Page 1 of need help choosing internet/tv/phone package please.

we should have done this months ago, but it has been too easy to stay as we are, but we are paying too much for these services as they are. i am on virgin media for broadband, 10mb £25 a month. and BT for the landline phone. we dont make a lot of calls during the quarter, and to be honest i dont really need 10mb now even though i am online most days. we have a freeview recorder for our tv.
one thing though is we need to get S4C. my dad watches hours of it every week. i now you get it on sky and virgin media i think but not on freeview, unless in Wales. we get it here on analogue which is good. i havent been able to find out if it will be available on freeview in the near future. if it was that would make the decision easier. i dont have any problem staying with virgin media or going to sky, we just cannot decide, there doesnt seem to be a clear winner, which has made it easier to just stay as we are. we just want the least disruption. i was going to suggest my dad watch S4C online then we would just need to get an internet/phone bundle but he isn`t a computer user. we need to make a decision soon, any help would be appreciated. cheers.

I just got skyhd for a year with free sky talk line rental for a year and the `mid` broadband package for £31.25 a month. Normal broadband would have made it £26.25 a month. Only a 12 month contract too.

why take life so seriously..its not like you are going to make it out alive

thanks for the reply. we were looking at sky as well, as the package would have been roughly what i am paying just for broadband which is mad. the problem is though we don`t use the phone that much and to be honest we are happy with the free view recorder, so these two services would feel like getting them because they are part of the bundle. but it would be cheaper than what we pay at the moment. we would be happy just getting the phone/internet together and using the free view recorder if S4C was on free view but it doesn`t look like it will be here.
apart from the dish, what actually happens when you go with say sky? cheers.

cirdan, i`m sending you a pm ;)

If you are on VM cable, then have a look at having all 3 services from VM. Check their web site , then haggle for a better deal, tell them that you are going to sky.
They can transfer the existing BT tel number as well.
Good luck

If you don`t use your landline much just go for a `Pay As You Go` mobile and use that.

Be warned if you switch your telephone to sky they will take over your BT line at the exchange.

If in the future you want your calls or BB from another provider you will have to pay for another line install as it will have been switched to Skys own network.

Also note that the everday(used to be called mid package) has had its download cap reduced from 40g to 10g per month.

thanks for the replies

it would be easier to stick with virgin media or even bt, as we have one service with each of them so i guess there wouldn`t be much to sort out. what is bt like for the internet side of things?

would sky be the only option for S4C? i now we get it, analogue, very well at the moment with an indoor aerial, but will it be available when we switchover? i think we are on winter hill. i will get in touch with virgin media to see what they say.

cheers.

just after some more advice. we have not decided on anything, as i expected, too easy not to change. we are going to stay with bt for the phone though. but i was looking at 02 for broadband. i have done a little reading about it but as with anything there are good and bad points. we already have 02 mobiles and the price for their broadband is pretty good. combined with bt we would get the phone and internet for about what we wanted to pay.

i use the internet a lot but i dont need anything like the 10mb i am on now, especially if if i am paying more for it. i just want a reliable connection as i use Skype and things like iplayer. but if there are any main issues with it i want to now before doing anything. cheers.

Not being funny, but if you are in Wales is the weather an issue? If you get heavy cloud and rain you`ll lose a Sky pic on the telly.

Having said that, I love the Sky telly `interface` and my Sky+

But I hear Virgin cable broadband is much better.

Could be down to customer service. I can`t really fault Sky; when we have had niggles they are happy to walk you through stuff to try and fix it and you can get through on the phone, and they`ll ring you back.