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roughbeast 05-06-2018 12:02
Uswitch bias against Virgin
 
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How come, whenever I have visited USwitch, Virgin Media deals are never anywhere near the top of the recommended list. Even when USwitch's list is ordered by connection speed, Virgin's quoted, typical down speed of 362Mb in my area for its 350MB connection is still listed below their favoured ISP.

See attached image for a typical display.

https://www.uswitch.com/broadband/speedtest/

Mr K 05-06-2018 12:21
Re: Uswitch bias against Virgin
 
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Originally Posted by roughbeast (Post 35949319)
How come, whenever I have visited USwitch, Virgin Media deals are never anywhere near the top of the recommended list. Even when USwitch's list is ordered by connection speed, Virgin's quoted, typical down speed of 362Mb in my area for its 350MB connection is still listed below their favoured ISP.

See attached image for a typical display.

https://www.uswitch.com/broadband/speedtest/
They're in it for the money, they'll promote whoever is paying them most. Or maybe it's because V is low down in the alphabet. Maybe VM should rename to Aardvark Cable ;)

denphone 05-06-2018 12:39
Re: Uswitch bias against Virgin
 
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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35949322)
They're in it for the money, they'll promote whoever is paying them most. Or maybe it's because V is low down in the alphabet. Maybe VM should rename to Aardvark Cable ;)
Yep so much for independent unbiased comparison sites.:nono:

roughbeast 06-06-2018 06:27
Re: Uswitch bias against Virgin
 
lol@aardvark

Glad you both agree. How Virgin combats this, I'm not sure.

Gavin-D 06-06-2018 12:06
Re: Uswitch bias against Virgin
 
Plusnet have obviously got some sort of deal atm with Uswitch which is why it is sponsored and a Uswitch exclusive

roughbeast 10-06-2018 21:33
Re: Uswitch bias against Virgin
 
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Originally Posted by Gavin-D (Post 35949477)
Plusnet have obviously got some sort of deal atm with Uswitch which is why it is sponsored and a Uswitch exclusive
Not just PlusNet. Do TalkTalk actually have a download speed capable of >120Mb? I couldn't find one on their site.


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