The Big Adventure

ljaneyr

Hi goldie
You probably already know this but you sign up to Netflix a month at a time so you don't need to worry about a contract. My DH signs up for a few months then cancels it when he's seen all he wants to see.
When we move back home, we're going to cancel sky and are looking at Now tv for the channels we can't get anymore.

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Karmacat

Actually ... now that cable has finally arrived at my town, if I signed on to it, it'd be good enough for streaming, wouldn't it... since I moved here, I've had to download catch up tv and then play it, which in practice means only iplayer. And they're going to charge for iplayer soon. I feel a change in the waters coming on, just as I'm retiring

BookWorm

You may already have considered this but you can get cashback via the usual suspect sites for being a new customer with VM. Might be worth considering.

I was also keen to watch Better Call Saul - but I struggled with it. Did watch it all but it was definitely a chore. IMO nowhere close to Breaking Bad

Goldiegirl

ljaneyr wrote: »

Hi goldie
You probably already know this but you sign up to Netflix a month at a time so you don't need to worry about a contract. My DH signs up for a few months then cancels it when he's seen all he wants to see.
When we move back home, we're going to cancel sky and are looking at Now tv for the channels we can't get anymore.

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Yes, I had heard before that Netflix is good for dipping in and out of.


We ditched Sky about 18 months ago, and there's been times where we'd wanted to see things, but we no longer had the channels. Also, Mr Goldie has missed the sport channels a bit. We may go for an intermediate Virgin package, with some extra channels and BT Sport, but not the full Monty Sky Sports package

Karmacat wrote: »

Actually ... now that cable has finally arrived at my town, if I signed on to it, it'd be good enough for streaming, wouldn't it... since I moved here, I've had to download catch up tv and then play it, which in practice means only iplayer. And they're going to charge for iplayer soon. I feel a change in the waters coming on, just as I'm retiring

I've always said we didn't need fast broadband, as we didn't stream HD movies etc. But the main reason for that is BECAUSE of the slow broadband. If we go for Virgin, it's going to give us much more flexibility in our viewing

BookWorm wrote: »

You may already have considered this but you can get cashback via the usual suspect sites for being a new customer with VM. Might be worth considering.

I was also keen to watch Better Call Saul - but I struggled with it. Did watch it all but it was definitely a chore. IMO nowhere close to Breaking Bad

I was looking at Quidco and there's some good cashback amount on offer. But if we do it (and we're currently 99% sure we will, we'll go with the local agent, as he was the one that got us thinking about it, and it'd be nice to have a 'real' person to contact if there's any issues.


Ironically, our Talk Talk internet connection has been fine for almost a week, but I think the time has come for a change. I've messaged Talk Talk to tell them the broken internet appears to be mended, and requested that they cancel the Openreach engineer booked for Wednesday.


Good news yesterday - Mr Goldie received a letter inviting him to apply for his state pension :j It can all be done online, he's registered, but they post an access code to him. As soon as he receives that, we'll do the necessary


Bad news - birds have been pecking at our courgettes We've moved the pot, so they may not find it again

Goldiegirl

We've done it - signed up for Virgin Broadband and TV


Hopefully, installation 2 - 3 weeks


I'm :j and :eek: at the same time. I know some people swop their broadband all the time but this is a big thing for us

Karmacat

Totally understand that, but good for you for doing it - I'll be keeping an eagle eye on you I really think I want to go cable.

misscousinitt

Good for you Goldie

MCI x

Goldiegirl

Broadband switching update


Installation date 20th July


Virgin have told BT that they are taking over the phone line, and we've had email from BT to confirm we are finishing with them on 20th July


I need to tell Talk Talk to cancel the broadband - I'll do that in the next day or so.... I need to brace myself for that one, as no doubt I'll have to talk to the 'retentions team'


I've opened my online billing account with Virgin.


So far so good.


We have picked our first courgette of the year, which we'll have for dinner. I'm using my new grill pan for the first time, to do fairly plain salmon, and I'll cut the courgette in strips lengthwise, so they'll end up with nice grill marks ( I hope!)

Karmacat

Sounds good.

The courgette grill marks sound brilliant very Masterchef

Watty1

Grill marks ---- ohh get her posh chef:)