Virgin Phone Line

redwin11

I'm looking at signing up to the Virgin Quidco deal where you get £150 for any cable service.

Silly question, but is Virgin's phone line a cable service?
i.e.- they don't use the existing BT line?

I assume so, but don't want to sign up to anything if it's not valid for the cashback deal, and I currently don't want either Broadband or TV with them.

Thanks.

ACDeag

redwin11 wrote: »

I'm looking at signing up to the Virgin Quidco deal where you get £150 for any cable service.

Silly question, but is Virgin's phone line a cable service?
i.e.- they don't use the existing BT line?

I assume so, but don't want to sign up to anything if it's not valid for the cashback deal, and I currently don't want either Broadband or TV with them.

Thanks.

If you are in their cable area yes they don't use your BT line.

They offer a free TV package with their phone, equivalent to Freeview basically but also lets you have their Pay per View movies and Catch up TV services.

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/websales/product.do?id=11169

donnac2558

Just to clear up. You will not get On Demand TV unless you take the XL package for tv.

ACDeag

donnac2558 wrote: »

Just to clear up. You will not get On Demand TV unless you take the XL package for tv.

You will not get free TV On Demand (it will be chargeable), but you will get Movies On Demand (chargeable) and the catchup service for watching BBC, ITV and C4 programs you may have missed (free).

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/tv/tv-on-demand.html

redwin11

Thanks guys.

I already have Sky and use O2 for Broadband, so I currently am only interested in the phone line.

Any idea if Sky can work with Virgin's phone line?

ACDeag

redwin11 wrote: »

Thanks guys.

I already have Sky and use O2 for Broadband, so I currently am only interested in the phone line.

Any idea if Sky can work with Virgin's phone line?

Yes it can, I did for a while, but obviously O2 Broadband wont work on it.

ACDeag

redwin11 wrote: »

Thanks guys.

I already have Sky and use O2 for Broadband, so I currently am only interested in the phone line.

Any idea if Sky can work with Virgin's phone line?

If you go for a phone line on its own I don't think they will let you have the free weekend calls package you will need to subscribe to one their other call packages (£3.45 or £7.95), however take the free TV and I think you will be allowed the free weekend package. Perverse pricing but that is Virgin for you.

dave_dph

ACDeag wrote: »

If you go for a phone line on its own I don't think they will let you have the free weekend calls package you will need to subscribe to one their other call packages (£3.45 or £7.95), however take the free TV and I think you will be allowed the free weekend package. Perverse pricing but that is Virgin for you.

Plus you won't get the cashback without taking a triple service, phone, tv and broadband.

ACDeag

dave_dph wrote: »

Plus you won't get the cashback without taking a triple service, phone, tv and broadband.

Not sure you have to take a triple service. Quidco's wording is as follows:

The £150 cashback is applicable to any Virgin Media package which includes a service provided by cable, i.e. Broadband, Broadband and TV Package, Bundles etc.

I read it as being applicable to one service or more as it says "a service".

DazedByTheLight

ACDeag wrote: »

Not sure you have to take a triple service. Quidco's wording is as follows:

The £150 cashback is applicable to any Virgin Media package which includes a service provided by cable, i.e. Broadband, Broadband and TV Package, Bundles etc.

I read it as being applicable to one service or more as it says "a service".

Yes, it is just for one service...I signed up for the telephone line with the £65 deal and the cashback did track.