[GLLUG] Broadband/cable provider [OT]

[John Edwards]

On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 10:05:50AM +0000, Matthew Walster wrote:
> On 6 March 2013 06:45, Christopher Hunter <cehunter at gb-x.org> wrote:
>> The sad news is that Be has been bought by Sky.  That's very close to
>> being as bad as connecting to Virgin-on-the-ridiculous (the only other
>> local option).
> 
> To be bluntly honest, I'm getting sick and tired of your relentless attacks
> on Virgin. I've taken Virgin services at three different properties over
> the past 10 years, and never had a noticeable outage except for when *I*
> had inadvertently caused it. They didn't charge me for the call out on that
> matter either. I've never experienced anything like the congestion I've
> experienced on a DSL product.
<snip>

Remember that you are a sample size of one, and by the looks of it
someone who has been lucky with them and had problems with DSL.

That Virgin Media are so hated and avoided by businesses and techies
might suggest to you that most people have the opposite experience,
especially with their technical support - which if you've never had
any serious problems then you will not had to deal with. People have
had ongoing faults that have taken months or years to resolve.

Have a look at the mailing list threads "Fibre Broadband" and "Avoid
Virgin Media" from December 2012 for details of people's experiences
(for and against).


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