is this vm deal worth it?

[mitford]

I currently have 20mb(23.50 per month) broaband but am looking at getting the tv service due to the impending doom of n3, i spoke to them today and they offerd me the xl tv package v+hd an extra box upstairs and 50mb broadband for £58 per month, they also wanted to charge me an installation fee and £49 for the v+hd box which i said i wasn't happy about, they are ringing me back tomorrow to further discuss

[TheCoder]

Its probably about the standard charge for such a combination.

XL TV is £23 a month
XXL Broadband is £28 a month
Extra ox £5 per month

£49 one off for the HD box is standard at this time

The above costs also assume that you will tkae take the phoneline at an extra £12 per month. The charges are actually pretty similar regardless of whether or not you have the phoneline so you may as well have it. Also assumuing you pay by direct debit and have opted for electronic bills (VM charge for paper bills).

VM will consider this as a new contract so lock you in for 12 months. As that is the case push hard for reduced charges as per a new customer. You should be able to get the broadband for £15 per month for 3 months and the TV completely free for 2 months. If they wont budge on this quote them as advertising that existing customers are entitled to the same deals as new customers. If they want to lock you in for another 12 months then they have to give you something !!!

ps. I think they may be overcharging you for the 20Meg - its been £20 per month for a while now (£30 without the phoneline so if you haven't got the phoneline then you have a good deal). £23.50 seems a strange number though unless its for non-dd payment or paper billing etc.

[mitford]

Thanks for the info mate, we currenlty dont have a phone line, i will see what i can squeeze out of them tomorrow, i did phone sky but they said i couldn't have multiroom if i didn't have a phone line hence why im going with vm plus there broadband is pretty reliable also the price they quted us is without a phone line

[paulr783]

that dont make sense cos sky now do there own phone line at £11 pm
when i spoke to vm they said for everything it would be a total of £72pm
but with sky its £58.23pm so im just waiting now till eurovox stops and its sky for me unless theres sumthing else i can find

[mitford]

hmm they didn,t ring me back so i rang them and in one day it's gone up from £58 to 71 per month

[andybr1ggs]

if i was u just get broadband and get sky hd there is a ton more channels...i got 50 meg and its useless (and there hd) the hd box buzzes like fck and the 50 meg modem gives me speeds @ 23mbps totally load of crap....

ive complained to them ive downgraded to lowest package(s) sticking with sky now fck them...

im gunna send rauol moat on them

[waqasahmed]

If theres a difference of £1, then you'd rather go to Sky, considering you get more channels with Sky than you would do with VM. If you are going to spend that amount, then why not get a motorised dish setup as well? £71 a month is quite an amount of money
Oh yeah, dont forget the quidco cashback!

[paulr783]

is there any were i can get info about motorised as i looked around cant find diddly
any help please

[mitford]

ok get this, the person i spoke to the other day has just rung me back (a day late) and has offered me a v+hd box down stairs a hd box upstairs xl tv, phone with unlimited calls 20mb broadband all for £50 a month, i could have upgraded to 50mb for an extra £8 but decided against it,

no installation fee or fee for the box

i took her up on it seems pretty good to me

oh sorry forgot to say it's free for two months aswell

[waqasahmed]

You got a pretty good deal then. Oh and paul, have a look in the sat section