Virgin Media Cable

thriftyfox_2

Hi..hope you can help me. My son wants to have broadband installed but without a landline, we/he have been looking at the Virgin Media 2 for £30 bundle, broadband and tv, when he enters his postcode it says he is in a cable area, does this mean he can have broadband and tv without the landline, thanks in advance oh and why am I sorting this out for a 25 year old man??????

penrhyn

I'd check with his neighbours to see if they get cable. On our estate Diamond/NTL/Virgin only got as far as installing the street furniture as the money ran out before they got round to putting the cable in.
Cable would supply all the services, he would not need a BT landline.

.... Because as parents thats what we do!

zx2011

Why not get the 2 for £20 offer.

TV and Broadband.

TV Size: L
Broadband Size: M

82 TV Channels and up to 2MB Broadband.

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/websales/product.do?id=11025

Order online and get a £10 discount.
http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/specialoffers/general_web_discount.html

No phone line required.

peter999

thriftyfox wrote:

...oh and why am I sorting this out for a 25 year old man??????

Kids are spoilt rotten.
Everything is served on a plate.

They should work down the local coalmine for a change. :doh: :rolleyes2

peter999

penrhyn wrote:

On our estate Diamond/NTL/Virgin only got as far as installing the street furniture as the money ran out before they got round to putting the cable in.

Was this recently ??
Have NTL run out of money for improvements/installations ??

I am having big speed problems with my NTL Broadband in evenings.
NTL keep saying they are going to upgrade box/servers, serving my area, but they have been saying that for a long time !!

peter999

jifster

Hi,

Yes you can have cable without a landline. I have just cable broadband @ £17.99 /month. No phone line fitted in the house.

However I too am experiencing speed problems during the evenings. I am currently in contact with their tech support but they have said there is no fault.

peter999

jifster wrote:

However I too am experiencing speed problems during the evenings. I am currently in contact with their tech support but they have said there is no fault.

Don't believe them & check with neighbours.
I had 4 engineer appointments all saying different things & numerous phone calls.

Try to check speed at different times of day.
Do a few times & keep a log so you get an idea of what is going on.

peter999

jifster

Thanks peter999,

The problem only occurs at 'peak times'. I don't think it is a fault as such, just simply that there are too many people trying to use the bandwidth in the area during this period. At other times the speed is as expected. They should be able to see this quite clearly with their stats.

I will continue to shout.. sorry, talk to them to try and resolve the issue!