Virgin Media to drop Sky One

samtheman_2

mew wrote:

It's just been announced that existing Virgin Media customers (unhappy with loosing the sky channels) can cancel their contract with No Penalty if you do it before the end of march, all you need to do is give 30 days notice.

I'm sure that Sky would welcome ex Virgin customers with some good 'New customer' offers.

can you quote your source?

quoia

samtheman wrote:

can you quote your source?

It was announced about 13:00 today in the middle of WORKING LUNCH on BBC2

TaBunny

LouBlue wrote:

Does anyone know please??

sky sports news will only be available on sky soon as will sky news, they are being withdrawn from freeview too at the end of the current contract which isn't long away

LouBlue

TaBunny wrote:

sky sports news will only be available on sky soon as will sky news, they are being withdrawn from freeview too at the end of the current contract which isn't long away

Darnit! I feel I am being blackmailed but I love my SS News! :mad:

daymo

LouBlue wrote:

Darnit! I feel I am being blackmailed but I love my SS News! :mad:

That is the first channel I missed when I cancelled Ntl in December (3 weeks went by and we were without cable due to the poor attitude and comms of their c/s!)it wasnt available on our old Sky free system ,so I bought a freeview box.I am glad that I then I decided to get the 3 for £26 with sky though, especially with the latest shenanigans,I just feel for the people who will miss it You cant beat Jeff on Saturday afternoons along with Chris "Literacy master" Kamara`s observations,it is unmissable tv for all footy fans!

compmad1

I've just had my Virgin Media bill. I am being charged for the basic TV package, which used to include Sky One. This does not exist on their web-site. It is M, L, or XL. I don't know what I'm supposed to be getting now for the extra money.No one is answering the phone now at Virgin Media customer services.

M is supposed to be free with a Virgin telephone package, which I have got. Has anybody got this? It looks just like Freeview, which is all I want if I can't get Sky One.

Also I've started to compare what I pay with cable against what I could pay with Sky:

My Cable= Broadband 4mb unlimited download £25
Telephone line rental £10.50
Telephone cost evenings and weekends £5.50
Basic TV (no Sky) £5.50
Total = £46.50 per month.

Sky Max= Broadband 16mb unlimited download £10
Telephone line rental £11
Telephone cost, unlimited day, evening and weekends to land-lines £5
Basic Sky TV £15
Total = £41 per month.

I have liked Telewest customer service in the past, but you can't speak to anyone now. Having looked at these prices, Cable seems quite expensive in comparison. I am surprised.

I first saw this on the Which? web-site.

This link gives you all the information.

http://broadbandcomparison.sky.com/default.aspx?offer_type_id=4&tv=True&conn=False&ci=1

TaBunny

LouBlue wrote:

Darnit! I feel I am being blackmailed but I love my SS News! :mad:

Well yep that's what Murdock is doing, being a big bully to make everyone go over to him, I'd rather sit on my hands and put up with losing Lost and all the other channels etc than give in to a big bully

Oh and for anyone who's interested here's the latest news from Virgin in the last hour saying they will not stop people from switching by using legal rangling about contracts etc. But I'm still not tempted to give Murdock his ball back.
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story_business_island.asp?j=174223880&p=y74zz446x

thor

Claire_DC wrote:

Haha but that will never happen will it as there's always going to be a lot people who stay with sky, hence why there's no point in doing it - all it would result in for me/most people, is less channels for probably the same price since virgin have put up their prices anyway.

I'm with virgin for broadband and phone, but only by the skin of their teeth as they gave me a good offer to stay with them as i'd had no end of problems with them since joining 2 years or so ago, when they were still NTL of course.

It's a nice idea in theory but i don't think it would ever happen.;)

Does not mean that it won't either. It might not take a lot of viewers lost on either side to cause a real stink. With Virgin showing Lost on their 'on demand' channel(albeit a few months late) I'm starting to think that Virgin are starting to think big. They will bid for stuff that Sky had previously got virtually unopposed and should they 'bag' the likes of Lost or Simpsons then Sky will be in big trouble. Even if virgin fail they will push up the prices of these shows so doing to Sky what Sky have done to everyone else. I welcome all of this because 'what goes around, comes around'.

Helix

compmad1 wrote:

I've just had my Virgin Media bill. I am being charged for the basic TV package, which used to include Sky One. This does not exist on their web-site. It is M, L, or XL. I don't know what I'm supposed to be getting now for the extra money.No one is answering the phone now at Virgin Media customer services.

You're on the old select pack which new customers can't sign up to. You should be able to switch to the free M pack by ringing them up or possibly online, but check the channel list first as it has a few less I think so you might loose something you want.

Claire_DC

cheepskate wrote:

I'm with virgin for broadband and phone, but only by the skin of their teeth as they gave me a good offer to stay with them as i'd had no end of problems with them since joining 2 years or so ago, when they were still NTL of course.

just out of interest what are yoiu paying for the 2 services and what broadband are you on .

want to see if i can get a better deal

£17.75 per month for the 4mb broadband, TU24 (free calls to landline numbers 24/7) and line rental for phone.. however gonna ask them to upgrade us to 10mb since people say you can upgrade for free anyway at the moment.