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Comparing My Virgin Services with Sky & BT
I've just done a like for like comparison on the VM services which I currently receive:
Broadband: M (up to 20MB)
TV: XL (179 channels without any of the movie channels with V+HD Box)
Phone: Talk Weekends +eves (Line rental: £13.90)
Total which I pay per month = £56.65
Checking the same or as close to as services with Sky:
TV: Sky Ebtertainment Extra HD Pack
Phone: Talk Weekends + eves(Line Rental £14.50)
Broadband: Up to 40mb o
Total: £61.25
And again, the same services or equivalent with BT:
TV: Unlimted
Phone: Talk Weekends +eves (Line Rental £10.75)
Broadband: BT Infinity (checked coverage and I can get this) Up to 76 Mb
Total : £38.50
Now £38.50 is a BIG difference compared to the £56.65 I currently pay with Virgin seeing that I only get 20mb with VM and BT offer up to 76mn with Infinity.
Has anyone had any experience with what BT offer and their equipment (YouView box and BT Homehub) - are they any good..?!!!!
Broadband: M (up to 20MB)
TV: XL (179 channels without any of the movie channels with V+HD Box)
Phone: Talk Weekends +eves (Line rental: £13.90)
Total which I pay per month = £56.65
Checking the same or as close to as services with Sky:
TV: Sky Ebtertainment Extra HD Pack
Phone: Talk Weekends + eves(Line Rental £14.50)
Broadband: Up to 40mb o
Total: £61.25
And again, the same services or equivalent with BT:
TV: Unlimted
Phone: Talk Weekends +eves (Line Rental £10.75)
Broadband: BT Infinity (checked coverage and I can get this) Up to 76 Mb
Total : £38.50
Now £38.50 is a BIG difference compared to the £56.65 I currently pay with Virgin seeing that I only get 20mb with VM and BT offer up to 76mn with Infinity.
Has anyone had any experience with what BT offer and their equipment (YouView box and BT Homehub) - are they any good..?!!!!
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I have the Youview box and it is a very good box, if you buy it yourself you can have one with the 1TB HDD inside, if you buy it from Richer Sounds you will have the 5 year Warranty on it as well, then you could use it with the BT service
Plus the Youview box has the App as well for your phone, but I do not think you can watch Live and/or recorded programmes on it though
Are you with BT then - which package have you opted for?
I am not with BT, I bought the box from a Retailer
Not the same TV service - that's probably just Freeview and a little 'catch-up', nothing approaching the VM or Sky offerings. It doesn't sound like that price covers Infinity either?.
How did you get a 'no installation charge on TiVo'?!?! :eek:Everytime I've called up, they say its around £49.99 to install...?!
I think £38.50 does cover Infinity. I copied and pasted whats on offer for this price:
TV Unlimited + Unlimited Broadband and Evening & Weekend Calls with superfast
BT Infinity broadband
TV Unlimited + Unlimited Broadband and Calls with superfast BT Infinity broadband
YouView Features
Superfast BT Infinity
FREE unlimited wi-fi
Advanced security
BT Home Hub
See more features
18 month Broadband & Calls contract, 12 month TV contract
Up to
76Mb
download speed
Up to 19Mb upload speed
Unlimited usage
Exclusions apply
Evening & Weekend
Calls included
Add
Unlimited Anytime Calls?
Sainsbury's £50 Gift Card
Connection
included
Online Exclusive
£38.50 £32.50 for first 3 monthsº
Cost breakdown
+ Line rental from £10.75
+ One off activation fee £49
They called me and offered it, also got the 1tb box, it may have been a push on Tivo's was back in July last year.
Same here, I got the 1TB TiVo box for free in May last year when there was a push to offload the boxes as they had too many, if I did not have the offer it would of cost me £49.95 for the box and another £49.95 for the Installation
Total Saved £99.90
http://store.virginmedia.com/bundles/our-collections.html
Check the line rental i think you are comparing monthly line rental fee with VM and Sky against the annual rental cost with BT. Comparing like with like, current line rental monthly is:
BT = £15.45
Sky = £14.50
VM = £14.99