Left Sky - What next?

[Sandycheeks]

Finally got round to cancelling my sky TV, Phone and Broadband package as it had gone up to £71.xx.
I am planning on using now TV instead and Kodi.

Looking for a new BB provider and have kind of settled on
Virgin SuperFibre 50 with Talk weekends.
Over the course of an 18mth contract it equates to £28 pm.

Normally running there will be:
1 PC - gaming and such.
1 PC - youtube/general/gaming
1 PC - Youtube/general
2 Now TV box/XBMC

Does this sound OK or are better deals available?
Is this service OK?

 

[Sandycheeks]

Have you cancelled your Sky Broadband and Talk? I'd recommend NOT doing so and allow it to continue until you contact your new provider. Cancelling it completely will mean a new number (no issue to some, HUGE issue to others) and a potential 2 week wait for activation.

Yes, cancelled it all, including phone yesterday.
Not too bothered about losing my number, I think a purge is good now and again.
between 7 and 14 days for activation for Virgin but that's fine, even if I'm left without for a week I'm sure we'll cope....after all, there's a whole world out there.
Going to order it today.

Looking around at prices/speeds etc... they're all pretty much the same (around the £28.00 - £30.00 mark) when working the total cost out over the course of the contract.

 

[Sandycheeks]

The service will depend on where you are. Check their forums and try to gauge whether it's a heavily congested area or not.
Haven't found out if the area is heavily congested, not too sure if that's even possible.
Might try and find out with web chat to virgin later.

With cashback you could get unlimited fibre from PlusNet for about the same cost.
Not sure how that benefits me though as the Virgin superfibre 50 is faster (allegedly) and is also unlimited.

Didn't Sky offer you a decent deal to stay?
No, they didn't offer a deal at all, simply asked why we are leaving and that's it.

 

[Sandycheeks]

My sky will be live for 2 weeks.
What happens if I sign up to Virgin and they want to install before then?
Should I give them a preferred install date?

 

[Sandycheeks]

It won't matter as Virgin don't use your BT line. They'll install their own line into your home.

Ok thanks.

 

[Sandycheeks]

Ordered the Virgin Superfibre50 + Talk Weekends through Moneysupermarket.
Paying
12 x £4.50 + £17.99 LR = £269.88
6 x £19 + £17.99LR = £221.94
Works out equivalent to £27.32pm for 18 months.

On top of that I get a £50 voucher - probably Amazon?
I also found a code for £50 credit.

They're installing it this Saturday.

 

[Sandycheeks]

For future comparison...

 

[Sandycheeks]

New test today.