Switch from virgin to sky

Zipppy

Long out of contract with Virgin...debating switch to sky so I can get sky Atlantic Eir sport itv4 etc etc..plus Virgin broadband is ****...plus it's about 95€ a month...
Sky have deal till Monday..55€ a month..12 month contract..TV plus broadband...
Can I switch over immediately or will virgin seek month notice or something ?

helimachoptor

Zipppy wrote: »

Long out of contract with Virgin...debating switch to sky so I can get sky Atlantic Eir sport itv4 etc etc..plus Virgin broadband is ****...plus it's about 95€ a month...
Sky have deal till Monday..55€ a month..12 month contract..TV plus broadband...
Can I switch over immediately or will virgin seek month notice or something ?

month notice

skipper_G

Zipppy wrote: »

Long out of contract with Virgin...debating switch to sky so I can get sky Atlantic Eir sport itv4 etc etc..plus Virgin broadband is ****...plus it's about 95€ a month...
Sky have deal till Monday..55€ a month..12 month contract..TV plus broadband...
Can I switch over immediately or will virgin seek month notice or something ?

I'm in the exact same situation as you. I ordered sky today and yes you do need to give 30 days notice to virgin. I had to send a mail with account details to cancel[at]virginmedia.ie

ted1

Zipppy wrote: »

Long out of contract with Virgin...debating switch to sky so I can get sky Atlantic Eir sport itv4 etc etc..plus Virgin broadband is ****...plus it's about 95€ a month...
Sky have deal till Monday..55€ a month..12 month contract..TV plus broadband...
Can I switch over immediately or will virgin seek month notice or something ?

Virgin have the best broadband on the market. They'll offer you half price for 6 months if you cancel. Sky charge an extra 15 euro for HD and 80 to install

Zipppy

skipper_G wrote:

I'm in the exact same situation as you. I ordered sky today and yes you do need to give 30 days notice to virgin. I had to send a mail with account details to cancel[at]virginmedia.ie

so did you order sky and cancel virgin at same time? If you've to ride out month with virgin what happens when sky want to install ? ( how long will that be btw?)

ted1 wrote:

Virgin have the best broadband on the market. They'll offer you half price for 6 months if you cancel. Sky charge an extra 15 euro for HD and 80 to install

At this stage I just want away....so any offer will be futile..

skipper_G

Zipppy wrote: »

so did you order sky and cancel virgin at same time? If you've to ride out month with virgin what happens when sky want to install ? ( how long will that be btw?)



At this stage I just want away....so any offer will be futile..

I ordered Sky first and then got on to VM. Sky give you a choice of installation date so you can get it pretty close to the 30 day notice period if you like. I chose to get the sky in as soon as possible, which is next Friday.

Zipppy

skipper_G wrote:

I ordered Sky first and then got on to VM. Sky give you a choice of installation date so you can get it pretty close to the 30 day notice period if you like. I chose to get the sky in as soon as possible, which is next Friday.

brilliant thanks...think I'll do same...how much are you paying with sky?

skipper_G

Zipppy wrote: »

brilliant thanks...think I'll do same...how much are you paying with sky?

I got the original bundle TV and HD box sets. For 33.60 a month for 12 months. No broadband but they quoted me 64.50 for the fibre unlimited with the aforementioned TV package. I would recommend going into a sky store in person. I got a better deal than over the phone.

Zipppy

skipper_G wrote:

I got the original bundle TV and HD box sets. For 33.60 a month for 12 months. No broadband but they quoted me 64.50 for the fibre unlimited with the aforementioned TV package. I would recommend going into a sky store in person. I got a better deal than over the phone.

thank you...