New home, new media package needed!

They all have their downsides in a way.

Sky TV seems to be a bit better than virgin, having used both, theres simply more on Sky.
Sky Broadband is next to hopeless.

Virgin Broadband is hit and miss. Some areas it goes like a rocket, others it dribbles along just as bad as Sky. Virgin also have a mildly annoying throttling system, whereby they dont have a download limit, but if you download over a certain amount each day during peak times, they will temporarily throttle your connection back to a slower speed for a period of time (5 hours iirc) Its largely irrelevant for browsing etc, but if you download things it can be a right pain in the ****.

I currently have Sky HD, on a relatively basic package as i dont watch sky movies or sports, and the one feature i find invaluable is the pause/rewind/recording features.

I have broadband from Be (www.bethere.co.uk) which is positively blistering, but relies on your local exchange being enabled.

Phoneline is just a basic BT setup.

Yes, i'd have got a better deal having got everything thru Sky, but a decent internet connection is really important to me, so i simply wasnt prepared to compromise there, and i dont use the phone enough to benefit from any of the talk plans etc.