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Flea
05-29-2007, 02:34 PM
Paying for virgin media broadband and dont feel your getting a good price?

0845 0540000
retentions number

Phone that number and tell them your thinking of leaving,
and ask them what deals they can do you,
Ive just got the XL broadband package for £25 a month for life,
a lot better than the £37 a month that most people are paying,
if you have the tv and phone as well you can also get them either upgraded for the same price or a good deal.
:)
Minty
05-29-2007, 03:01 PM
I pay 20 a month for TV and BB with them, and thanks to magical german ebay get full Tv pack and 2 10 meg connections :p
Curtis
05-29-2007, 03:22 PM
My internet is pritty screwed with them... It was half a MB and was apsolute shite. Rang up and it was the same price as 1MB, and it's also the same for 2MB but you had to request it. Only taken 2 days to get connection on that aswell.

Anyways, Get SKY, Get orange BB and I should be good.
codedigital
05-29-2007, 03:29 PM
Just move to the States and get one of these:

http://www22.verizon.com/content/ConsumerFios/
Minty
05-29-2007, 03:31 PM
Cheers for that :rolleyes:
codedigital
05-29-2007, 03:33 PM
Cheers for that :rolleyes:

30 mbps just gets me tingling in certain places :)
carrliadiere
05-29-2007, 03:50 PM
That's weird, I get broadband AND tv for only 20 pounds a month. That said, it's the 'medium' package... does anybody need more than 2mb download speeds, though?
Minty
05-29-2007, 03:58 PM
That's weird, I get broadband AND tv for only 20 pounds a month. That said, it's the 'medium' package... does anybody need more than 2mb download speeds, though?

If you download a lot of things then its critical to have good download/upload speeds- and 2 meg doesnt cut it
Flea
05-29-2007, 04:02 PM
10 meg has a better upload speed than the 2 meg,
since i run 2 360s sometimes i need more upload to prevent lag.
Curtis
05-29-2007, 04:02 PM
Well.. Japans already on 5000MB a sec so why can't we have more than 20?

2MB is really bad if you've got a home network. 2 Desktops 2 laptops and 3 xbox's on mine. Not all at the same time obviously but fuck me I give some stick for it.
P1NSEEKER
05-29-2007, 04:03 PM
If you download a lot of things

*cough* pornography *cough* ;)
carrliadiere
05-29-2007, 04:04 PM
Well.. Japans already on 5000MB a sec so why can't we have more than 20?

2MB is really bad if you've got a home network. 2 Desktops 2 laptops and 3 xbox's on mine. Not all at the same time obviously but fuck me I give some stick for it.

Man alive, you must really love XBox!
Curtis
05-29-2007, 04:13 PM
Man alive, you must really love XBox!


They delivered my now fixed 1 to my next door neighbour... Never see that again..
Haly
05-29-2007, 06:03 PM
My Dad managed to get 4mb BB, full TV package excluding the movies or sport and phone line with free calls anytime for £34 iirc.
Hoping when we phone up about getting virgin+ and an extra box added that we can get a better deal and get better BB although not had any trouble with the 4mb.
Im a Manatee
05-30-2007, 05:35 AM
I run 768K download on 2 computers and xbox, but we have a bodacious 2 meg upload, at least thats what the charter guy said last renewal.
codedigital
05-30-2007, 01:08 PM
I run 768K download on 2 computers and xbox, but we have a bodacious 2 meg upload, at least thats what the charter guy said last renewal.

Ouch. I had to work on a computer the other day for a friend and he only had a meg down. It made me want to cry. I couldn't imagine doing it day in and day out.

I've never heard of a data plan like that. I'd be weary of such high up with such a low down.

You can test here: http://www.internetfrog.com/mypc/speedtest/