Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
 

I don't know whether this deserves a new thread or not but what do we all think would have happened if ntl and telewest had never combined? We all dreamt of a potential company which could compete with Sky. We have a company which rolls over hoping for scraps from Sky. We are secondary to BT even now and will soon lose our killer attraction to virgin media (free bt sports)

All these failures occurred once the take over with the very suspicious European cable company occurred who I still have suspicions over about their need to sell etc. but since this company utterly failed to take advantage of their position as second biggest TV provider at the time would we all have been in a stronger position staying as ntl and telewest?

Less threatening
More companies for Sky and bt to deal with

The position of "strength" being with virgin media and Liberty has led to higher bills and more channels being withheld. It's done nothing for us all let's be honest

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
 

Living and bravo would probably never of got sold off for a start sky did a crap thing closing BRAVO imo.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
 

"What have the Romans ever done for us?"

So cast your mind back, Vince. How many channels did you have with Telewest?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
 

I can remember with the old Jerrold analog box on ntl, IIRC 40 channels but those of us with a multiband multistandard TV could tune many directly. ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
 

We had one of those, even after the box was removed we could tune lots of channels by connecting the cable to the back.

Highly illegal, but...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
 

Nothing will change for the foreseeable future except for higher bills.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
 

I hope so. I could do with any new channels: those include Fox News and all-you-can-eat +1's and shopping channels (apart from hefty price rises).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
 

VM's killer attraction is its broadband speed which its competitors don't match, not BT Sport. 152Mb may not be necessary for everyone but it's definitely VM's unique feature. Tivo is a unique feature to a lesser extent these days as is VM's quadruple play offering of broadband, telephony, TV and mobile.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
 

BIB

Unless you're in an oversubscribed area, like me, or the plethora of other people who complain about it on the VM forums.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
 

I think this will change in the near future already bt are already testing 300mbs and some companys are testing 1gbs speeds whereas vm are testing 250mbs.

Interestingly to throw another spanner into vms works plusnets tv is only £5p/m ok only 15 channels and no Sky channels at moment but for £3p/m extra you can get HD channels too, they use youview will be interesting to see what happens.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
 

I thought that VM were testing 400MB and also 1GB in london?

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This article from Sep 2014

They trialing 1GB in other places too...

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...eshire-village

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
 

They could be but i've only been told upto 250mbs 1 unnamed company is testing 1gbs down 1gbs up with a potential to increase it to 2.5gbs if tests go well.
250mbs could be VMs nationwide testing and maybe 1gbs, 400mbs in big cities such as London.

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Maybe vm are the unnamed company my source is refering too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
 

What exactly do we need those kind of speeds for currently ?

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Erm.....for illegal downloads?? :mad::td:

You didn't hear that from me :angel: