Thread: Sky Or Virgin Media??

Firsty sorry if this is in the wrong place, I am just exploring at the moment and keep finding more things on here

Currently we are with Virgin Media.

*Phone
*Net
*XL tv (sports, kids, movies)

We are paying £86!!! I am 99% sure it keeps going up as we were told £62 when agreeing.

Anyway, is Sky much cheaper?

We have to have kids and sports. Also the whole package.

Thanks in advance

You can get
Sky talk (Unlimited)
Sky Broadband Max. 16MB unlimmited usage
Sky plus HD box
Sky sports 1
Kids channels
All for £53.25 per month.


You can create your own package and have as little or as much as you want and check out the prices here Sky Packages - Digital TV, Broadband and Phone - Buy Now

phone is talk evenings and weekend. broadband is £17 (no idea what MB that is though)

I like the idea of the HD box with sky....

Another thing keeping us with virgin is setanta for free and virgin on demand. Do sky do any kind of service where you can watch music videos,films,programmes as and when you want to?

Thanks for the replies

I have virgin media and I get:

Talk Unlimited (to landlines, also love the saynoto0870.com)
Broadband 10mb
and TV XL

for £40

I've done a bit of bartering in my time, and last year I threatened to move to sky (paid for the installation and everything) they then gave me a offer I couldn't refuse (upgrade to XL tv for free)

I also spotted that when I went to upgrade my broadband that the website said £20 a month, when it's actually billed at £25. I did this whole false advertising speech, and now I get £5 chopped off my bill every month. Ring up the sales people and really threaten to leave, it's amazing what a bit of bargaining can do.

Goodluck x

Sky

Sky HD all the way

I'd think carefully about Sky. They're very good with getting you to sign up but their customer care is awful, and don't even get me started on cancellations.

I'd personally call up Sky, get an accurate quote for everything you have with Virgin at the moment. Then call Virgin and say you're thinking of cancelling and going with Sky as your bills are too high, and ask if they can beat the quote Sky have given you.

If they can, great. If not, then you can search around for better deals.

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If you have been with Virgin and are now out of contract why not see what they can do for you to keep you as a customer?

I had them reduce my package by £30 if I signed a new 12 month term.

Be wary though, as I believe with Virgin, if you add or change any of your services, they automatically put you on a brand new 12 month contract. I done this in January, and was quite pleased with the deal i got, then recently found I'm paying £25 a month for 10mb broadband, when new customers can get 20mb for £20.

A friend of mine works for Virgin, and he said don't bother emailing them, as they just got rid of the department who deals with email queries, so best go straight to the phone.

I'm gonna get in touch with sky and tell them my contract is up in January, and what smart little deals can they do for me! They've called me about 5 times this years as it is, so hopefully I'll get something decent.

No - you can change your package without restarting your commitment. Only when you negotiate a new deal or add a service is this added, for the new service only.

IF TV choice is important, then there's no question Sky provides the best choice. HOWEVER, they require to use BT's lines for Internet, and ADSL is pretty awful as a delivery mechanism.

IF Internet is important, then there's no question VM will offer a more robust connection, with or without a Phone connection - something you cannot do with Sky.

You should be aware that Sky's much-touted HD channels are not full HD.

They are transmitted as 720p not 1080p.

Originally Posted by patdavies

You should be aware that Sky's much-touted HD channels are not full HD.

They are transmitted as 720p not 1080p.

That is very interesting.

I'm thinking if switching the TV from Virgin as their HD offering is dire. Do Virgin transmit in 1080 (for the few HD offerings they have?)

Of course, 720 IS HD... just not as good as 1080.

As for VM's HD content - a whole raft on channels are launching in August, so at least VoD and BBC HD will have some company at last!

Originally Posted by buzby

As for VM's HD content - a whole raft on channels are launching in August, so at least VoD and BBC HD will have some company at last!

Thanks for that, I didn't reaslise !

I quite like Virgin as their on-demand stuff is excellent; my only real gripe that the the V+ box makes an absolute racket as the glas stand it sits on resonates (i've tried to use some rubber stands to prevent this!)

Here's the full story;

Virgin Media : Press Office : Press Release=