Virgin Media or Sky

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

I've been with Telewest / Virgin media for years now ,however looking at the deals from Sky , broadband ,tele and phone they seem very very tempting ,my line is rated to 18meg so I could get there 16 Meg broadband service .... anyone got any comments to make ? are Sky good for service etc. and is the broadband as good as it sounds ?
Any information will be most appreciated.

[toonarmy1810]

ive got sky broadband and its great! Downloads an album in 4 mins and a full film takes 10 mins!

[daren]

what sites do you go on mate to download films and stuff mate i dont know any sites and not sure where to start

[tonyfromalnwick]

my line is rated to 18meg .

Lucky bugger Steve.

Cable hasn't reached the wilds of Alnwick yet !

I'm stuck on 2 meg.

[Steve115]

Steve,

I use sky broadband and it is superb. I pay a fiver a month on top of the usual sky package.

Its basically instantanious (up to 16Mb).

The kit is good quality and I've had no problems with the service.

If you have wireless on a laptop you'll find that quick too!

I wouldn't swap provider and I hear more and more people saying they are swapping to Sky.

Defo recommend

Steve

[KeithB]

I use both Steve, I've got TW (now Virgin) for the Broadband & phone, but I hated their TV boxes it took ages to change channels so I've got Sky+. However I'm told the new V+ boxes on cable are much better. A lad at work got:

V+ HD box with all channels (record 2 channels while watching a 3rd)
a normal box in another room.
10 Meg Broadband
free national calls
cheap international calls
cheap mobile calls

for £85 per month.

edit:

Also heard the sky BB is very good, maybe it's best to just keep playing one off against the the other.

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/bundles/vip.html

You can haggle if you aren't interested in any parts of the package.

[toonarmy1810]

what sites do you go on mate to download films and stuff mate i dont know any sites and not sure where to start

i'll pm you all the details matey, its really easy and not the usual limewire etc!

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Cheers lads ,Keith I looked at that package and was told about it by the lassy when I rang to see what they had to offer , basically I can have £10.50 a month off my bill or upgrade to the package you posted ,too much money for me as I don't watch much telly and use my free mobile minutes instead of the home phone.
Steve that's just the answer I was waiting for , they have so much more to offer for less money ,the only thing I was worried about was the broadband and you reckon that's fine ... looks like a change is in order.

[fishless]

well ive been with teleworst for 8 yrs now and every day i get more n more sickened by them my monthly bill is normally about 85 to 90 quid and im sick of there service just to lazy to change

its just the thought of switching to sky and possible delays thats stopping me from switching but it will happen soon that i know

[tonytaylor]

I'm with Sky having changed a month ago. I'm on broadband max which costs £10 a month which gives speeds up to 16mb and unlimited downloads.
I have however had teething troubles with a dodgy router and erratic connection problems. Unfortunately Sky's technical people are in Northern Ireland and lengthy calls to them are not included in the free Sky Talk deal.
When the service is working it is very good and certainly cheaper than what I used to pay. I am however reserving judgement for the moment.

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Fishless ,you have to give 30 days notice to Telewest /VM in the meantime Sky will schedule your connection for 28 days so you lose no service .
Tony ,thanks for that ,I know not everyone always gets good services and it's a big step for me really as the Virgin Media / Telewest service has been second to none ,unfortunately for them Sky is offering much more for less money.

[daren]

cheers toonarmy mate i will look forward to getting all the details off you and then i can use this computer to its full potential

[marksworld]

just changed over to sky talk and broadband in the last few min, still on pipex at the moment but modem should be here in 5 days, was paying £14.99 to pipex for 2.2 mbps, when connected with sky i will be paying £5 per month for 8mbps with 40gig download space ( i dont download). there is a one off fee of £20 for modem. this is the middle package i have got. for phone line i have gone for free evening and weekend calls as i am out all day on this one i only pay line rental to bt which is £10.99.( calls to mobile europe and chanel isles will be charged at normal rate). used to be with pipex for phone but was paying, last month bill £36.
my sky tv package is £37.
old bill was sky 37, phone 30 apx, broadband 15. total £82
new bill, sky 37, phone 11, sky broadband 5. total £53
saving of nearly £30.

glad i am not with virgin lol, no simpsons!!!!!!
lets just hope it all works when i get it




cheers
mark

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

I'm gonna sort it tomorrow mate ,no Sky One or even Sky Sports News ,they can consider themselves dropped.

[fishless]

aye steve thinking the same here mate tried phoning 3 times today but couldnt be arsed to wait [ seems theres quite a few not happy today ]
am going to ask first wether they will be a drop in the charges now due to lack of previouse channels i was paying
and also if they want to continue to have my money what special offers can they do for me and they better be good



sky here i come lol ,