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colin25 15-06-2013 15:17
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35584389)
You only have to look at the different forums to see the many differing opinions and also thus my wider family have had different experiences as well.
Same could be said of Virgin.

Best to talk about your own experience.

I have had experience of all, and have found Virgin the worst service

denphone 15-06-2013 15:25
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Originally Posted by colin25 (Post 35584393)
Same could be said of Virgin.

Best to talk about your own experience.

I have had experience of all, and have found Virgin the worst service
Indeed there will always be differing opinions and experiences but my experiences have been top notch for many many years

Chad 15-06-2013 15:28
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Originally Posted by colin25 (Post 35584393)
Same could be said of Virgin.

Best to talk about your own experience.

I have had experience of all, and have found Virgin the worst service
Unless you have actually had both services, you can't form a truly informed comparison between the two of them. No offence meant to anyone but it's a fact.

Virgins broadband, when not being shaped, is incredibly fast. SKY's broadband can't compete with the speeds on offer from Virgin. I'm lucky to get a consistent 15.5 Mb connection from SKY, no everyone with SKY broadband is so lucky, which makes the £3.75 I pay each month for broadband fantastic value. For me personally it suits my needs but I know 15.5 Mb isn't enough for some households.

I never really had any major issues with Virgins broadband, and so far the same applies to SKY. I must admit however that the Wifi connection I get from my SKY hub seems stronger than the Wifi connection I got from the Virgin super hub.

I think both companies offer great broadband services, but at opposite ends of the broadband scale. If you live in a bandwidth hungry household go with Virgin.

colin25 15-06-2013 15:33
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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35584399)
Unless you have actually had both services, you can't form a truly informed comparison between the two of them. No offence meant to anyone but it's a fact.

Virgins broadband, when not being shaped, is incredibly fast. SKY's broadband can't compete with the speeds on offer from Virgin. I'm lucky to get a consistent 15.5 Mb connection from SKY, no everyone with SKY broadband is so lucky, which makes the £3.75 I pay each month for broadband fantastic value. For me personally it suits my needs but I know 15.5 Mb isn't enough for some households.

I never really had any major issues with Virgins broadband, and so far the same applies to SKY. I must admit however that the Wifi connection I get from my SKY hub seems stronger than the Wifi connection I got from the Virgin super hub.

I think both companies offer great broadband services, but at opposite ends of the broadband scale.
I am including BT infinity, though experience of this is still happening

I balance price, with gaming experience with reliability of downloads

Not overly concerned about speed, as long as it is enough for my uses.

And my last preference is for unlimited, though I am not a heavy user

Chad 15-06-2013 15:38
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Originally Posted by colin25 (Post 35584400)
I am including BT infinity, though experience of this is still happening

I balance price, with gaming experience with reliability of downloads

Not overly concerned about speed, as long as it is enough for my uses.

And my last preference is for unlimited, though I am not a heavy user
Well got to take your word on BT, never had any service other than my phone from them.

You really at our broadband expert then :D

colin25 15-06-2013 15:43
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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35584401)
Well got to take your word on BT, never had any service other than my phone from them.

You really at our broadband expert then :D
Nope, just an ordinary user, that likes his money, and plays games online

:D

spiderplant 15-06-2013 15:43
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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35584399)
Unless you have actually had both services, you can't form a truly informed comparison between the two of them.
Unless you have actually had both services in thousands of homes, you can't form a truly informed comparison between the two of them. No-one should assume their experiences (good or bad) are representative.

Personally I've had neither service so am naturally unbiased. :)

denphone 15-06-2013 15:45
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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35584401)
Well got to take your word on BT, never had any service other than my phone from them.

You really at our broadband expert then :D
We had BT once and it really is the pits and l vowed then we would never touch them again and that's not about to change.

Yes Colin is definitely the expert on a good many things but alas l suppose we all are armchair experts and critics when it comes down to it but alas we are wrong a good many times and we are right a good many times but at least we have fun voicing our opinions and don't adopt the Victor Meldrew type image.:D

colin25 15-06-2013 15:46
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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35584404)
Unless you have actually had both services in thousands of homes, you can't form a truly informed comparison between the two of them. No-one should assume their experiences (good or bad) are representative.

Personally I've had neither service so am naturally unbiased. :)
They are representative for me..which is all I would be interested in.

Why should I worry about what is happening in other homes (so 1,000s or 1,000,000s means nothing), as that doesn't make my experience better or worse.

I do not work for any of the companies, nor favour any, just looking for best product for me.

Chad 15-06-2013 15:57
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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35584404)
Unless you have actually had both services in thousands of homes, you can't form a truly informed comparison between the two of them.
I was responding to Colin who posted:

"Best to talk about your own experience."

I am talking about my own experience, not that of thousands of customers.

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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35584404)
No-one should assume their experiences (good or bad) are representative.
I agree.

Arthurgray50@blu 15-06-2013 16:47
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Media Boy, do you know if the pre-season friendlies will be televised.

I am picking on one game Celtic are playing at Griffin Park in July, does anyone know the answer.

Brentford are charging £25.00 for fans to see this game, which is a bit rich as some pre season games are less than that.

colin25 15-06-2013 16:56
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ESPN
Date Game Time
Sunday 12th August FC Cologne v Arsenal 5.00pm
Wednesday 5th August Germany v Argentina 7:30pm
TBC Real Madrid v Santos

It says watch this space for more...probably yet to work out which it will broadcast
http://tv.espn.co.uk/gb/espl/espn-ne...ss-the-summer/

andy_m 15-06-2013 17:05
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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35584404)
Unless you have actually had both services in thousands of homes, you can't form a truly informed comparison between the two of them. No-one should assume their experiences (good or bad) are representative.

Personally I've had neither service so am naturally unbiased. :)
You don't get your broadband from Virgin?

RichardCoulter 15-06-2013 21:18
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Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 35584186)
Since BT have been running these newspaper ads this week saying that BT Sport won't be on VM. I would take that as a very clear answer as to whether they'll be on VM or not.

Not.
This might be BT playing hardball with VM to presurise them into agreeing to their terms of carriage. Companies often do this by the use of publicity/adverts.

Unless we have another Sky Atlantic situation, where BT want to use their sports rights to encourage people to their platform- unless a LOT of money changes hands.

colin25 15-06-2013 21:22
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35584495)
This might be BT playing hardball with VM to presurise them into agreeing to their terms of carriage. Companies often do this by the use of publicity/adverts.

Unless we have another Sky Atlantic situation, where BT want to use their sports rights to encourage people to their platform- unless a LOT of money changes hands.
It could equally be that Virgin aren't that bothered, and Bt aren't either.

I suspect though it is the latter more so, BT not bothered whether Virgin get their product, so they can distinguish themselves from Virgin

---------- Post added at 20:22 ---------- Previous post was at 20:21 ----------

I also think, that the recent offer by Sky re cheap broadband, is because BT have gotten a reasonable number of sky customers for the broadband (not the tv).


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