to VM 30mb becoming 60mb at £18.50 , which will be the cheapest option will depend I suppose on your total bundle.

Thanks MM.

[howardmicks]

Originally Posted by denphone

Just a little question howard you are saying its overpriced but yet you seem to have one so it cannot be that overpriced or else you wouldn't have one.

Only start paying £3. Next month had it 12 months for free,love my tivo but still dont know how they justify a £3 charge for epg

[denphone]

Originally Posted by howardmicks

Only start paying £3. Next month had it 12 months for free,love my tivo but still dont know how they justify a £3 charge for epg

But you are paying £3 for many other functionalities here and in the future and not just for the EPG.

[jobbie8]

Finally got my letter yesterday, going up by £3.50 amonth. £42 a year.

I'm not to bothered about the rise now, only hope for more HD channels this year.

I've got more things to worry about, with my VM letter came my car insurance renewal which has gone up £140 (with nothing changing in my circumstances) and my engergy supplier has increased my monthly direct debit by £20, even though Im still in credit.

[TonyHoyle]

Finally got the letter. 15% increase.. £33 becomes £38. didn't expect it to be that much TBH

Sky are still more expensive (£40 for the equivalent deal) but only just...

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Originally Posted by jobbie8

I've got more things to worry about, with my VM letter came my car insurance renewal which has gone up £140 (with nothing changing in my circumstances) and my engergy supplier has increased my monthly direct debit by £20, even though Im still in credit.

For the energy thing, they do that to me constantly.. you can normally drop it back down again on the website or worst case phone them up. Car insurance is cutthroat and if your existing insurer doesn't want your business there are plenty more out there.

Companies rely on passive consumers not caring enough to find the cheapest prices - insurance and energy are the worst of the lot. VM are saints by comparison!

[spankysmagicpian]

Since the price rise I'm been thinking about dropping down a package to negate the rise. It will be cold day in hell when I go to the dark side but I did check the prices.

I was shocked - to get a comparable package, Sky actually worked out slightly more expensive. Yes I know, more HD Channels but far, far inferior broadband.

So there you go - it is true, Sky for channels & HD and BB for VM!

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by denphone

l think you only have to look at the last couple of years to see how much Virgin have improved their services and one expects significant inprovements to be forthcoming this year as well and yes true they could be a little quicker getting some of the non Sky HD channels but again remember that Sky get paid to put channels on their platform where Virgin have to do the opposite so l think you are being a tad harsh master in your criticism of Virgin.

I think they would add more channels, in 2011 the improved the STB, now they can improve the Content!

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Originally Posted by tridens

I agree with this posting

I think VM's obsession with superfast broadband may also be their undoing. I think it would be safe to say that for the vast majority of people a reliable 10Mb or 30Mb service would suffice for most needs.

i agree most customers 70 -80% take the 10mg bb
Im not interested in 100 -200 300mg BB 10mg is plenty for me

Virgin is investing all their money in broadband not tv most people would like to see more Channels better content more HD Channels

also the tivo £3 charge should have been scraped

Tivo,Hoping to get all customers on this great format.
What do they do up the price?£3 should have been dropped not increased,Total suicide !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fast broadband is needed for all the Streaming from online!

[howardmicks]

Originally Posted by tridens

I agree with this posting

I think VM's obsession with superfast broadband may also be their undoing. I think it would be safe to say that for the vast majority of people a reliable 10Mb or 30Mb service would suffice for most needs.

i agree most customers 70 -80% take the 10mg bb
Im not interested in 100 -200 300mg BB 10mg is plenty for me

Virgin is investing all their money in broadband not tv most people would like to see more Channels better content more HD Channels

also the tivo £3 charge should have been scraped

Tivo,Hoping to get all customers on this great format.
What do they do up the price?£3 should have been dropped not increased,Total suicide !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

total agree matey,But unfortunetly vm clearly dont see it that way.I think they will be a time in the future(if can afford)where the majority will have sky for tv and vm for b/band and looking at recent developments i am starting to feel vm want it that way

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by howardmicks

and looking at recent developments i am starting to feel vm want it that way

Why on earth would Virgin Media go to the expense and effort of replacing their TV platform with TiVo if they'd rather everyone had Sky for TV?

[ottoni]

All this tv price rises is getting ridiculous, although I wonder what sky will put theirs up to?

My current offer doesn't run out until july, this includes:

TV XL
PHONE XL
INTERNET L
TIVO 1TB
V+
O845 (5 POUNDS)
CALLER ID
LINE RENTAL

42 POUNDS GOING UP TO 46 WITH PRICE INCREASE.

Does this sound like a reasonable/ good deal?

[denphone]

Originally Posted by ottoni

All this tv price rises is getting ridiculous, although I wonder what sky will put theirs up to?

My current offer doesn't run out until july, this includes:

TV XL
PHONE XL
INTERNET L
TIVO 1TB
V+
O845 (5 POUNDS)
CALLER ID
LINE RENTAL

42 POUNDS GOING UP TO 46 WITH PRICE INCREASE.

Does this sound like a reasonable/ good deal?

To me it still looks like a very good deal.

[ottoni]

Originally Posted by denphone

To me it still looks like a very good deal.

yeah, looking around at other suppliers nothing comes close, what does everyone else on here get?

[Picto]

Originally Posted by ottoni

All this tv price rises is getting ridiculous, although I wonder what sky will put theirs up to?

My current offer doesn't run out until july, this includes:

TV XL
PHONE XL
INTERNET L
TIVO 1TB
V+
O845 (5 POUNDS)
CALLER ID
LINE RENTAL

42 POUNDS GOING UP TO 46 WITH PRICE INCREASE.

Does this sound like a reasonable/ good deal?

Well i'm getting absolutely robbed.

TIVO with TV XL
Internet M
Spare room has VHD box
No phone line at all.

Paying £54.50 just now rising to £57.50.


Surely that can't be right considering what the boy above is getting for a tenner cheaper? Anyone got a direct UK number for me to re-negotiate? (Been with virgin for year and a half if that makes a difference.)

[howardmicks]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Why on earth would Virgin Media go to the expense and effort of replacing their TV platform with TiVo if they'd rather everyone had Sky for TV?

That is what confuses me,But upping the £3 charge to £5 is crazy surely it should go down not up and regarding hd channels there are still ones we are missing that sky dont own(itv`s,disney and especially universal)that we are still waiting for

[paultrademark]

Originally Posted by ottoni

yeah, looking around at other suppliers nothing comes close, what does everyone else on here get?

M Phone
XL BB
XL TV

1 TB TiVo
500GB TiVo
V+

£66.40

but called about about further discount due to price increase and got another £2 per month off, which will increase my total cost to

£67.90