NTL (virgin) to Sky

Kido

We've been loyal NTl customers for a number of years now and didn't think about chaging. Now there's no longer Sky1 etc. on NTL (Virgin) we're thinking of changing over. We need middle rate broadband, Free local evening and Wekend calls (if possible) and 2 sky boxes. Does anyone know of any offers for this sort of set up? We're not bothered about Sky+ or anything like that.

TOBRUK

Look on sky website http://www.sky.com/portal/site/skycom/home you can customise your package, and order as new customer or existing customer. I am with NTL FREEDOM/VIRGIN dial up broadband (not in cable area) and am going to join sky BB. I want MID package broadband, if I customise to 2 mixes and talk anytime it will cost me £25 a month. If I decide to go for sky tv 6mix package, talk anytime mid package it will cost me £31 a month.

At the moment got ntl freedom bb and talk for £24.99 a month and sky tv at £15 a month = £39.99 for all three, so I will save with the sky bb package anyway.

the_barretts

You can have both Virgin and Sky!

I was on the Virgin 3 for £35 deal - as a long term customer incredibly peed off with losing Sky One I had Sky installed Saturday and then rang BT to switch from Virgin to them and then spent 59 minutes on hold to speak to VM to cancel all my services.

However, Virgin are quite desperate to keep customers and they offered me a much better deal rather than lose my custom altogether - £19.95 gives me broadband and telephone but with free daily, evening and weekend NATIONAL calls and a discount on International and mobile calls and they let me keep the TV for free and are installing it next week in my bedroom free of charge.

So I am staying with VM and tv (M) phone and 2mb broadband and the free calls cost just £19.95 so even with my £15 a month Sky subscription I am quids in as I am saving approx £10 a month on calls (dont use the phone a lot) and I get more channels Sky One, Two and Three as well as the kiddie channels that are on the VM XL package which I could not afford.

So ring 150 tell them you want to leave and renegotiate your deal - my sister, her best friend and my parents have all done the same!

They dont want to lose you so give it a try!!!!!

You can still have Sky as well - they want you to connect your box to a landline as the box occasionally calls Sky. But VM assure me you can connect it to your VM line and Sky wont know the difference unless Sky can find out from BT which is unlikely as its against the data protection act.

If you dont connect your Sky box to a phone line within 8 weeks then Sky charge you a one off payment of £25 which is basically the installation fee that they waived but VM have said that if I do get charged this they will pay half of it!