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Virgin TiVo boxes
- Thread starter Publius Ovidius
- Start date
arewethereyet?
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Granny, I have the same but 2 extra set top boxes in the bedrooms, I negotiated a discount 11 moths ago for the same package and pay £105 a month, I think you need to give them a call...
I cancelled my Sky package and they called me at end of 30 days and gave me 6 months totally free as an incentive to return. I didn't even have Sports or Movies and they chucked that in too.
I've now gone to BT and it's fine and as cheap as chips, £5 a month with BT Infinity (fibre). Don't have Sky Sports but I could if I wanted.
You might want to check it out, don't know how it compares to cable as not available here
cant complain with ntl,sorry virgin,i pay 66 quid,thats umlilited phone,xl package with free bt sports and 2 boxes,plenty of free hd channels and decent broadband,cant go over to sky because everytine sky have offered me a package,i ring up virgin to cancel,they straight away offer me a better deal,hence why ive been with them so long
saltdeanseagull1
Member
- Aug 21, 2011
- 217
Thanks for your responses, I have now just completed the online order for Virgin. Only question I have is, at the moment my email address is a SKY email i.e ......@sky.com. Im assuming I wont be able to use this when my service ceases with SKY (I pick them up on my laptop via outlook not on the SKY website), this was one of my concerns about switching providers as it is going to be a pain in the arse changing all my email address I have registered. When I get Virgin I guess they will offer a variation of their own email address, but again I will feel tied into them with this for the future. Do any of you know of any decent reliable Email providers out there or would you stick with your service provider one??
symyjym
Banned
I've caught mine rebooting itself in the early morning hours when most normal people are asleep, never had this happen at prime time though.
The Andy Naylor Fan Club
Well-known member
I went over to Virgin last summer. I set up a new email account with them as I thought my Sky account would close but my Sky email account remains active, so I use both but register new stuff on my Virgin media account, as well as not having to change contact details with all the companies who contact me via Sky.com.
saltdeanseagull1
Member
- Aug 21, 2011
- 217
That's not what I expected but if that's the same in my case I will be quite happy. Thanks
Buy your own domain name for about a tenner and then pay hosting fees of less than £20 a year and you will never have this problem again.
LAMBRETTA MAN
Member
- Feb 5, 2012
- 323
Sky email is actually Yahoo mail integrated, so you can sign in to yahoo mail using your sky email account.
Vegas Seagull
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- Jul 10, 2009
- 7,782
No issue in 2 years, 83% utilised just need to find 405 hours to watch it all
Pay that too, but WITHOUT:
Phone
TiVo
Just one box
Broadband
Either you have an amazing deal, or I'm getting ripped off.
May call them.
thony
Active member
I have Virgin phone & broadband, but went back to Sky for TV when they offered me the 6 months free. I feel that mix is probably best for me.
As regards prices: Virgin don't seem to want to let you move onto the new lower prices, even when your contract period comes to an end. I managed to get a better deal (including TV box for our spare room) when I argued it, at the expense of tying myself in for 12 months more, but it's still not quite as good a deal as what they're offering new customers (although admittedly those deals involve a longer tie-in). ...except that, when I got the paperwork, I realised there was a connection fee that I don't recall them mentioning, which wiped out my savings, so I cancelled the order and stayed on my slightly higher tariff but with no tie-in.
Your being ripped off, go on that Martin Lewis moneysaving website,I ring virgin every year
Publius Ovidius
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- Thread starter
- #37
Just had the engineer visit.....replaced a load of cables, a couple of boxes on the wall, changed the tap in the virgin cable boxes out on the road, so let's hope that has fixed it.
Broadband seems a bit faster too....so that is nice
Broadband seems a bit faster too....so that is nice
Grizz
Well-known member
- Jul 5, 2003
- 1,251
The rebooting every 4 days sounds strange. We've had ours 2 years now and were never told that had to be done when they installed it and it's always run perfectly fine.
Publius Ovidius
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- Thread starter
- #39
Engineer reckoned at least every couple of weeks. Seemly they push loads of updates down the line.
Glad you got it sorted. There is a difference though between a restart for updates and having to restart a non-working box. The point is if things are working fine, you should be able to leave it alone.
Strangely I had broadband issues this morning and had to call them. It got fixed pretty quickly, but partly because I know enough to insist I don't have any problems with WiFi and would not let them piss about needlessly with my settings.