Virgin Media more than doubling charge, and no other providers available

itm2

My deal with Virgin Media broadband ends in 4 weeks, at which point they are planning to more than double my monthly charge (from £30 to £73). I have shopped around for an alternative provider, but there are no other companies offering a broadband service to my address (either fibre, FTTC or ADSL). I don't live in the middle of nowhere - I'm in Greater London.

What options do I have in the face of this monopoly?

la531983

Starlink....

jaybeetoo

5G mobile….

itm2

Starlink is pretty pricey.

5G is interesting, although Vodafone is the only network with a decent signal at my home. I'm also not sure if I would be able to access my home servers (VPN, Home Automation, etc) with a 5G connection?

mark_cycling00

Starlink is currently £35 a Month for the basic package.

But there might be a high volume of users in central London so might be slow

Have you tried hyperopic?

Full fibre but cheap deals

jaybeetoo

You didn’t mention home servers! 🤣

itm2

The Starlink website is showing a monthly charge of £75 for my address, Hyperoptic don't provide any coverage :0(

TadleyBaggie

Does seem to bit of a bait and switch, £35pm mentioned on the front page but turns out to be £75 in reality.

Detail_Merchant

Have you logged in to your online Virgin Media account and looked if there's an offer for signing up for another 24 months?

When my deal was ending there were a couple of options in my online account, one slightly slower for slightly less than I had been paying, and one for the same speed for slightly more, but still a lot less than the out of contract price that I would have gone on to by doing nothing.

You'll get the best price by giving 30 days notice to quit, and then hopefully getting a call back 24-48 hours later - this has worked for me multiple times. But if there are no other options acceptable to you then it's a bit of a bluff, so it depends how happy you are doing that.

la531983

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81861052#Comment_81861052

Depends where you are. The base package is defo £35pm where I am.

littleboo

Are you saying that Openreach don't service your address?