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Post by millwall on Mar 23, 2009 5:29:31 GMT
Looks like Virgin Media upgrading there 2MB service to 10MB but with a £2 increase, also there is going to be a service charge of £1.25 for receiving a paper bill but you can opt out by getting your bill online.
I should add, the £2 increase is now and the upgrade is in the future.
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Post by mikkh on Mar 23, 2009 11:41:24 GMT
Good news for 2 Mb users I suppose, but not exactly thrilling for existing users on 10 Mb or above already. One would hope we get upgraded too, but it seems to be Virgins policy to woo as many new customers as possible and ignore existing ones.
I shall watch this with interest and will be demanding a cheaper bill if my 10 Mb doesn't go up - or I'll just downgrade because 10 Mb is plenty fast enough for me
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Post by movieman36 on Mar 23, 2009 16:43:19 GMT
Me too.
Mikkh, what do you get on your 10 meg service? I'm on 20 MB and when testing get between 8 and 15. Realistically I get 6 to 8. I am almost certainly going to downgrade my package as I very really download stuff so am just waisting the bandwidth. I do have three PC's on line at once with one of those being used for on line games (my son) so don't know if the slower connection would make a difference?
MM
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Post by Angelstardust on Mar 23, 2009 17:03:02 GMT
Got our bill today.
It is very difficult to spot the list of itemised charges.
I note that we are paying for a paper bill, but I need a copy for the taxman, so might just stay with it for now. Noted that they use an awful lot of paper that could be reduced, if they're so keen to save paper - then there's all the paper adverts included in the envelope.
How much is your 10mg?
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Post by mikkh on Mar 23, 2009 17:18:36 GMT
I rarely get less than 9, and it's currently full speed as it normally is (1200+Kb download speed, 60 upload) I got lucky by not paying my bill ! I was an existing customer for years, then got into financial trouble and by the time I did pay, they deemed me a new customer with all the benefits, so I got a digibox for the TV, a new phone number and a much cheaper bill. I started on the current offer at the time of 'three for £30' but the 100+ TV channels was useless to me - not being a TV watcher, so I rang them up to see if I could get less channels and faster broadband instead. They said sure, that will be £3 less then - lovely )
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Post by evergreen on Mar 23, 2009 18:23:02 GMT
You could go for the paperless option Angelstardust and printout the pages you need for the Taxman. They are presented exactly the same as the ones that you get through the post.[/size][/font]
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Post by les11 on Mar 26, 2009 22:24:06 GMT
Spent years overpaying for the top service on Virgin now on 2mb and hardly notice the difference Les
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