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Cheapest way to get virgin broadband

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Holiday Haggler
edited 11 November 2011 at 12:12PM in Broadband & internet access
So, as the title goes.. i'm moving to virgin (as i'm moving house, and the house is too far from the exchange to be useful for copper)

I've got sky already, so i'd just be moving my phone line and broadband over.

Anyone know ways to get decent cashback or discounts? My wife is NHS if that helps..

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  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,793 Ambassador
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    Are you moving to a virgin enabled area?

    Any friend, who has virgin already, can sign you up for a free installation and they get a £50 credit in the bargain. So I guess there is a deal to be done there ;)
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  • dave_dph
    dave_dph Posts: 652 Forumite
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    So, as the title goes.. i'm moving to virgin (as i'm moving house, and the house is too far from the exchange to be useful for copper)

    I've got sky already, so i'd just be moving my phone line and broadband over.

    Anyone know ways to get decent cashback or discounts? My wife is NHS if that helps..

    Place your order online and go through Topcashback, currently paying £62.36 for new connections. If you don't want the virgin phone service you could use a voip provider over the broadband, check out voipfone, vonage etc
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    Check if not taking the phone removes free install and cheap months. The phone only costs about £3 more a month than without and can be cancelled after the minimum term. That's what I did - at the time it worked out cheaper to take it than not.
  • Buzby
    Buzby Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    You need to establish whether you'll be a genuine Cable customer, or a Virgin branded service using BT infrastructure. If the latter, there's no real benefit, IMHO.
  • thanks for the replies. I've checked the website, I can get up to 100mb so it's definitely a cable enabled area. I've checked Quidco, I can get 62 quid back.

    Ta all
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