NYboro
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I have 350 (250 upgraded to 350 with Volt) for £31 fixed for 2 years. I called to cancel when they tried to up it to 50 quid.....
Vermin Media
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HaveYouTriedAReboot
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Forgot to say for the £30 for 1gig we don't have a landline which we did with VM but we never use it everyone's got a mobile so its not missed
ThatFragranceGuy
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Weirdly some of VM's packages can be cheaper with a landline or tv even if you don't use it.
They told me that for years. Had a landline we didn’t use but every time i tried to cancel they told me my bill would go up. Finally got rid last year.
Just looked I’m in Ingleby and showing as available. 900 mbs for £27.99 a month at least it gives me a bargaining tool with virgin.
ThatFragranceGuy
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I doubt they'll compete much as they can't really compete on price, or even speed atm as youfibre can do 8gbJust looked I’m in Ingleby and showing as available. 900 mbs for £27.99 a month at least it gives me a bargaining tool with virgin.
Wait til November if negotiating though as youfibre usually doesn't deal with a few months free plus you can get an extra month by being referred
Lightweight
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The Network Virgin Media are installing In Northumberland is XGSPON ( similar to Youfibre). Capable of 10gb asymmetrical ( but currently only as 1gig down and 100 meg up). Couple of my friends live in Blyth and rate it highly.
18MFC76
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I'm paying £33 per month with Virgin for:
Basic TV with the Tivo box so we can record.
250 MB BB
Phone line with weekend calls.
This was agreed last month. I was at the end of my contract and the price went through the roof so I phoned them and booked my 30 days notice for disconnection. I had no intention of cancelling as I've always had Virgin but I knew that their outbound team would be in touch to offer a better deal as they have access to better discounts. They called within 24 hours and I agreed the new deal on an 18 month contract.
On The Bob
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ThatFragranceGuy
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Yes, they've already been through the price increase issue this year but they've just changed how they do the annual price increase calc so it's opened another round of being able to cancel a contract until october 31st
You can read about it here in case they try fob you off
Virgin Media confirms new broadband price rise that will hit you from next year
Virgin Media has announced it will put up your monthly broadband bill in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) rate of inflation, plus an additional 3.9%, from next year
www.mirror.co.uk
If anyone a wants a youfibre referral drop me a PM
you can even use a VM contract to your advantage as the youfibre sales guys will convert remaining months left with virgin to months with YF @ £1/month and then you can cancel your Virgin anyway
ThatFragranceGuy
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You can haggle now because you can leave penalty freeSadly can't get YouFibre or any other fibre options in South Shields yet so I'm stuck with Virgin. 1GB im currently on with virgin..next option from alternate providers 67MB
Current deal ends with November so I look forward to hours of haggling soon.
have you tried checking with cityfibre for their plans? Looks like they're right nearby
ThatFragranceGuy
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I still have my ntlworld email and I left virgin 5 years back
I'd migrate away from using that email though as isp emails are always a bad idea for this very reason.
Either get gmail or set up your own domain but for ease of use just get gmail.
Virgin say they wipe the emails after 6 months I think but it'd never happened for me or anyone I know.
You can login and set it up to forward to your gmail account then just change anything you can think of or that comes through
Ok thanks. I did read where it is deactivated after 6 months.
Alzi
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I read somewhere that basically in a lot of South Tyneside it's waiting for virgin to convert their old coax hybrid network to full fibre over the next few years and then there will be more fibre coverage from lots of providers.
sherlock
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Thanks
I was talking mainly about their shocking customer service though really, rather than quality of broadband connection.
ThatFragranceGuy
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CityFibre Start £42m FTTP Broadband Build in South Tyneside
Network operator CityFibre has today announced that they've finally entered the construction phase of their £42 million project to deploy a new 10Gbps capable
www.ispreview.co.uk
Have you checked with Grain? Otherwise looks like it will be virgin or cityfibre
ThatFragranceGuy
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Well I'm still getting emails now with my most recent one on the 9th sept but I'm pretty relaxed with it now as all the important stuff changed over quite quickly, so doubt you have much to worry about but even 6 months would likely be fine. But setting up the auto forward first should keep you covered. Find Gmail's anti spam a lot better than virgins was