DC90
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Registered: 14th Nov 07
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Originally posted by DaveyLC
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Originally posted by Dave
Not if you're only taking broadband they don't.
Go try it..
All of the deals say "+ Virgin Phone line £17.99 a month"
W@NKERS...
The 17.99 is a line rental fee, not a phone line fee.
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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You're missing the point.. Virgin Broadband doesn't use a phone line yet they FORCE you to take a phone line..
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Dave
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Registered: 26th Feb 01
Location: Lancs
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I have Virgin broadband but don't have a phone line and don't pay line rental. There isn't a single phone line in to the house tbh, hence why I went for cable broadband.
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
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That makes them even bigger cunts, because they wouldn't change my package down to JUST broadband..
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DC90
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Originally posted by DaveyLC
You're missing the point.. Virgin Broadband doesn't use a phone line yet they FORCE you to take a phone line..
I'm not sure if Virgin still make people have a phone line (I don't work with sales in any form)
The reason Virgin previously made people take a phoneline is to keep the number of telephony customers above a certain point. As far as I know, Virgin haven't profited from telephony for a long time.
The "line rental" 17.99 payment really isn't anything to do with a phone line at all.. Virgin media have never suggested telephony is anything to do with broadband other than we pull in a Siamese drop cable to each property. One half of the cable is catv, the other half of the cable is a telephone line.
We have plenty of single play customers, both residential and business.
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Dave
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Registered: 26th Feb 01
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Originally posted by DaveyLC
That makes them even bigger cunts, because they wouldn't change my package down to JUST broadband..
That's exactly what I did. Had tv/phone/broadband but got rid of everything but broadband. Tbf it was the guy in the phone that suggested I didn't need the line rental, I'd wrongly assumed broadband and line rental went hand in hand.
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richardworrall
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Registered: 20th Sep 05
Location: Derby
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Signed up for the 25mb BB a couple of years ago. Extra line rental was never even mentioned. They increased the speed last year to 50MB, then 75MB a couple of months ago. Never had any issues with dropouts or wireless signal either. Cant fault it, just a shame they never reduce the price, it only goes up with that yearly inflation index thing.
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Kev_GSI
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Registered: 9th Oct 04
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Went into the store in the Arndale Centre, Manchester saturday and asked why randomly my bill had gone up another few ££.
Apparently discount I had had finished. Im out of contract and asked what she could do and said nothing then carried on picking her nail varnish off the lazy cunt.
Rang up today and basically said they can reduce my internet speed and save me £10 a month. Errr no.
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Mine has crept to £70 a month and all I have is some HD channels with Virgin no fancy TV package. You've just reminded me to call and cancel.
Rely boils my piss that all companies are about is new customer deals, how about look after the ones that pay you every month you twats.
[Edited on 11-08-2016 by Graham88]
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