Cancelled my Virgin TV, BB and landline.

They might possibly ring you up if you have cancelled and offer you a deal, the best
forum for finding deals and discussing this is M.S.E. Forum.

I cancelled everything

Now post office phone and broadband to go live next week abut £28 all in i think for line and internet

Don't need no Tv packages i got Cricfree

Well i never cancelled i just switched over from my current supplier without asking.Done it before so hopefully all goes to plan but my current supplier for broadband said they will send me my final bill after the switch over in a letter a few days later.I have not paid since September But my phone was not able to make calls  Like i needed that only need the internet.

You know what they can do with that last bill

I was going to cancel virgin but my friend signed up so I get £50 off my bill so will wait till that goes
in before cancelling.Paying £52 for phone broadband and tv which is too high i.m.o.

£52 and £50 off so now you may be £2 surely i got that wrong

Oh you get the £50 bonus for the sign up then gonna cancel

NAWTY

I was on to my supplier saying my calls not working so no bill will be payed and this happened way before Christmas they never re-installed the calls but my internet has not been effected.Maybe they just let you drive on for free if yu make no calls

But when i checked my bill i thought be as well switching and letting that £200+ blow away like a fart in the wind.

I cancelled my VirginMedia package and swapped it for broadband only with reduced speed (100 Mb down to 50 Mb) - £30/month.
Best thing I ever done. Its all you need.

We don't get cable yet but says coming soon when i type my postcode in but said that 10 years ago

BT won't put fibre in our block because not enough people have asked for it.. but it's been put in
the block of private flats over the road.

Breeding can you not pick up a signal from over the road or get a very long cable

If a mate stays in the block just use his/her router and split the bills

I'm with Virmin, and was paying £84 a month for phone (anytime calls), b/band and xl tv package. Phoned them saying I wanted to ditch the tv package altogether, and they offered me basic (freeview type?) tv package for £48 (as well as the phone and b/band). I accepted this, and a few days later they phoned me and offered to reinstate my tv package to xl for another 2 quid a month. Sort of happy with that, saving £408 a year.

Can't get a signal it's too far.

Thanks for the replies guys. I'm paying £92 per month for XL TV, Sky Sports, 100mb BB and landline. Someone on Mse got them down to £18 per month for 100mb BB without a landline. That would do me.

johnizere, you don't need to pay for the phone line anymore. they were forced to end that scam a while ago. ditch the phone line and save a few quid.

good for you


Virgin absolute coonts

Might have to get a new TV aerial. HD channels on freeview not that great.

Platini.. how will I make phone calls from my house phone if I cancel my phone line?
(I use it a lot!)

Pay as you go £10 a month 1000 minutes

if you use a lot be as well keeping it

Do the calls make you cash or lose you cash ?

If they make you $$$$ then keep

If you phone babestation etc cancel it

I would never use Virgin ever again. A few years ago, I moved house, to a place with no cable, so I couldn't have Virgin even if I wanted to. They collected my TV box the day before my month was up, then discontinued my broadband address without warning - which was a REAL pain.
I sent letters to everyone I could find who was high up at Virgin, but it got me nowhere, except them telling me I should have had a month's warning.
Very pricey and a dreadful company.

They came and collected a box ? Never heard of that

The problem I have is that there is a very poor signal for mobiles of any network in my area. I have to go outside in the street or garden to find a signal lol. I get texts hours late when I go out in the car!
Home phone is more or less my only option.... other than move!

Well we best find you a good estate agent as this is not on

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I would never use Virgin ever again. A few years ago, I moved house, to a place with no cable, so I couldn't have Virgin even if I wanted to. They collected my TV box the day before my month was up, then discontinued my broadband address without warning - which was a REAL pain.
I sent letters to everyone I could find who was high up at Virgin, but it got me nowhere, except them telling me I should have had a month's warning.
Very pricey and a dreadful company.

I had Tiscali , Talk Talk and many SKY contracts broken and no one ever turned up.In Scotland though Bailiffs are illegal though like catalogues and all that sh1t they know it's pointless chasing.

What is the best streaming box for a Samsung smart tv, apparently they run on a different OS system to android?

you connect the box using an hdmi cable and select it using the source button on your tv remote, it doesn't matter what tv you have (as long as it has hdmi ports).

Thanks dave. Getting confused from trying to download the Now TV app on to my Samsung smart tv.

Johnizere, you have a landline ?

my apologies I didn't realise you were a pensioner

If you can live without HD. I took a chance with one of these, 3 months later still all good.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100-GENUINE-OPENBOX-V9S-LATEST-MODEL-WITH-12-MONTHS-GIFT-PLUG-AND-PLAY-/192116009833?ha****m2cbb01ab69:g:gtwAAOSw~AVYtX71

Thanks Emit. It's a minefield out there!

Virgin just called and offered BB only deal. 150mb for £22.95 per month.

The problem that I see is that even if you cut out most of the services from these companies, you still have to pay the extortionate line rental fee which is about £20 per month for Virgin Media. My deal is a bit pricey, but considering what I get, it's not too bad.

I get the 150Mb speed BB, the basic TV package which includes the ATR racing channel (Freeview doesn't include that) and the telephone landline with free calls (24/7) to other UK landlines and also includes free calls to 0870 and 0845 numbers - all for about £50 per month. I opted to pay the 12 month upfront fee for line rental to receive a discount on that which works out at about 15% compared with paying it monthly. The discount used to be double that at 30%, but they have since reduced it.

GoOnThen - that's interesting, because my mate has a similar deal with Virgin, but not as cheap.

He gets the slowest BB only option at 50Mb (no telly and no landline) for £30 per month. Sounds like he needs to renegotiate if what you have is correct!

Yes moke it looks a good deal. I haven't accepted it yet as my disconnection date is 19th May . I'll see if they can better it closer to that date. Meanwhile I've ordered a T95Z plus box and am currently getting to grips with streaming. A whole new world for me.

Deal finally done. Disconnection put back to 30th May. Then it's broadband only. 150mb at £22.25 pm.

Fu ck I'm paying about £115 to a £125 a month, madness when I mainly watch the first four channels

If you are a pensioner claiming pension credit or other benefits you can get broadband and landline for £10 with BT, with the optional extra of £5 for a mobile with about approximately 250 mins, 500 data, unlimited wifi and unlimited texts, I think

Fu ck I'm paying about £115 to a £125 a month, madness when I mainly watch the first four channels

Oh and Babe station

Get an android box for £45 and watch whatever you want Dan.Afraid I don't qualify on any of those counts annie.

Tbf the free view signal is cr@p a lot of the time

Be careful about your landline number. 

In some cases the number cannot be transferred so make sure that you have a guarantee that it can.  An old lady in the telegraph today transferred to EE but then wondered why she was not getting any phone calls.  EE said she was given a new number and it was not possible to give her the old number even though she had not moved.  She had to go back to her previous supplier just in order to keep her number.

Be also careful about your email account.  I was with Virgin and they did not tell me that my email account would be closed causing me a great deal of grief. Don't have email from your account provider, I am sure they do this deliberately so you stay with them.  Open something like google email now!

I'm binning the landline annie.Staying with Virgin for the broadband so email will be OK.

I have a landline, GoOnThen, but I do not use it.  I do not even have my phone plugged in.  It is ridiculous that mobile calls are far cheaper than landline.

renewed with virgin this week,fibre optic 100mb,broadband.phone anytime calls with landline £30 a month they threw in caller display
12 month contract

i'm out too - just cancelled my broadband.

I'll have a bet from a relative's computer. i can still log in.

the post office is offering £20 broadband?

could someone confirm if they have landline broadband without phone ,seems like its allways 'knows a mate'

anyone tried mobile bb ,either tethering or with the dongle ?

is mobile bb being unfairly throtled/restricted by the landline cartel ?

anyone use only mobile bb at home ? the anti tethering rules appear draconian ,wtf are you supposed to do with 20+ GB on phone only or is a tablet way forward ? dont like emm myself .

were being done over by gangsters , its a pure rip off

hopefully we can incorporate into law the current and recent  eu rules on free  data roaming ,hearing they are eu acts and not laws and may not auto be made into uk law in the carry over ,this stuff needs atention,all the ripping off just forces up inflation ,if we sort it all properly we could maintain the economy and no need to increase interst rates and wages,its not rocket science.

I have landline broadband without the phone at £22.95 per month for 150mb on a 18 month contract with Virgin. Best thing I ever did cancelling my TV and sports subscription. Watched F1 qualifying today on Cricfree.Watched Riviera tonight on Terrarium TV.

dont you miss the drone racing league , serie b ,surfing ,womans LPGA ,baseball ect ect ect ?

Is that unlimited GB  ?

Am with BT but dont understand why i cant do away with phone ,line rental is daylight robbery

did you have to ask to be disconected or ask for no phone ? heard of virgin customers on cheaper but a cap on data

what about talk talk ?  also heard voda are offering fibre land ,they bought over cable+ Wless and are alledging they have a fibre network and cheaper than everyone else

Yes unlimited gb bb. Just told them  I was leaving and they came back with the offer a week later.Could never watch Sky Atlantic with Virgin. Now I watch Netflix, Films and whatever I want for free.

was that thar phurst offer ?

Second.

Virgin was charging me £34 just for broadband, land line.

Nothing else included?

below Goonthen says - £22.95 from same mob?
makes me wonder? rip off city.

depends on your historical use imo

The guys you contact to disconnect - do not disconnect? they are the first step?
only when they realize they cannot turn you back to a Virginite? do they pass you to the department that can disconnect you.

Easy to Join.
Fkin difficult to escape.

even mid contract phone emm,tell emm your skint ,tell emm to take it away ,tell emm your canceling standin order ,tell emm you cant afford it and dont wont to end up in debt ,you might be surprised.
got to be nice and civil though

i did that in the past and they reduce the bill, but over time it climbs back up.
I went without internet for a few years - no biggy. I just think it's a sewer pipe into the house.
I'll end up saying something that offends someone.
It's too easy to just type the first thing that pops into your head.
It's designed to turn us all into critics.

I'm seriously thinking about giving up the internet all together as it seems everyone online is a closet Hitler supporter
and completely deranged with hatred towards anyone who wasn't born in Blighty.. some sad people on here.

i think that passports are stupid, if people want to come, let them.
the weather here is terrible. the food is half poisonous.
the news is repeated every fifteen minutes along with a weather report?
All we have is a good safety net, which now is beginning to fray and grow
holes in it. We are heading back into the Victorian era with education costs.
they nibble away at everything good. let them come. disillusion will follow.

anyone with money goes overseas to a country that charges more tax, like
Switzerland and France.

When did passports originate?