Virgin Media retention deals (post your haggling successes)

FreeBear

ImranQ said:

Been offered 1gig broadband & phone line by Virgin for £51 for 18 months (no O2 contract). Is this a good deal?

Do you really need a 1 gig service ?

Most of your computers won't be able to pull data that fast, and even if they could, you'd be limited by the server at the other end.

I have a 100Mb service, but most of my computers have a 1/10M network card installed. On my desktop (1gig interface), a speed test says I'm getting 46-52Mb/sec, but if I attempt a real file download, I'll be lucky to get 6-8Mb/sec.

ImranQ

FreeBear said:

ImranQ said:

Been offered 1gig broadband & phone line by Virgin for £51 for 18 months (no O2 contract). Is this a good deal?

Do you really need a 1 gig service ?

Most of your computers won't be able to pull data that fast, and even if they could, you'd be limited by the server at the other end.

I have a 100Mb service, but most of my computers have a 1/10M network card installed. On my desktop (1gig interface), a speed test says I'm getting 46-52Mb/sec, but if I attempt a real file download, I'll be lucky to get 6-8Mb/sec.

Yep! I need it for my work - I consume market data which means a constant high bandwidth data stream during the day.

victor2

ImranQ said:

FreeBear said:

ImranQ said:

Been offered 1gig broadband & phone line by Virgin for £51 for 18 months (no O2 contract). Is this a good deal?

Do you really need a 1 gig service ?

Most of your computers won't be able to pull data that fast, and even if they could, you'd be limited by the server at the other end.

I have a 100Mb service, but most of my computers have a 1/10M network card installed. On my desktop (1gig interface), a speed test says I'm getting 46-52Mb/sec, but if I attempt a real file download, I'll be lucky to get 6-8Mb/sec.

Yep! I need it for my work - I consume market data which means a constant high bandwidth data stream during the day.

If it is critical to your work, you should be looking at business deals and the Service Level Agreement they give with business contracts. Domestic customers are bottom of the pile for getting service restored in the event of an outage. Of course VM are generally very reliable anyway.

studentsaver_889

ImranQ said:

Been offered 1gig broadband & phone line by Virgin for £51 for 18 months (no O2 contract). Is this a good deal?

No I have this plus maxit for 28 quid.

ImranQ

studentsaver_889 said:

No I have this plus maxit for 28 quid.

That's a fantastic price. May I ask when you got it, whether it was a renewal and what you did to negotiate it?
I renewed mine on Thurs evening so still have a good few days for the cooling off period.

studentsaver_889

8 weeks ago and I had given notice to leave. Waited four outbound retentions to call me

ImranQ

studentsaver_889 said:

8 weeks ago and I had given notice to leave. Waited four outbound retentions to call me

What was your price before?

studentsaver_889

ImranQ said:

studentsaver_889 said:

8 weeks ago and I had given notice to leave. Waited four outbound retentions to call me

What was your price before?

£38 a month

ImranQ

studentsaver_889 said:

£38 a month

Just to confirm, you're on 1gig Volt broadband?

studentsaver_889

ImranQ said:

studentsaver_889 said:

£38 a month

Just to confirm, you're on 1gig Volt broadband?

Yes but it is volt as I have a cheap O2 SIM