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If you'd have simply asked here, we'd have pointed out that you can easily tell if a street has cable TV available along the length of it, by simply looking for the small metal plates (labelled 'Cable TV', or something similar) set into the pavement outside every house ;-) "
But that is my point: how can Virgin Media get away with imposing such a charge when the information is attainable from other sources?
And other companies do not make such an issue of it. Thank heaven there is no cable is all I can say because I dread to think what would have happened then. I have heard horror stories about quotes (charged at £270!) for work to move them.
As for the comments from cassa333 , yes thank you for that - it's all been seen to ages ago and a nice man is coming to do it on Monday :-)
And I'm planning a party with my £51.60 saved.