Virgin Media & new builds

csgohan4

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

I would guess the 3 months free would be landline, TV with one TiVO box and broadband with 70meg download. The idea being to give you enough to encourage you to stick with them but not so expensive (as adding the frills can be) that you go elsewhere when the freebee ends.

Cable is the best way to get fast and stable services imho.

Bare in mind Virgin do have traffic management, so expect slower speeds during peak times.


Coupled with their poor retention and customer service, no thanks

swishy87

I think it may be a package with the VIVO 200. I'll have to wait and see and confirm. But I'm more than happy to give it a go for 3 months. I'm not usually too picky with what we have as long as it fits the budget.

swishy87

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

I would guess the 3 months free would be landline, TV with one TiVO box and broadband with 70meg download. The idea being to give you enough to encourage you to stick with them but not so expensive (as adding the frills can be) that you go elsewhere when the freebee ends.

Cable is the best way to get fast and stable services imho.

I've had a read and I think it may be Big Kahuna or something. Yes it's just get you to keep with them isn't it. But, I probably will tbh and just choose one of the packages that has what we need.

csgohan4

swishy87 wrote: »

I've had a read and I think it may be Big Kahuna or something. Yes it's just get you to keep with them isn't it. But, I probably will tbh and just choose one of the packages that has what we need.

Compare with Sky and other's, don't be tied to them because they give it to you for free for a set period.

swishy87

csgohan4 wrote: »

Compare with Sky and other's, don't be tied to them because they give it to you for free for a set period.

I don't think we would be tied in. But we can't get the fibre optic with BT and I don't want a sky dish so more than happy to try it.

zagubov

They're a good service for TV and for internet, faster than most others but also have occasional (brief) outages. Their customer service requires patience.

Make sure you start with and stick with the most basic service you can get away with as upgrading's easy but downgrading's a hassle.If you have good Virgin mobile reception they offer a £5 per month mobile add-on to the media package which is really good value. Their landline package doesn't look great unless you use the phone a lot.

visidigi

It was full pack for free for three months on our new build.

I went through cashback instead and got the package I wanted.

marksoton

swishy87 wrote: »

I don't think we would be tied in. But we can't get the fibre optic with BT and I don't want a sky dish so more than happy to try it.

Really?!

I'd be amazed if you aren't. And bearing in mind they're not even forthcoming with the deal they're going to give you.....

swishy87

marksoton wrote: »

Really?!

I'd be amazed if you aren't. And bearing in mind they're not even forthcoming with the deal they're going to give you.....

Prepare to be amazed then

swishy87

Just in case anybody in the future comes across this when searching for something similar - it's the full-house package with the 200mbps broadband and free weekend calls. Installation, box and hub all included free and the package is free for 3 months.