Virgin £24.99 broadband with £9.99 modem...

- but how / where do you get the broadband modem from?

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:57:31 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband,
"nospam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>- but how / where do you get the broadband modem from?
>
From the Virgin.net website (following link on 24.99 and then
reading the first paragraph under the heading Broadband (centre)

"Unlike our competitors, we won't ask you to sign a 12 month contract
when you join Virgin.net Broadband. We'll simply give you broadband
Internet access for £24.99 a month, free line activation and for a
limited time, our optional broadband Starter Kit (including modem)
is only £9.99. "

So "... our optional broadband Starter Kit ... is only 9.99" means
you buy it from from Virgin.net, OK ? Peter M


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"nospam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> - but how / where do you get the broadband modem from?
>
>
I imagine that they will send it to you like most of the other ISPs that
bundle hardware.

FYI, bulldog are offering 512 broadband with a free modem for £20 a month
now so why go with Virgin?

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"Peter Ingason" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> FYI, bulldog are offering 512 broadband with a free modem for £20 a
> month now so why go with Virgin?

Different minimum contract terms I imagine.

Bulldog is a standard 12 months (though you can choose/pay for less)

Virgin has a one month contract as standard.

Of course, if anyone does want to join Bulldog, I have a referral code
somewhere..

Regards
Sunil

> I imagine that they will send it to you like most of the other ISPs that
> bundle hardware.
>
> FYI, bulldog are offering 512 broadband with a free modem for £20 a month
> now so why go with Virgin?

Thanks for the info...but I've never heard of Bulldog, so why should I go
with them?!

I read somewhere during the broadband spiel on the virgin website that they
offer you the modem for £9.99 from their partner Tomson or something like it
and they would give more details later on in the online sign-up process - I
just wondered who they are and how reliable are they if they were to send me
a modem that's all - I rather go to dixons or somthing and pay £9.99 and get
it there and them. This is the internet age afterall...even going to a shop
is bad enough!

"nospam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> I imagine that they will send it to you like most of the other ISPs
>> that bundle hardware.
>>
>> FYI, bulldog are offering 512 broadband with a free modem for £20 a
>> month now so why go with Virgin?
>
> Thanks for the info...but I've never heard of Bulldog, so why should
> I go with them?!

http://www.bulldogdsl.com/ - now owned by Cable and Wireless.

They have tended to offer some very good deals - especially if you live in
Central London

> I read somewhere during the broadband spiel on the virgin website
> that they offer you the modem for £9.99 from their partner Tomson or
> something like it and they would give more details later on in the
> online sign-up process - I just wondered who they are and how
> reliable are they if they were to send me a modem that's all - I
> rather go to dixons or somthing and pay £9.99 and get it there and
> them. This is the internet age afterall...even going to a shop is bad
> enough!

Alcatel/Thomson are the manufacturer of the USB "SpeedTouch" modem Virgin
supply

If buying it from elsewhere, its likely to cost you more than £9.99

Regards
Sunil

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:15:31 +0100, nospam wrote:

> I read somewhere during the broadband spiel on the virgin website that they
> offer you the modem for £9.99 from their partner Tomson or something like it
> and they would give more details later on in the online sign-up process - I
> just wondered who they are and how reliable are they if they were to send me
> a modem that's all

you order and pay for the modem in a separate transaction later on in the
online signup process. it's charged separately from the adsl account and
the modem gets sent out to you. i got mine a few days after signing up -
and certainly well before the activation date. the invoice with the modem
i got is from "net lynk direct" in birmingham (whoever they are!).

i wouldn't describe myself as a big virgin fan, but i found the whole
process - and the adsl service so far - pretty good. and i reckon 9.99 is
a pretty damn good deal for a speedtouch modem delivered to your door.

(and, no, i don't work for virgin! ;-)

will

> you order and pay for the modem in a separate transaction later on in the
> online signup process. it's charged separately from the adsl account and
> the modem gets sent out to you. i got mine a few days after signing up -
> and certainly well before the activation date. the invoice with the modem
> i got is from "net lynk direct" in birmingham (whoever they are!).
>
> i wouldn't describe myself as a big virgin fan, but i found the whole
> process - and the adsl service so far - pretty good. and i reckon 9.99 is
> a pretty damn good deal for a speedtouch modem delivered to your door.
>
> (and, no, i don't work for virgin! ;-)

Thanks for the great info - do you get the option to have the modem
delivered to a work address, since I guess the modem is quite bulky and you
probably have to sign for it?

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 11:32:11 +0100, nospam wrote:

> Thanks for the great info - do you get the option to have the modem
> delivered to a work address, since I guess the modem is quite bulky and you
> probably have to sign for it?

ummm.... don't remember! but i think i probably had to provide a name and
address for the modem delivery separately, so that's probably a "yes".

will