[Gllug] VirginMedia or Urban Wi-Max experiences

[Tim Porter]

Haha Phorm makes me laugh, I sincerely hope anyone who invested in that
has learnt not to do it again. http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail%
3Fcode%3Dcotn:PHRM.L&it%3Dle

I really hope its dead though until they announce that I'm not getting
my hopes up. :(

Tim


On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 06:47 +0000, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 12:08 +0000, Dylan wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I've just moved into a flat which has no telecoms wire, so there is a not 
> > insignificant cost involved it setting up ADSL (conecting by BT etc etc ...)
> > 
> > So, I figured I'd look into the internet only Virgin Media offering and the 
> > wimax available in the area. Does anyone have any experiences or opinions 
> > about either of these which might push me back to BT?
> 
> <rant>
> 
> DO NOT consider Virgin - they're a bunch of clueless, lying bastards
> (they can try to sue me if they like, I'll shred them).  
> 
> For example, their "20 Mb/s" offering is actually (at best) 5 Mb/s with
> occasional faster bursts.  If you actually try to do anything useful
> with a VM connection, they deliberately cripple your speed (they call it
> "STM" - "Subscriber Traffic Management").  It's contrary to their T &
> Cs, but they don't care about that.  
> 
> VM also sell details of your browsing habits to "Phorm", even if you
> demand that they don't (which you're .  Requests for them to stop are
> acknowledged, with a pledge not to do it, but they continue...
> 
> <rant off>
> 
> C.
> 

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