Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
I've had enough of virgin broadband. Anyone got some suggestions on other providers
I have a broadband wifi , phone and tv package. average monthly bills about £57
can anyone recommend another service provider?
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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I'm with BT.
Approx £37 a month for broadband, line rental, free anytime calls to UK landlines, McAfee protection, wireless.
Touch wood, never had an outage in 5 years, no viruses.
Very happy with the service.
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Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on
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Thanks john and Stan. I am looking for a TV package too. Nothing too fancy but with cartoons for the boy.
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Permalink Reply by Debbie Coates on
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I recently changed from Sky to Talk Talk and would highly recommend their services.
Very reasonable prices, the option to add Sky Movies/Sports on a monthly basis and an excellent range of catch up and on demand television. Oh, and the Broadband is brilliant, in a totally different league to the awful service I had from Sky.
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Permalink Reply by Ruben on
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If you don't want fancy TV, plusnet also resells BT's infinity, and customer service is infinitely (pun intended) better.
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Permalink Reply by James R Grinter on
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just FYI, Plusnet is wholly owned by BT, though their customer service is currently separate.
If you want extra TV channels, and don't want to use Virgin, the only other serious game in town is Sky.
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Permalink Reply by Churros on
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Look at www.uswitch.com for comparison of suppliers. When you have then ask Virgin if they can match the best price you can find.
Also the uswitch broadband speed test (same site) is a useful measure of how your broadband provider compares to other local providers - though if you use wifi it may be that changing the channel your wifi operates on within your house can double or treble your data speeds.
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Permalink Reply by Mat Day on
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It is worth just ringing them and asking if this is the best deal they can offer. Ive often managed to shave a few quid off my bill just by asking
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I tried that and I got a few quid off but when I went to Sky for a comparison and then back to Virgin to see what they could offer, as I have been with them for 7 years, they brought the price down a lot more but you have to get put through to the cancellations team as they seem to have a bit more power on the price adjustments.
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That's what I have with Virgin...all inclusive. We haev fibre optic cable and top speeds. Can't really say I was impressed with BT when I was with them many years ago. I don't wnat an ugly satellite dish on my house ANYWHERE!
Negotiate with Virgin...!!!
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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Negotiate with Virgin...!!!
Agree.
I had enough of Virgin's prices and a few weeks ago told an operative at their Philippino call centre that unless they could improve their deal, I would be looking elsewhere. I was switched back to a UK representative who offered a much better (bundle) deal. The other day, I did similar for mobile. What is irritating is that I've been paying more than necessary for some time.
Paying marginal costs is crazy; a fixed amount (say, monthly) better reflects the company's own cost base and fairer all round.
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AVOID VIRGIN MEDIA if you need a reliable connection. Virgin's broadband is decent enough When it is working, but Outages are frequent. The connection drops without notice (even when this is allegedly due to 'routine maintenance" - when you'd expect Virgin to have the decency to inform customers of this in advance). Over the years, I had lost connection on a few occasions just before I had to send documents that I was working on, which were expected elsewhere. Very frustrating. The phone line also proved problematic in my experience. For overseas calls, Virgin seems to have some questionable routing issues over Internet protocol - calls to some countries sometimes fail to connect after dialling (although the time counter does not fail to kick in, incurring charges). This does not happen with alternative providers such as BT. If you want to avoid losing connection when you need it - I suggest you Avoid Virgin.
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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Playstation do a great tv service, get an old ps3 and buy 'play tv ' box from ebay et voila, you have a tv service that's free and better than virgin ( god knows why playstation don't advertise this fact) - just make sure you have a fast broadband to run it through.
I got rid of the landline years ago, never saw the point when you have a mobile that works and a hand free kit to save your brain from getting fried.
Funnily enough, I use virgin broadband only package and have had no problems in two years. Just switch everything off from the plug should it go down and it always seems to come back on.
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