I may have to eat a large portion of humble pie
After the experiences of Virgins customer support (quickly add telephone/WhatsApp support and not on here) I said i would never renew again now that CityFibre is in the area.
I pay £94 for Maxit which includes Sky sports/cinema, TNT, 2nd box, Gig1, UHD, Netflix premium etc. That will rise to £152 at the end of the contract (February). However the renew it now figure is £100 for (to quote them) the exact same package.
I have been looking around. BT/EE is very expensive and Sky Stream with a 900MB package, Sky sports, UHD, multiroom etc (but no TNT or Sky cinema) is coming in at £105. Looked at splitting out broadband from TV but the Sky TV package only is £75 and broadband deals range from £34 to £48.
I did consider the fact that I would be supplied a WiFi6 router with a CityFibre but to be honest all the suppliers equipment at the lower end of the monthly cost are pretty average (I used Virgin in modem mode and have an Asus ZenWifi AC mesh solution albeir Wifi5). if you go to the top end of the rental you do get 6E routers.
So for pure financial reasons (and a 'better' package) I might stay with Virgin.
of course if I renew today my monthly payments will rise rather than the revised deal kicking in at the end of the contract. 🙂