Cancelling Virgin Media BB and landline for free Sky broadband

christophp

I have the Sky Sports TV package but my Broadband and landline are with Virgin Media. I am tempted by the Sky Sports 5 two years Free broadband offer.


If I go with it what is the best way of ensuring I am not without broadband for any period ( I need continuity as I am self employed ). I also rely on the Virgin Media Cloud as a back up for my files so assume I would lose that if I leave Virgin.


Any advice from anyone in a similar situation who has gone down this route with this offer/or considered it and rejected the offer would be gratefully received.

macman

Since you will need a new BT-based landline to get Sky broadband (or indeed any ADSL broadband), it's perfectly possible to overlap the two services, if temporary service loss is an issue.
PS: using any residential contract to run a business on is breach of the T&C's.

[Deleted User]

My advice is..don't do it. Virgin broadband is by far the superior service and you'll REALLY notice the difference (negatively) if you switch.

As macman says, you really shouldn't be using a domestic internet connection for business purposes.

mije1983

OP, I agree with the advice given above. The 'free' broadband from Sky is regular ADSL not fibre, and I imagine with Virgin you have a high speed connection.

If you are out of any minimum term requirement with Virgin (which I guess you are as you are thinking of switching), give them a call and see if they can reduce the cost. Just becuase it's free, it doesn't necessarily make it good value for you.

Tea_spiller

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

My advice is..don't do it. Virgin broadband is by far the superior service and you'll REALLY notice the difference (negatively) if you switch.

As macman says, you really shouldn't be using a domestic internet connection for business purposes.

My GF has BT/Sky broadband & using it is like a time-warp back for me, It was so slow - unusable after proper cable internet.

st999

I was on holiday at a relative's house where they had the fastest BT broadband they could get.


Compared to my Virgin broadband, theirs was so slow.
I would never leave Virgin to go to ADSL.