Virgin Media Price Increases 1/6/08

BexTech

Changes to our service - coming soon.

All you need to know about the changes

Got a head full of questions about the changes? Then you've come to the right place. Find the answers fast.
When do the price changes happen?

All of the changes are happening from 1st June 2008. But since you pay for your services a month in advance, you'll see these in your May bill.
How will the cost of Virgin Media services change?

Here's what's changing from 1st June:

• The price of TV XL will increase by £1.50 per month
• TV Choice on Demand will increase by £2 per month (though if you're on TV XL, it's included free)
• If you make calls during the day to UK landlines (that's numbers starting 01, 02 and 03), they'll cost 4p a minute, instead of 3.25p a minute from the 1st June. However, if your call plan already includes daytime calls, this change won't affect you at all. You'll pay the same great monthly rate.

How are the bundle prices changing?

From 1st June, your bundle will cost £1 more per month. But if you switch to paperless bills, you won't pay a penny more. We're doubling the discount you get for using our ebill service. So switch today and start saving.
What happens if I was guaranteed a promotional bundle price when I joined?

You'll pay the same price we promised you until the promotional period runs out, just as long as you switch to paperless billing. So for example, if you snapped up this offer: '£4.50 Broadband for 12 months when you take a phone line', switch to paperless bills and you'll still pay just £4.50 a month and help save the planet while you're at it.
Switch to paperless bills and pay less

Why not be kinder to the environment and get your bills on-line with paperless billing? We've doubled the discount we give our ebilling customers. So sign up before 2nd May and we'll take £1 per month off your bill every month from 1 June.

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/help/changes.html

movilogo

How can I use this to break contract?

deadringer

movilogo wrote: »

How can I use this to break contract?

the inital contract probably contained fine print saying that the charges would be reviewed periodically and you will be notified blah blah. imho however any contract has two sides, the company cannot just unilaterally increase fees to whatever they chose and expect you to stay.

this increase is quite substantial. from 3.25ppm to 4ppm is a jump of 23%. that's well over inflation.

if on the other hand you're just looking for an excuse to break the contract for another reason then that's not nice. Virgin is a good company in my experience so let's be fair where fair's due.

good luck.

bbb_uk

deadringer wrote: »

Virgin is a good company in my experience so let's be fair where fair's due.

but also possibly THE most expensive company for their products/services unless you threaten to leave and get reductions/special offers.

Many years ago, telewest was reasonable on their services. However, once the merger with NTL, prices were increased and shortly after they were increased again when re-branded Virgin.

I understand they really cant be competitive with regards to their TV packages but surely with regards to their broadband and telephone services, they must be (or pretty close to) the most expensive provider of these services.

Stuart_W

I notice http://wakeup.to/cheapercablecalls seems to have been updated with the call override options for cable users. I found this very useful when I was on cable - although a few options seem to have disappeared from when I remember looking last. Maybe some services are beginning to be blocked by Virgin.

Heinz

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=420318