My discounts break Virgin Media's computer system!

Chris1712 said:
I plan of trying my best to get 50mb tomorrow, any tips?

I'm currently on 20mb for £25pm with no other services, will of had it for 12months in July and will be moving house around the time the 12months are up.

EDIT: Also anyone know the number to phone for broadband relocation etc.? Obviously I'm not calling their generic 0870 number!
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Dial 150 and pick "moving House"
Can you get 50Mb at your new address?
 
Considering swapping to virgin media with a staff deal at work..

33 pounds for:

20mb broadband
phone line - unlimited free land line calls
TV XL
Virgin HD Box and an extra box.
 
Dureth said:
O2 do 600 minutes and 1000 texts and unlimited internet for £20 a month sim only without any discounts, if your not using all those minutes/texts then it could save you £156 a year.
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I definately use them, last 2 months my bill has been over £55 because I went over my minutes to much. :eek:

My GF is also on 3, so it's a good deal considering I call her the most.

Plus, I'm already in a contract, and I've found 3's mobile internet service to be the best by far. I've tried 02's mobile internet, and 2 friends also have iPhone contracts, and the internet on my iPhone with 3 is the best by far in speed and reliability.

I get a nice healthy 2.4Mb download rate on my iphone, and I use my iphone for tethering to my laptop to get internet on that. :D
 
I keep thinking I should try and wrangle a good price to upgrade to Virgin 50 Mb, but then I come to my senses that 20 Mb is plenty. Got some kind of multiple discount package already.
 
That's some impressive discounting going on :D - luckily I'm not with Virgin Media anymore since I got an ok deal with o2 (9.99 or so for Pro package)

da_mic_1530 said:
can I just clarify when I said I can save money on your sky bills

To the fair few guys who emailed me

I work for sky, so I need your current packages and Prices, and then I can see how much ££ I can save you:)
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E-Mailed you just now ;)

Edit, Thanks for the quick reply already :o
 
Arjun806 said:
I've been wanting to upgrade our internet as it's a pitiful 2mb :(

Should I phone them and say something like Sky offered me a better deal and see what they can do/tell them I want to cancel in order to get faster internet for little/no money?
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Haha nah they'll just try to convince you that sky throttle on the max package after 600mb like they were trying to do to me on Thursday when I was cancelling everything. Didn't even try to offer discounts or anything just tried to say that constantly.
 
da_mic_1530 said:
to clarify, sky don't throttle on any package, and our max package has no download limits
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Yeah I know that Da_mic that's why I almost got in an argument with Virgin about it lol, he was adamant about it, but I wasn't budging. If it was any other customer that doesn't know much about it though I think they would have talked them into staying, Using buzz words like Fibre, no throttling, no caps e.t.c

Made me laugh so much, I had to explain that 2 episodes on Iplayer sent my Virgin connection to crap, glad we're finally getting everything from Sky.

Also mailed you too da_mic :)
 
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"andy" said:
we told them we wanted our internet cheaper or we would leave. they wouldnt comply so we errr left. it then took them 9 months for them to realise wed not been disconnected and had been getting free internet... they then sent us a letter offering the cheap internet we wanted in the first place. madness
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I left 12 months ago, and now my xbox has a dedicated 10mb line cos it still works lol
 
Was paying £65 a month for XL everything + anonymous caller reject.

A workmate's missus works at VM so she's sorted me out with a few discounts.

Now got V+, extra box, XL everything amd anonymous caller reject for £35 a month!!
 
da_mic_1530 said:
anyone need £££ off their sky bill, email me
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I cancelled instead. Now they want me back half price for six months. I'm tempted to give them a call next week and try and negotiate a newer box too on the grounds that discount aside I'm effectively paying for services I can't receive (I've got a Mk1 Sky+ box).

Since I'm paying £30 pcm without Sky, I was going to move to Virgin, but I'm worried how often I'd fall foul of their caps. :(
 
Some good skills there. Wish I could get that with sky, having to pay £60 for full sky package, 8mb broadband, and my phoneline (inc rental) is a lot.
 
I phoned Virgin today as we were paying £37 a month for 20mb broadband and £11 line rental; we've been paying that since it launched. I told them about their website saying it's £20 a month with a virgin line rental, but they said that was for new customers only and the price would be £37 for them after that period. I said it clearly states they'll pay £10 for the first 3 months and then only £20 after that. She said the small print says £37. I told her I couldn't see it and the smaller print only said £20. She stuck me on hold, then came back and quoted a price she said she managed to get for us, I pointed out she just matched the price on the website exactly. So no real discounts but I'm happy that we're saving a lot from what we had been paying. But they made it clear that we're now with them for another 12 month contract.
 
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