After being with NTL / Virgin for over 20 years, we are seriously considering leaving them when our contract ends in November. 

The UKTV debacle may have signed their death warrant in the Yogi house.

Yep, I've just got out. Bill was going up to £48 for just phone and BB....no TV   Mind you, they keep phoning wanting me back. I've been with them since the Telewest days.  She said we can do you a deal with TV included...my response....why didn't you do it when I asked then? 

Yogi19 posted:

After being with NTL / Virgin for over 20 years, we are seriously considering leaving them when our contract ends in November. 

The UKTV debacle may have signed their death warrant in the Yogi house.

That didn't bother me  I was using Freeview anyway, but I've seen a lot of tweets with people expressing their anger at Virgin being a money grabbing load of gits.

Yogi19 posted:

After being with NTL / Virgin for over 20 years, we are seriously considering leaving them when our contract ends in November. 

The UKTV debacle may have signed their death warrant in the Yogi house.

I've hardly ever watched UKTV channels, so it's not a deal breaker to me, besides, I have a freeview tuner which gets all those channels if I ever need them.

I have been with them for about a similar time, Telewest in my case. I will be going in hard for a massive price reduction. I will be wanting to pay no more than £20 per month. My colleague did it a few months ago.

Sprout posted:

Yogi19 posted:

After being with NTL / Virgin for over 20 years, we are seriously considering leaving them when our contract ends in November. 

The UKTV debacle may have signed their death warrant in the Yogi house.

That didn't bother me  I was using Freeview anyway, but I've seen a lot of tweets with people expressing their anger at Virgin being a money grabbing load of gits.

I too use Freeview. But have to say Sprout, they are all money grabbing twats, so it depends which set of money grabbing twats you want to give your cash to. 

Two of my work colleagues recently moved to BT. They both had issues even before they started using the service !!!

One of them cancelled out of the deal and went another direction.

I WILL NEVER USE BT AGAIN.

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

Sprout posted:

Yogi19 posted:

After being with NTL / Virgin for over 20 years, we are seriously considering leaving them when our contract ends in November. 

The UKTV debacle may have signed their death warrant in the Yogi house.

That didn't bother me  I was using Freeview anyway, but I've seen a lot of tweets with people expressing their anger at Virgin being a money grabbing load of gits.

I too use Freeview. But have to say Sprout, they are all money grabbing twats, so it depends which set of money grabbing twats you want to give your cash to. 

Good point  but I'll be moving my services again if this new one doesn't turn out to be right at the end of it 

I do find it quite funny that when I was younger, listening to politicians allowing services to go public, the mantra was always that competition will force down prices and keep suppliers competitive.

Well, you only have to look at train fares to see that this is not the case, not to mention water, gas, electricity, broadband prices.

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 

I do find it quite funny that when I was younger, listening to politicians allowing services to go public, the mantra was always that competition will force down prices and keep suppliers competitive.

 

Well, you only have to look at train fares to see that this is not the case, not to mention water, gas, electricity, broadband prices.

 

And HMP Birmingham, Long Larton, Wandsworth....you name them.

Privatisation has failed. For us - not them.

tuco posted:

 

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 

I do find it quite funny that when I was younger, listening to politicians allowing services to go public, the mantra was always that competition will force down prices and keep suppliers competitive.

 

Well, you only have to look at train fares to see that this is not the case, not to mention water, gas, electricity, broadband prices.

 

And HMP Birmingham, Long Larton, Wandsworth....you name them.

 

Privatisation has failed. For us - not them.

It was never gonna benefit Joe Public tho.   It benefits those that have their hands in the pockets of the 'privates' 

It did at the start when Thatcher sold off council housing to whet the appetite.

A giveaway (especially Greater London)  and an unfair one.