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Virgin BB €67.99 p/m…I must be nuts, right?

  • 13-12-2021 8:07pm
    #1
    Dinarius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭


    A friend has just got a Black Friday offer from Sky of: TV, broadband, landline, and Sky Sports, for €60 p/m.

    Yes, we’re often accused of not changing provider often enough. I’ve just done this with electricity and gas.

    But, I’m being screwed by Virgin, right?

    At the moment, we don’t have a tv provider. We have a Sky box left over from our last contract. This gives us BBC and C4 and a few other channels. With Netflix for €11.99 p/m, we’re pretty much covered.

    But, almost seventy quid a month just for BB?

    Bonkers? (to coin a word)

    D.



Comments

  • #2
    Car99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,531 ✭✭✭Car99


    Yep that's very expensive .



  • #3
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,184 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    You should be able to get them down to 60 on the phone; but if you can get actual fibre (not VDSL "efibre") from anyone else, anyone at all - go. You'll get 45/50 quid deals.



  • #4
    Dinarius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dinarius


    Thanks for the replies.

    You’ve lost me a bit with the tech talk. I’m Dublin 14, if that helps in working out what alternatives I can get.

    Thanks again.

    D.



  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    https://onebigswitch.ie/campaigns/obsie-2110-broadband-sky/plans/results Offer ends on 17-Dec-2021.

    Sky €30 pm , you could use it to bargain down Virgin.



  • #6
    Dinarius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dinarius


    Less than half the price!

    Will phone them tomorrow.

    Thanks.

    D.



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  • #7
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,184 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Just check what they can offer at your address. Plenty of places can only get ~70mbit on eir wires (from various operators) and if you've got multiple people using the connection and you're used to Virgin at 250/360/higher, that 70 will be torture.



  • #8
    Dinarius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dinarius


    No gaming. But, 2/3 computers, wifi radio, Google Dongle and iPad. So, quite a bit.

    We shall see.

    D.



  • #9
    Dinarius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dinarius


    I contacted Virgin this morning.

    I never knew that my BB and phone package included the Virgin TV Sports pack. And I've been with them for years. It means I can stream sports such as Champions League through my TV.

    I got a new price of €50 p/m including phone.

    Happy with that.

    D.



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