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Virgin phone lines - any good?
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Colliewobble_2
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in Phones & TV
Hi
Not being able to afford to pay the £125 reconnection fee with BT I'm looking at Virgin as a phone provider as it's a significantly cheaper connection fee.
Are there any pitfalls though that I should consider before I go ahead?
I'd be grateful for others' experiences.
Many thanks in advance,
CW
Not being able to afford to pay the £125 reconnection fee with BT I'm looking at Virgin as a phone provider as it's a significantly cheaper connection fee.
Are there any pitfalls though that I should consider before I go ahead?
I'd be grateful for others' experiences.
Many thanks in advance,
CW
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Shame about the significantly higher call charges...No free lunch, and no free laptop0
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Nope - the use much of the same Telephone Exchange technology, so technically they are on a par. For some, their network is better quality-wise, (because it was built on a fibre backbone to district hubs). BT are getting round to this, but I believe VM still have the edge,0
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Nope - the use much of the same Telephone Exchange technology, so technically they are on a par. For some, their network is better quality-wise, (because it was built on a fibre backbone to district hubs). BT are getting round to this, but I believe VM still have the edge,0
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Colliewobble wrote: »Hi
Not being able to afford to pay the £125 reconnection fee with BT I'm looking at Virgin as a phone provider as it's a significantly cheaper connection fee.
Are there any pitfalls though that I should consider before I go ahead?
I'd be grateful for others' experiences.
Many thanks in advance,
CW
Call charges are much much higher. You can mitigate these by getting a Cable Saver plug in box from First Telecom.
http://www.firsttelecom.com/other-products/cable-saver0 -
Call charges are much much higher. You can mitigate these by getting a Cable Saver plug in box from First Telecom.
http://www.firsttelecom.com/other-products/cable-saver
You could also use http://www.18185.co.uk/mobilerates.php via their 0808 Freephone Number.
But is the op talking about VM cable or VM national?0 -
Many thanks for your replies.
I think I must mean Virgin media - it would be through a cable.
Will this restrict me to just having Virgin broadband though?0 -
Colliewobble wrote: »Many thanks for your replies.
I think I must mean Virgin media - it would be through a cable.
Will this restrict me to just having Virgin broadband though?
Yes, for any other broadband service (ADSL) you need a BT line.No free lunch, and no free laptop0 -
Sort of correct,the main difference is you cannot have ADSL based broadband on a cable line as they work differently
Why on earth would VM wish to suppord ADSL on their PSTN? At best a kludge and at worse, alchemy - ADSL was foisted on the public because there was no other way.
Unless of course, you also have a co-axial connection - and can provide BB down the same copper conductor that provides the bandwidth and contention rates BT would die for.0 -
Colliewobble wrote: »Many thanks for your replies.
I think I must mean Virgin media - it would be through a cable.
Will this restrict me to just having Virgin broadband though?
It really is a no-brainer. Yes, you are restricted to VM's cable service, but since this has so many advantages over ADSL, not many would wish to downgrade to the ADSL limitations. Over the last 6 years I have had downtime of just 7 hours. That's impressive.0
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