Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

He's not a real muppet....;)

Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

They are extending their network and have been for several years.

Ok it's only been modest numbers . circa 50,000 a year but they have been doing it.

If you're expecting a build on the levels of the mid-90's, when entire cities and towns were cabled, then forget it.

It will never happen.

Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

There was no mention of new channels today.

According to one of VM's bosses in the webcast today we've had lots of new channels over the last year. I must have missed something....there's been some new channels but there's also been channels removed. So, all in all its about break even on the channels front in 2011, the new ones launched only offset those that went.

Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

Channels aren't usually announced in quarterly results as a rule.

Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

You were implying that VM were failing to provide the service. When in fact they are providing the service because 50mb is available to around 50% of UK homes. The fact that many don't use what is available is nothing to do with it.

You are just trying to twist thing around to slate VM.

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I wasn't expecting the levels of the 90's that you mentioned, because that nearly crippled them at the time. I just think it would be goof if they increased the rate from what it is now.

I have an office in a fairly built up area, where I would switch to VM if they covered the area. But unfortunately they don't, and last time I spoke to them, they had no plans to cover that area.

Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

Too true DF so when will they get announced.;)

Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

When they announce them:D:D:D:D

Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

lol :D

Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

Yes indeed but perhaps a man of your influence can have a word with them.:D:D

Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

No, I didn't imply anything other than the number of users that were on a specific service. How does "are on" imply "failing to provide service"? Anyone? Enlighten me?

Course you have to twist my words, but ignore all evidence to the contrary - you call me ignorant yet you can't even read the forum rules...

Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

Because that's the impression your post gave.

Look, I've had problems with VM on many occasions, and don't have any loyalty towards them. In fact others in these forums have slated me for speaking against VM. However I do think that they are the best of a bad bunch, and certainly offer the best service (for my requirements).

It seems that you however are just anti VM, and you jump on any thread that has anything bad to say about them. And then you try and get your boot in also.

Now I don't know what your grievance is with them, or if you just work for the competition. But for VM users the fact that they have made a profit, will most likely lead to an improved service, as they have money to spend.

Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

The only grievance I have with them is the same as I have against any commercial company that blatantly lies, and even then only against the specific unit/department doing so.

Like I've pointed out in another thread, the only thing VM's service is good at is headline download speeds, where they are 30% faster than the competition. In just about every other measure, they are worse. They continue to ride on this whole "fibre optic" hype touting big numbers whereas even anything as simple as browsing the web is faster on BT than on VM's 50mb. Downloading big files is the only thing VM connections do well, and even then their service has gotten worse over the last 6 months while the competition has gotten a lot better. This is not me being anti-VM, this is fact.

Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

Well I'm afraid that most big companies, and some small ones tell lies. They also get away with it because the advert has normally run it's course before any action can be taken. This is known as marketing, and in the bed industry I actively campaign against all the hype, gimmicks, and lies that are used.

By the way, BT also lie. And that comes from a friend of mine who is a BT engineer. He also said that it will be a long time before BT matches VM for speed. But I don't know about the technical side, so I can't comment.

Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

Half of the the UK gets VM broadband via ADSL, the 30mbps+ broadband is only avalible on the VM Fiber Netowork, which covers the other half!

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Well they are in a better place to do that now they are now making profits!

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What a shame, they should now improve services for VM customers outside the VM Cable network, maybe 80 mbp broadband and the full TV serice?

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It did go past the 300 mark this year!

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They do offer the Best Broadband, Best STB and Best VOD, but they need to work on getting more TV channels (with related VOD content) and launching the iPhone 4S on Virgin Mobile!

Re: Virgin Media's quarterly and full year results.
 

Maybe you should follow the 15-month saga that is the upstream uplifts. Other companies lie, very few have shown the level of utter incompetence that VM has when it comes to fixing their network in these parts.

Also I'd disagree on BT not catching up. BT already offer 110mbps service, which is more than VM does anywhere. BT will be offering 330mbps this year, which is again, already ahead of VM, and 1gbit next year, which will be even further again. Granted, these are only in limited areas.

BT currently offer 40mbit down and 10mbit up to all FTTC areas, this is faster than all of the nationally available VM packages in every way, except headline download speed. BT will be uplifting this to 80mbit down and 20mbit up across their network within months, VM don't even have more than 1.5mbps upload across their network yet.

The few areas VM have neglected to upgrade will see 50% faster download and more than ten times faster upload on BT. Nationwide, once all areas are upgraded we're still looking at BT Infinity only being 30% slower on the download and faster in all other respects than VM's best service.

Again, BT 40mb is already faster than VM 50mb for everything other than downloading large files (and if you're doing it via newsgroups BT will probably still be faster).