Changing o2 -> Virgin, advice?

ominousnews · 27 Nov 2008 at 14:19

Virgin just starting putting in fibre optic cables down my street, which has got me all excited! I'm on o2 at the moment and only getting 7mb/s max, so if i change to virgin I'll get 20mb now and 50mb when available regardless of how far I am from the exchange?

Only prob is i recently migrated from BE to o2 as it worked out cheaper... dont suppose I will be able to migrate to virgin as its cable? Bit annoying if not as I'm stuck with a 1yr contract =/

Any advice appreciated!

Berserker · 27 Nov 2008 at 14:22

If you're in a 12-month contract, you won't be able to migrate anywhere unless you get released from the contract (usually costs money - often a lot of money).

You could have course run both if you were that desperate.

FrenchTart · 27 Nov 2008 at 15:03

Running both is your only option aside from waiting really. I'd recommend running both for a little while anyhow, just in case you're in an area where VM is terrible.

ominousnews · 27 Nov 2008 at 19:17

Thanks for that I'll just wait it out i guess, if 50 comes along at a good price I'll consider getting both =D

tolien · 27 Nov 2008 at 19:18

I'd be surprised if VM are extending their network into your street, and it's extremely unlikely they're doing it with fibre.

wij · 27 Nov 2008 at 20:07

Don't forget you will also have the contract on the BT line to deal with as well as it seems most of VM's good deals are if you are taking out all of their service offerings.

ominousnews · 27 Nov 2008 at 22:23

tolien said:
I'd be surprised if VM are extending their network into your street, and it's extremely unlikely they're doing it with fibre.

Well I had a look at cable they were laying and it said telewest fibre optics on the rollers, but ye did seem a bit strange to me.