What Other Services do Virgin Offer?
Phone
There is no need for a BT line if you have a Virgin phone line. With Virgin phone packages you have unlimited calls to Virgin mobiles and UK landlines. It is usually possible to keep your existing phone number. Facilities such as 1471, 141 and free voicemail are also included. There are 3 packages to choose from: Talk Weekends, Talk Evening and Weekends and Talk Unlimited.
TV
With Virgin TV you do not need an eyesore of a dish or even a TV aerial as Virgin use fibre optic cabling. A HD Box comes as part of all Virgin TV packages. If you wish to upgrade to a TiVo box then you will be able to rewind, record and pause live TV as well as record three programmes simultaneously whilst watching a fourth. You will obtain access to over 160 channels. These channels include Freeview channels, terrestrial channel Sky channels as well as HD channels at no extra cost. There is also TV on Demand available where you have access to an enormous library of programmes. Finally, Virgin is 3D ready. To access 3D TV you will need a 3D TV, 3D glasses and HD or TiVo Box and a HDMI cable.
Mobile
You can either choose a Pay Monthly Deal or a Pay As You Go Deal:
Some of the Benefits of Pay Monthly:
• A free phone on some 12/24 month contracts
• 3000 minutes to Virgin Mobiles (on exclusive tariffs)
• 5GB mobile web ( on selected tariffs)
• Free insurance for a month
Pay As You Go:
Virgin has two tariffs on their Pay As You Go scheme: ‘Simply 8p’ or ‘Addict Extra’
• Simply 8p:
Regardless of how much or little you use your phone, the tariff remains the same – 8p. Both Texts and calls are always 8p.
• Addict Extra:
Simply top with £10.00 each month and you will receive 100 free minutes and unlimited texts. If you top up with £15.00 each month, you will also get 1GB of Mobile Web included. This tariff is available as a ‘sim only’ deal or you can choose to have a brand new phone if you wish.
