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Virgin Package Huge Rise.

My Virgin broadband & phone package has just gone up from £55 a month to £85 a month.
Yet a quick check on here shows them offering new customers the same package for £26 a month.
I thought this sharp practice had been outlawed ?
Anyway - I wont be stopping with them.
Any recommendations from experience ?  I don't need anything fancy -  just basic internet & phone.   Thanks.

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  • Neil_Jones
    Neil_Jones Posts: 9,658 Forumite
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    mayfly1 said:
    My Virgin broadband & phone package has just gone up from £55 a month to £85 a month.
    Yet a quick check on here shows them offering new customers the same package for £26 a month.
    I thought this sharp practice had been outlawed ?
    Anyway - I wont be stopping with them.
    Any recommendations from experience ?  I don't need anything fancy -  just basic internet & phone.   Thanks.

    Sounds like you're at the end of a retention deal, because £55 plus the April auto rise is not £85 so you're probably out of contract.

    If you want a better deal phone them up and get a  new deal, otherwise find somebody else, have a BT line installed/activated and get it that way.
  • JSmithy45AD
    JSmithy45AD Posts: 707 Forumite
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    mayfly1 said:
    My Virgin broadband & phone package has just gone up from £55 a month to £85 a month.
    Yet a quick check on here shows them offering new customers the same package for £26 a month.
    I thought this sharp practice had been outlawed ?
    Anyway - I wont be stopping with them.
    Any recommendations from experience ?  I don't need anything fancy -  just basic internet & phone.   Thanks.
    Sharp practice?

    Anyway:-

    https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/compare-broadband-deals/?feature=setupCosts
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