Fibre optic BB cost

old_sage

This is specifically about Virgin fibre optic broadband...
I'm new to Virgin and was offered this package:

Broadband L (10Mb) and Phone M (free weekend calls) - £23.50 a month, no installation charge.

I don't understand how people on other threads say they are getting a 10Mb package for £10 to £15 a month - is that a package involving a BT line ie not fibre optic cable?

Thanks

ACDeag

old_sage wrote: »

This is specifically about Virgin fibre optic broadband...
I'm new to Virgin and was offered this package:

Broadband L (10Mb) and Phone M (free weekend calls) - £23.50 a month, no installation charge.

I don't understand how people on other threads say they are getting a 10Mb package for £10 to £15 a month - is that a package involving a BT line ie not fibre optic cable?

Thanks

Your figure includes line rental, most people probably quote a figure without line rental. You don't need a phone line for Virgin Cable broadband (although they will charge you more for it if you don't take a phone).

macman

old_sage wrote: »

This is specifically about Virgin fibre optic broadband...
I'm new to Virgin and was offered this package:

Broadband L (10Mb) and Phone M (free weekend calls) - £23.50 a month, no installation charge.

I don't understand how people on other threads say they are getting a 10Mb package for £10 to £15 a month - is that a package involving a BT line ie not fibre optic cable?

Thanks

Are you in a VM cable area? If not, you will be offered Virgin National, which is just a resold BT ADSL service.

jem16

old_sage wrote: »

I don't understand how people on other threads say they are getting a 10Mb package for £10 to £15 a month - is that a package involving a BT line ie not fibre optic cable?

The people you are reading about are probably quoting deals that they have through Retentions.

For example I pay £13.95pm for XL Phone and 10Mb BB - this is the total cost including the line rental. I also got a £30 credit which basically brings my price down to an equivalent of £11.45pm. However this deal was only offered after I cancelled my services with them after almost 14 years of being a customer.

Unfortunately still every evening my 10Mb BB drops to less than 2Mb - over utilisation!

It is fibre optic cable.

spike7451

You are only on fibre optic cable from the hubsite to the Mux,after then you are on copper cable.The mux can be up to & over 1/2 mile from you house!!The hubsite can be many miles away.
The fibre carries phone,tv & broadband!!!!!
Spike (ex NTL/VM Engineer)