[Gllug] Anyone using Virgin Media?

[Justin Perreault]

On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 18:56 +0000, Caroline Ford wrote:
> On 01/03/2008, Justin Perreault <justinperreault at dl-jp.com> wrote:
> > However, now that I know the BT line connection charge is £125 maybe 
> > I'll have to keep looking.
> 
> BT probably won't charge you this unless there is no previous phone
> line there. You'll probably just count as a reconnection.

It's a new build and so there was no one there previously. I found a
pseudo loophole - I put the phone in my name instead of my wife to get
1/2 price install with 18mth commit on plan2 (3.47/mth down to 2.70/mth
starting April 1st) which gives free evenings and weekends, it was
supposed to be for new customers only.

> One problem is that everyone has negative stories about ISPs. I had
> dreadful problems with Demon (and they are still chasing me for money
> I don't owe), but others think they are the bees knees. I think
> Andrews and Arnold were great (but they still tried to charge me for a
> domain renewal for a cancelled line).

Yeah, but I was on Working Lunch with my problems from Tiscali. :)

> All the local loop unbundled services need a BT phone line first to be
> transferred to them. BT have a minimum term so this will cost you ££.

The minimum term is 12 months if you pay full install of £125. 18 months
if you pay half install and get option 2 as described above.

> I've ended up using mobile broadband but I really don't recommend this
> as your sole service. I find Vodafone very flaky and they seem to run
> out of capacity very easily.

Thanks for the tip. I was considering this slightly but saw several
warnings against doing such.

Justin

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