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Title: bl**dy broadband
Post by: adsomega on 18 April 2008, 15:12:39
anyone else had probs with virgin broadband  ours has been a nightmare this week so slow it has been unuseable  hopefully now should be ok engineer has been and changed some box thing  been really bored without the net
Title: Re: bl**dy broadband
Post by: Elite Pete on 18 April 2008, 15:13:59
Im with Virgin and its always slow, im looking to go elsewhere.
Title: Re: bl**dy broadband
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 18 April 2008, 15:14:41
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anyone else had probs with virgin broadband  ours has been a nightmare this week so slow it has been unuseable  hopefully now should be ok engineer has been and changed some box thing  been really bored without the net


Well two things

1) It wont have been an engineer, technician maybe?

2) Virgin are now NTL

I was with Virgin before the merger with NTL and got great service and good throughput. Since NTL came along the Virgin throughput has hit rock bottom....
Title: Re: bl**dy broadband
Post by: bob.dent on 18 April 2008, 15:21:19
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anyone else had probs with virgin broadband  ours has been a nightmare this week so slow it has been unuseable  hopefully now should be ok engineer has been and changed some box thing  been really bored without the net


Well two things

1) It wont have been an engineer, technician maybe?

2) Virgin are now NTL

I was with Virgin before the merger with NTL and got great service and good throughput. Since NTL came along the Virgin throughput has hit rock bottom....

You sure about that Mark, surely it's the other way around. I used to be with NTL and was informed that they were taken over by Virgin and all bills are now from Virgin. :-/
Title: Re: bl**dy broadband
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 18 April 2008, 15:27:17
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anyone else had probs with virgin broadband  ours has been a nightmare this week so slow it has been unuseable  hopefully now should be ok engineer has been and changed some box thing  been really bored without the net


Well two things

1) It wont have been an engineer, technician maybe?

2) Virgin are now NTL

I was with Virgin before the merger with NTL and got great service and good throughput. Since NTL came along the Virgin throughput has hit rock bottom....

You sure about that Mark, surely it's the other way around. I used to be with NTL and was informed that they were taken over by Virgin and all bills are now from Virgin. :-/


NTL took over Virgin with Virgin retaining a stake in the joint operation (about 10% plus a wedge for Mr Branson) in July 2006.

NTL then adopted the Virgin name because the NTL one was already considered shite......they then shut down a number of the servers and slowly moved the original Virgin customers onto the already overloaded NTL ones....the result, crap throughput.
Title: Re: bl**dy broadband
Post by: bob.dent on 18 April 2008, 15:31:01
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anyone else had probs with virgin broadband  ours has been a nightmare this week so slow it has been unuseable  hopefully now should be ok engineer has been and changed some box thing  been really bored without the net


Well two things

1) It wont have been an engineer, technician maybe?

2) Virgin are now NTL

I was with Virgin before the merger with NTL and got great service and good throughput. Since NTL came along the Virgin throughput has hit rock bottom....

You sure about that Mark, surely it's the other way around. I used to be with NTL and was informed that they were taken over by Virgin and all bills are now from Virgin. :-/


NTL took over Virgin with Virgin retaining a stake in the joint operation (about 10% plus a wedge for Mr Branson) in July 2006.

NTL then adopted the Virgin name because the NTL one was already considered naffe......they then shut down a number of the servers and slowly moved the original Virgin customers onto the already overloaded NTL ones....the result, crap throughput.

Should have known better than to question "The Great Knowledgable One"  ::) :y
Title: Re: bl**dy broadband
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 18 April 2008, 15:34:25
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anyone else had probs with virgin broadband  ours has been a nightmare this week so slow it has been unuseable  hopefully now should be ok engineer has been and changed some box thing  been really bored without the net


Well two things

1) It wont have been an engineer, technician maybe?

2) Virgin are now NTL

I was with Virgin before the merger with NTL and got great service and good throughput. Since NTL came along the Virgin throughput has hit rock bottom....

You sure about that Mark, surely it's the other way around. I used to be with NTL and was informed that they were taken over by Virgin and all bills are now from Virgin. :-/


NTL took over Virgin with Virgin retaining a stake in the joint operation (about 10% plus a wedge for Mr Branson) in July 2006.

NTL then adopted the Virgin name because the NTL one was already considered naffe......they then shut down a number of the servers and slowly moved the original Virgin customers onto the already overloaded NTL ones....the result, crap throughput.

Should have known better than to question "The Great Knowledgable One"  ::) :y


Sadly I am also stuck with Virgin....not worth moving supplier if there is a chance we will be moving house.
Title: Re: bl**dy broadband
Post by: Martin_1962 on 18 April 2008, 16:01:00
Check for strange redirects - rumours something is going on
Title: Re: bl**dy broadband
Post by: Debs. on 18 April 2008, 16:07:49
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Im with Virgin and its always slow, im looking to go elsewhere.

 ;D A euphemism, metaphor and a cliché all in one sentence!  ;D

 ::) You saucy-chap! ;D
Title: Re: bl**dy broadband
Post by: Lazydocker on 18 April 2008, 16:30:12
I'm with Pipex at the moment and they aren't too bad... Anyone got any experiences with Sky??
Title: Re: bl**dy broadband
Post by: Elite Pete on 18 April 2008, 17:10:32
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Im with Virgin and its always slow, im looking to go elsewhere.

 ;D A euphemism, metaphor and a cliché all in one sentence!  ;D

 ::) You saucy-chap! ;D
Pete the Perve  ;D
Title: Re: bl**dy broadband
Post by: stutiff2 on 18 April 2008, 21:23:02
im with virgin no problem brother with aol (allways off line) mums with sky no problem.
Title: Re: bl**dy broadband
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 18 April 2008, 21:46:13
Maybe worth giving the modem/router a bounce.........ive been experiencing v painfull slow connection with my isp this week.......just gave the modem/router a reset (pulled the plug on it)

Normal service resumed  :y

Modem/router must got its knickers in a twist i guess  :-/