the service is fine when it's working.
when previous incumbents NTL installed the hardware in our area, the junction box for the estate proved to be too small for the amount of households that subscribed. Consequently it's overfull and if the engineers need to access it, they can't close it properly and it often bursts open, letting in the rain, etc.
I lived with a degraded service for months last year because Virgin know what the issue is but refuse to do anything about it. Currently the box is open to the elements, and I've reported it twice in the past week with no action. Only a matter of time before we all lose our service again.
btw, a combined TV/phone/broadband pack costs me about £65 per month.