https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/Virgin-media/m-p/4836242#M444275 <P>As anyone received phone call from sky saying that virgin media are taking over sky broadband as I've just been told they dropping my bill down by 4. 00 then went to pass me onto someone to set up direct debit told them no and hung up does anyone no if this is legit or a scam&nbsp;</P> Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:31:17 GMT Jenny551 2024-11-29T09:31:17Z https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/Virgin-media/m-p/4836242#M444275 <P>As anyone received phone call from sky saying that virgin media are taking over sky broadband as I've just been told they dropping my bill down by 4. 00 then went to pass me onto someone to set up direct debit told them no and hung up does anyone no if this is legit or a scam&nbsp;</P> Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:31:17 GMT https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/Virgin-media/m-p/4836242#M444275 Jenny551 2024-11-29T09:31:17Z https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/Virgin-media/m-p/4836244#M444277 <P><a href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4264362">@Jenny551</a>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Of course that's a scam: such a takeover would be a huge change in the UK broadband market.&nbsp; Any business merger on that scale would be all over the news and take months (if not years) to happen.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Since late 2018, Sky Group has been an overseas division of the US Comcast Corporation who paid 39 billion dollars for the acquisition: this means Sky itself is no longer available for takeover by anyone as it doesn't have publicly traded shares.</P> Fri, 29 Nov 2024 10:04:28 GMT https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/Virgin-media/m-p/4836244#M444277 TimmyBGood 2024-11-29T10:04:28Z