Very best deal for cheapest TV + Broadband

amurray88_2

I'm with Virgin at the moment and have a great deal for £20 Broadband and TV. It was £18 up until August but deal is just about to run out and have been given price of £33 or £19 if I want broadband only. 

I simply can't accept an increase from £18 to £20 then to £33 all in the space of a few months. 

Can someone suggest any better deals? I know the £20 is ridiculously cheap...but I want to keep it there if possible.

Thanks!

MorningcoffeeIV

Your starting point is to work out what you mean by 'TV'. It covers a lot of options. 

iniltous

What TV do you get from VM , if it’s  basically Freeview then not much point paying £14 for it when most TV will have it already …AFAIK, VM lowest speed is over 100Mb , so it that’s on offer for £19 that will be hard to beat 

amurray88_2

MorningcoffeeIV said:

Your starting point is to work out what you mean by 'TV'. It covers a lot of options. 

I get basic TV + a few extra channels (Sky sports news and a few entertainment ones that aren't on Freeview)

amurray88_2

iniltous said:

What TV do you get from VM , if it’s  basically Freeview then not much point paying £14 for it when most TV will have it already …AFAIK, VM lowest speed is over 100Mb , so it that’s on offer for £19 that will be hard to beat 

I'm really hoping they call to negotiate. As much as £33 is still good, it seems a huge percent change from what I'm currently paying.

jbrassy

£19 a month for Virgin Broadband is really good. You could take up that offer and just use Freeview for TV which costs nothing.

amurray88_2

jbrassy said:

£19 a month for Virgin Broadband is really good. You could take up that offer and just use Freeview for TV which costs nothing.

I could, but I don't have an aerial that works unfortunately so think I'd need to get someone in to install an aerial is that right?

BadDebtor

All moneysaving is about NEED vs WANT, you really do not need Virgin TV or any other's really, the best position to negotiate from is if you cancel and you really need to be prepared to be prepared to leave.

You do not need an aerial these days to watch TV, you get a Roku device from Argos or Currys and just need an Internet connection. 

If you are prepared to deprive yourself from LIVE TV and BBC iPlayer then you can save the cost of a TV Licence, time was when I would have recommended Netflix but they have lost the plot on costs and at a time when their content is dire (how to scrap a business).

For the TV you get a Roku or Amazon Firestick and not watch LIVE TV, there are a plethora of free channels.

For the Internet there are social tariffs if you qualify, after that there is no competition right now for several reasons. Some say that there is a cartel where the companies decided not to compete, others blame CMA for allowing BT to buy EE, others say they should not have allowed mobile and broadband companies to merge in the first place.  This MSE site has some deals but not much.

You can see that the broadband market is dysfunctional by the lack of offers on MSE tips newsletter, you can find the best deal at link below with £100 off at vodafone.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/compare-broadband-deals/

BTW everyone I know who has Virgin complain about the latency.

amurray88_2

I took M125 for £19 and got a Virgin Stream box giving me the TV for free 👌

Sue_S

amurray88_2 said:

I took M125 for £19 and got a Virgin Stream box giving me the TV for free 👌

I'm guessing that this means no recording and therefore no skipping the adverts?

ididgetwhereiamtoday

Yes however channel 5 catch-up appears to be ad free when you link to it from the tv guide.