Virgin Media.

[The French Mistress]

Coming back to Brighton and am looking at complete cable/broadband/phone deals. Am compatible for Virgin,anyone offer advice please,on that or other options. Merci.

 

[surrey jim]

We use them, get a good deal, HD is no extra cost and apparantly all sky sports HD channels coming through in the summer. The on demand and catch up tv are both far better than Sky offer however one minor gripe is that films on Sky Movies are not broadcast in 5.1 as they are on Sky (if applic)

Best deals can be found online here: Virgin Media Shop - : Broadband, on-demand cable TV, home mobile phones

 

[scooter1]

We've got it and it works for us - basic tv package, hd+ box, wireless broadband and telephone all for £29 a month

 

[Joe Pineapples]

While the TV stuff is decent, their cable internet service leaves a lot to be desired. They throttle downloads a lot at peak times.

 

[SussexHoop]

£120 cashback for virgin media available via quidco.com

http://www.quidco.com/virgin-media?st

 

[brakespear]

While the TV stuff is decent, their cable internet service leaves a lot to be desired. They throttle downloads a lot at peak times.

Never had any problem with throttling, been with the service since it was NTL (although that means I have a crappy NTL TV box that keeps freezing up).

 

[bathseagull]

Surely it's all about Sky+?

x

 

[The Modfather]

Had to switch from virgin to sky recently due to moving home and virgin is not available in my area.

After experiencing both, I would definately recommend Virgin.

(also you are not lining Rupert Murdochs pockets)

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Personally, I can't fault them for anything other than customer service. I think it is absolutely terrible, the moment something goes wrong you're in the hands of people a LONG way away. Their engineers are fantastic, but their call centre staff, well. Rubbish isn't too strong a word in my opinion.

Their TV, phone and Internet deals are brilliant though, and I would recommend them.

 

[BensGrandad]

Personally, I can't fault them for anything other than customer service. I think it is absolutely terrible, the moment something goes wrong you're in the hands of people a LONG way away. Their engineers are fantastic, but their call centre staff, well. Rubbish isn't too strong a word in my opinion.

Their TV, phone and Internet deals are brilliant though, and I would recommend them.

My mum has Virgin but I cant get it in Haywards Heath and would say her Virgin is better than my sky. She had HD installed on Thursday and couldnt get anything on her TV. I phoned anmd they said they couldnt get anybody ther to look at it until Monday or Tuesday which I thought wasnt good enough. Phoned thios morning ready to ruck but they said they would send the installation man back today, which they did and all is now well, So well done Virgin but no thanks to Customer Services Call Centre.

 

[Laughing Gravy]

While the TV stuff is decent, their cable internet service leaves a lot to be desired. They throttle downloads a lot at peak times.

Disagree. My virgin broadband runs at 10 mb all the time

 

[algie]

Disagree. My virgin broadband runs at 10 mb all the time

How far are you from the exchange box?

Virgin broadband pisses over all there main rivals.

 

[empire]

package i have is= xl tv,20 mg broadband,unlimited calls and v+ box hd etc,my bill is never more than 56 quid,superb all round service

 

[The French Mistress]

Thankyou for your encouraging comments........anything better than over here in this 3rd world country,not even broadband!

 

[Adam Virgo's Shirt]

There is also a very good cashback deal with Virgin. Book online through Quidco - The UK's Most Popular Cashback Site or Top CashBack - The UK's Most Generous CashBack Site
and when purchasing the whole package of tv/broadband/phone you will get cashback paid into your bank account of about £160

We have Virgin HD and it is awesome. The facility to watch all the catch up services on your tv is brilliant, plus their TV on demand is very good, containing full series and one off programmes

 

[algie]

There is also a very good cashback deal with Virgin. Book online through Quidco - The UK's Most Popular Cashback Site or Top CashBack - The UK's Most Generous CashBack Site
and when purchasing the whole package of tv/broadband/phone you will get cashback paid into your bank account of about £160

We have Virgin HD and it is awesome. The facility to watch all the catch up services on your tv is brilliant, plus their TV on demand is very good, containing full series and one off programmes

But Virgin hardly have many HD channels unlike sky i thought?

 

[alan917]

While the TV stuff is decent, their cable internet service leaves a lot to be desired. They throttle downloads a lot at peak times.

My internet through Virgin can be very slow at times to the point of a simple command you have time to make a cup of tea before it is done. But there was an article in the Argus a couple of months ago that if you live in BN2 post code they did have problems with the slowness of internet, but saying that the last couple of weeks it has speedied up a lot so maybe they have sorted that out.

 

[clippedgull]

After experiencing both, I would definately recommend Virgin.

(also you are not lining Rupert Murdochs pockets)

If only that were true!

Virgin buys lots of channels from SKY.

 

[surrey jim]

But Virgin hardly have many HD channels unlike sky i thought?

The only main ones that are on Sky not Virgin are Sky Movies/Sports/Sky1 and Sky news

And apparantly Sky Sports will be on Virgin from later this summer

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Thankyou for your encouraging comments........anything better than over here in this 3rd world country,not even broadband!

Didn't realise you were moving back from Wales.