Virgin Media: 10 Reasons to switch from Sky RSS

virgin-media-sky-letterVirgin Media may have reopened old wounds with a recent letter campaign. Despite the cable carrier and Sky kissing and making up last November it seems like the gloves are off again.

In a bid to add more customers, Virgin Media recently sent letters to the homes of broadband customers in cabled streets, highlighting ten reasons why going cable is better than signing up with Sky.

The letter, signed off by Mark Davidson Executive Director of Customer Care for Virgin Media, underlines the benefits of cable over both copper phone lines and satellite, both of which are used to deliver Sky Broadband and TV respectively:

“You don’t need a dish or an aerial because Virgin TV comes down a fibre optic cable (bad weather can seriously effect your viewing with a dish.) … The same fibre optic cable brings you fast, future proof Virgin Broadband at up to 50Mb the UK’s fastest.”

The letter then goes on to mention some of the various bundle deals on offer: Virgin Media L Broadband (up to 10Mbps, unlimited downloads) comes bundled with unlimited UK weekend calls (01, 02 and 03 numbers) and the M+ Digital TV offering (60 channels, free Catch Up TV) for just £19.50 a month, with no additional free for installation or connection. The offer of free connection ends on the 31st of July.

Virgin Media is also calling for customers to ‘hang up on BT‘, and sign up for their fixed-line phone packages instead. Virgin is also clearly smarting after being overtaken by the Carphone Warehouse after the Tiscali buyout; the letter also states that ‘on average, our up to 10Mb broadband’s 2x faster than comparable services from BT, TalkTalk or Tiscali’.

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2 Comments »Posted by Tom on July 7th 2009 in BT Broadband, Broadband Bundles, Carphone Warehouse, Sky Broadband, TalkTalk, Tiscali, Virgin Media



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2 Responses to “Virgin Media: 10 Reasons to switch from Sky”

  1. debby shapiro said on 08 Nov 2009 at 6:25 pm #

    I am still waiting for my modem so that I can use my internet at home 12 days after it was promised. What kind of service are you running. Despite promises of getting back to me I have heard nothing. I am telling everyone I meet about your service, so act quickly as I have a big mouth.

  2. Mike S said on 25 Nov 2009 at 11:07 pm #

    I can think of more than 10 reasons why I’d never touch VM with a barge pole ever again, worst customer services ever, expensive and poor quality equipment. Absolute rubbish compared to Sky.


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