MSE News: Virgin Media customers to be hit with 5.9% price rise from February

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Virgin Media customers' bills are set to rise from 1 February 2015, but affected customers can leave penalty free...

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Virgin Media customers to be hit with 5.9% price rise from February

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• Wot ANOTHER increase!
• This is a major blow for me, I currently pay Ј65.99 a month for Tivo XL, Additional VHD box, and 100MB Broadband. I also have my mobile contact with them, if I leave Virgin Media for my BB/TV, I'll loose the discount on my mobile plan.
• I currently get the landline and broadband from Virgin, I think the LL will be going in February.
  There has never been a BT service at this house so it is difficult for me to get any other suppliers.
• I got my letter today and mine is a 10% increase. Need to start looking at alternatives.
• Them space ships cost allot of money, some ones got to pay for it and we have been selected, Thanks Vermin Meania.
• Call them up, threaten to leave, they will waive the upgrade to those who bother.
  I've just renegotiated my deal with the outbound retentions - they've already quoted the Feb increase in the deal and beat last years price despite a big increase in internet speed to boot!
• I was on XL, but just a month or so ago signed up te "Big Cahuna" now I know not all customers are affected the same, but can anyone say how much/how many increases weve had in the last, say 2 years?
• "there are no changes to our call charges or talk plans. We're doing everything we can to keep any increase as low as possible, especially for our existing customers."
  No because they are exorbitant already.
  Glad that we can still use 18185 for cheaper 01/02 calls via their 0808 freephone number.
  www.18185.co.uk/mpbilerates.php
• You all must be mad anyway. Free view costs only the price of a licence. You lot but a licence and then pay Virgin per month to watch repeats and claptrap.
• Have to call after 30th November to cancel
• Cancelled two day's ago 30 Day's notice .
• My increase is Ј6.84 a month, with no explanation of how they arrived at that figure.
  No way is it 5.9% of my current bill.
  They must have me mixed up with someone paying Ј116 a month
• Prefer to pay a little extra than be Holden to openreach.