More price rises - Page 19

richard s · 22-09-2016, 20:44

I do not require the Tivo anymore or the phone (very rarely use the phone only on some incoming annoying calls). Can you just have broadband from virgin, if not than I am off to BT who do BB and a ruddy phone for £31 a month.

1andrew1 · 22-09-2016, 21:34

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Originally Posted by richard s

I do not require the Tivo anymore or the phone (very rarely use the phone only on some incoming annoying calls). Can you just have broadband from virgin, if not than I am off to BT who do BB and a ruddy phone for £31 a month.

BT is poorer value. Vodafone offers the most competitive broadband prices and doesn't charge separately for broadband:
Up to 17Mb/s £22pm all in
Up to 38 Mb/s £25pm all in
Up to 76 Mb/s £28pm all in
https://www.vodafone.co.uk/broadband.../lzvnylnty/lcc

Stephen · 22-09-2016, 22:19

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

BT is poorer value. Vodafone offers the most competitive broadband prices and doesn't charge separately for broadband:
Up to 17Mb/s £22pm all in
Up to 38 Mb/s £25pm all in
Up to 76 Mb/s £28pm all in
https://www.vodafone.co.uk/broadband.../lzvnylnty/lcc

If you have a mobile with Vodafone then the up to 38Mbps is £22 the same price as the ADSL and phone line. £18 for line rental and £4 for the ADSL. Or go for fibre and pay just £22 and get a free land line.

Horizon · 22-09-2016, 22:53

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

BT is poorer value. Vodafone offers the most competitive broadband prices and doesn't charge separately for broadband:
Up to 17Mb/s £22pm all in
Up to 38 Mb/s £25pm all in
Up to 76 Mb/s £28pm all in
https://www.vodafone.co.uk/broadband.../lzvnylnty/lcc

Something people may wish to consider if they are thinking of leaving VM is that Vodafone will be launching their tv services soon. So that may be another viable option depending on their prices and what services they offer.

Stephen · 22-09-2016, 22:59

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Originally Posted by Horizon

Something people may wish to consider if they are thinking of leaving VM is that Vodafone will be launching their tv services soon. So that may be another viable option depending on their prices and what services they offer.

Shame there aren't people that know anything about it

Horizon · 22-09-2016, 23:06

....Do you know? If you do, please tell.

If its just going to be like the others, aka Freeview with boltons, then that's of no use to me. But if they were to launch a proper IPTV service with all channels available over broadband, I'd be interested.

1andrew1 · 22-09-2016, 23:41

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Originally Posted by Kushan

TalkTalk always trail in the customer service polls as well. Virgin tends to come out near the top, which speaks volumes about how terrible TalkTalk really are.

Which? popped through my letter box today. The customer scores for the providers are:
1. Plusnet 65%
2. Virgin Media 53%
3. EE 50%
4. TalkTalk 47%
5. BT 46%
6. Sky 44%

Comments on VM "Customers love Virgin Media's broadband speed and reliability - it's the best rated of all companies surveyed for both of these. Overall, customer service and technical support were average, and around one in five customers rated value for money as poor. Additionally, around half of Virgin Media customers cited price increases as a problem they experienced the most."

Comments on Sky "Sky's score has dropped, with customers saying they're unhappy with the broadband's speed and reliability."

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Originally Posted by Horizon

....Do you know? If you do, please tell.

If its just going to be like the others, aka Freeview with boltons, then that's of no use to me. But if they were to launch a proper IPTV service with all channels available over broadband, I'd be interested.

If it's like Vodafone Ireland, it won't have the Sky basic channels. It's also a bit ambiguous as to which channels will be in HD.
http://www.vodafone.ie/home/tv/

Horizon · 22-09-2016, 23:43

.... I'll have a look at that. Cheers.

Stephen · 22-09-2016, 23:51

It won't be like that.

1andrew1 · 23-09-2016, 00:09

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Originally Posted by Stephen

It won't be like that.

What WILL it be like then?

a01020304 · 23-09-2016, 02:01

why say we are getting free upgrades when in reality they put the prices up so we are really paying for them and they are not free, my standalone 50mb going up £4.87

yorkshireborn · 23-09-2016, 07:34

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Originally Posted by richard s

I do not require the Tivo anymore or the phone (very rarely use the phone only on some incoming annoying calls). Can you just have broadband from virgin, if not than I am off to BT who do BB and a ruddy phone for £31 a month.

yes you can just have broadband without the phone

I got rid of the tv and phone but kept the broadband 200meg for £39
and took SkyQ box set with sports and movies.

MrB · 23-09-2016, 08:34

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Originally Posted by a01020304

why say we are getting free upgrades when in reality they put the prices up so we are really paying for them and they are not free, my standalone 50mb going up £4.87

No you are mistaken, the free upgrades and price increases are totally unrelated

. It is pure coincidence ... that this keeps happening

.

Of course, if you agree a new package, you lose the free upgrade, as I found out earlier this year when they put their prices up.

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Originally Posted by Stephen

You probably won't miss the speed. I was in 150Mb and last week got sky fibre 38 and its still fast.

VM just sent me a bill for a full month even though my account disconnects next Monday.

Am I best cancelling the DD and paying manually?

In a side note. Wow the Q box is fast!

I would leave the DD in place - they will likely take the payment, their billing system will then produce a final bill based on your leaving date and will credit you any money you are owed. Cancelling the DD or paying what you think you owe may place marks on your credit file even when you don't technically owe them.

Inactive Digital · 23-09-2016, 08:44

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Originally Posted by yorkshireborn

yes you can just have broadband without the phone

I got rid of the tv and phone but kept the broadband 200meg for £39
and took SkyQ box set with sports and movies.

That's exactly what I've done too.

This is an interesting article :
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09...ake_of_brexit/

Perhaps we should be referring to this as the Brexit Price Rise..?

1andrew1 · 23-09-2016, 10:05

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Originally Posted by Inactive Digital

This is an interesting article :
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09...ake_of_brexit/

Perhaps we should be referring to this as the Brexit Price Rise..?

That's the point I made to Mad Max who asked me to show him a recent price rise. Two days later, I didn't need to go far to find one and explained that the weaker Pound would feed through into increased costs for companies like VM who buy hardware, software and content largely in Dollars.
His argument was that the UK would export more but he couldn't explain how this would help VM cope with its increased costs. If it was a long-term shift then perhaps VM would bring back some things it's offshored like the contact centres but the uncertainty does not encourage such moves.

At the moment, it's still possible for the £ to recover against the $ but uncertainty about Brexit terms is holding the £ down. As anyone who has travelled abroad recently knows, the £ in your pocket does not stretch as far a it once did