Virgin Media to increase costs by ?42 for millions - the third price rise in a year

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Over five million Virgin Media customers will pay an average 5.1pc more from November after the firm announced its third price rise of the year.

It is increasing the cost of a number of its TV packages by up to ?3.49 per month. Line rental will increase by ?1.01 to ?19 per month.

Some customers will have to pay up to ?42 more a year under the changes.
It is the third time this year that Virgin Media has upped costs for customers.

In February, it increased prices ? including line rental - by an average 5.4pc for 4.4million customers.

Then in June it put up the price of some TV packages for those with Sky Sports and Sky Movies.

Virgin Media is writing to customers to inform them of the changes.
Under rules set by Ofcom, the telecoms regulator, existing customers are able to leave without penalty if they are unhappy with the higher cost, as long as they joined after 23 January 2014.

Those who wish to leave have 30 days from when they receive details of the price change to inform Virgin Media that they wish to cancel.

Virgin Media blamed the increases on its continued investment in its ultrafast broadband network.

Gregor McNeil, managing director for consumer at Virgin Media said: ?We do everything we can to keep prices competitive while striking the balance with investing in more of what our customers want.?

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Whoa whos hang on, its the same boxes in the street, the same cables in the street
From when first came to town.

Rumor states this dump has a large feed from some dump of a next town

my internet is 20mb plenty fast enough to watch on demand, download something
just leave it overnight.

?31.75 penny pinchers package or something

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On topic

asked how many customers they got

https://mobile.twitter.com/MeatHead_Motors/status/766888513484754945?p=v

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BOSS Richard Branson

Branson is no doubt trying to raise funds to pay for his legal attempt to reverse Brexit, I suggest we all avoid every Virgin enterprise as the man is not British.

Under rules set by Ofcom, the telecoms regulator, existing customers are able to leave without penalty if they are unhappy with the higher cost, as long as they joined after 23 January 2014.

Those who wish to leave have 30 days from when they receive details of the price change to inform Virgin Media that they wish to cancel.

Amazing how BT can break OFCOM General Rule 9.6, by charging for cancellation due to price increases. Disgusting.

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Oh great, why reverse brexit

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Oh great, why reverse brexit

You can't reverse something that hasn't happened. All that's happened as a result of the vote is the pound is worth less, imported goods cost more, the interest rate has gone down so savers make less. If I were a cynic I'd say that the banks would be all for Brexit without leaving the EU....

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whats dickie branston got to do with owt ? didnt he sell his stake in vermin media for ?200m some time ago ?

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whats dickie branston got to do with owt ? didnt he sell his stake in vermin media for ?200m some time ago ?

All rumours heard Richard Branson investors pulling out of UK after Brexit vote need rise to make it up…..