Im with virgin and get a great service both primary at home and secondary with their customer service.
I think all providers have satisfied and un satisfied customers.

I am with Virgin Media, which on the whole I am happy with. pretty reliable, and good customer service, but they endlessly put their prices up...

I do not have a BT Phone line coming into my house, as Virgin does not require it...
Does anyone know if BTPhone lines are required for all the other services, as used to be the norm?

Edited by CrazyBadger (12 Dec 2018 10.00am)

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"

Thanks badger, There was time where everything you did - and whichever service You used - you needed to have a landline number. Neither Sky TV nor Virginmedia require this anymore. I was wondering if the Alternatives mentioned on this thread still require you to have some kind of physical line attached to your house.
Currently I have a Virginmedia Fibre only attached. If I wanted to switch to Plusnet for example, would I even be able to?

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"

If your home has a telephone line (even disused) then yes. If not I guess Plusnet would charge to have one installed.

I was with Virgin for many years they ticked the boxes on pretty much everything except price. They kept getting more and more expensive whilst not providing anything more, kinda like the railways.

I told them I was switching to BT and they didn't care until BT notified them. I was then getting daily phone calls and the deal from Virgin kept getting better. However I am old fashioned and I had given my word to BT. Besides I don't like a company that screws you until you walk away and then suddenly they offer you a decent deal (blimey sounds like Brexit).

Anyway I now take the attitude I am loyal to no one I go for the best deal.

One more point

1. trust me they are not independent they may claim this but they get perks and are loyal to some brands/companies (I knew two people that worked for them many years ago used to show off lots of goods they was given)

2. never heard of people in flats not allowed sat tv and tends to be if they say you can't have it its due to they already offer communal dish.

3. 75mb is that the package or the throughput you get? If you was getting 75mb through put it's still got great for a family if every one is using 4k/hd tv plus whatever else they are doing (for 2-3 people may be ok but still depends on activities this is another reason Sky Q is flop with so many issues it uses iptv as well)

I would always suggest to pay more to not be bundled being locked to one company for it all is not good.

it has shown how they keep upping the prices every year fair amount so if you got bundle that is going up a lot also if you are separate you can switch about getting deals without hassle of worrying if you will lose everything or be locked into a big contract.

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1. Until I see some evidence I have found Which to be a good tool. Like most things I do not follow anyone blindly but so far the stuff they recommend has been good. At the very least it gives you a benchmark to compare against if you can find better so be it.

2. Really banning dishes is common in Beckham because they are unsightly. A communal dish is acceptable but you have to have enough people prepared to pay for it. We own and run our block of flats so it is majority vote my neighbours do not want dishes small or communal hence the ban.

3. 75mps is plenty for me but if you have a family with teenagers I can see that may not be enough. Like I said you have to decide what is important to you so in that case speed would be a factor.

One more point