Virgin TV, Phone, Broadband

[CleverClogs]

Re: Virgin TV, Phone, Broadband

because they'd the god channels

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord !

[labman]

Re: Virgin TV, Phone, Broadband

Mobile contract is excellent - I know it's slightly different from the main subject, but same company. They use EE, and sim only for just £12 per month I get unlimited calls, texts and data on a loyalty deal. Brilliant!

[charitynjw]

Re: Virgin TV, Phone, Broadband

Hi everyone, we are considering switching from Sky to Virgin, has anyone any experience with the Virgin deal, how did it work and was it good for you.

Oh go on then Cloggy, Chaz and Co, in this instance we can allow you're silly remarks as well.

Who, moi?

[charitynjw]

Re: Virgin TV, Phone, Broadband

I don't have a telly, or broadband, or narrowband.
I can't afford a 'puter.
& as for them adenoid 'phones, don't get me started!
I do, however, have a pot & a window.
Just in case Mr Bailiff comes a-calling...............

[dogtired]

Re: Virgin TV, Phone, Broadband

Also "back of beyond" Have BT, phone via copper wire had lots of problems with speed when I finally got Wi fi, from advice here got in touch with CEO, almost instant result!
Got new hub, and speed went from 0.2 to about 2.0!
Still varies a bit but cannot see us getting fibre optic any time soon.
TV is Freeview box, but even that needs an inline booster!

[Inca]

Re: Virgin TV, Phone, Broadband

D'ypu remember last winter when the copper coils at the top of me telegraph pole went tits up and the only time we got BB was to wait till they froze and connected? 5 bloody days of that I suffered..BB available between 8pm-7am depending on the temperature lol

[FlamingParrot]

Re: Virgin TV, Phone, Broadband

because they d the god channels and virgin doesn't (or didn't last time I looked)

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord !

I don't think I can get anything other than Sky where I live, nothing that requires an underground cable. Sky TV has worked well most of the time except some time in May/June when I started losing channels.

I rang Sky and they said it could be the box. I said I had it since 2007, they said it was VERY LIKELY to be the box after all those years, so they sent a new HD box free as long as I agreed to pay an extra £5/month, which I thought was a fair deal compared to the alternative of paying £60 just for a callout, and the engineer was likely to say I needed a new box anyway. Their customer service has always been fairly good and there haven't been many issues in 15 years. No idea how many Freeview channels I'd get where I live, years ago I heard you could cancel your Sky subscription once your contract period was over and keep the box and dish and use it to watch Freeview channels, I went to someone's house in SE London and it seemed to work fine at the time. :noidea: