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Ignitionnet 27-04-2009 16:01
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UK ISP Virgin Media Finds Brits Baffled by Broadband Jargon

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The latest study of over 3,000 Internet users conducted by Virgin Media has revealed that 18% of online surfers don't know what broadband actually is, 53% thought broadband relied on having a phone line (satellite, Wi-Fi and Mobile Broadband solutions don't) and almost half are puzzled by the term meg (usually short for 'Megabit(s) per second' or 'Mb' - a measurement of broadband speed, though 8% thought it meant Megapixels).

To combat this problem Sir Richard Branson has announced plans to trial Virgin Media 'Broadband Schools', which will launch in cities that display the least amount of broadband knowledge and no doubt help VM increase its customer base too.

joglynne 27-04-2009 17:41
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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2009/06/20.gif I wonder if I can sign up my husband.

Ignitionnet 27-04-2009 22:25
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I wonder if they'll be teaching people what Subscriber Traffic Management and all fibre optic broadband are myself.

They will I'm sure have sales bots wandering around there as well. If I get the chance I'll go for the comedy factor.

keyholder 27-04-2009 22:33
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Personally i dont think kids care what their parents got , as long as they got internet i dont think it really matters to them what its called or not called.

Ignitionnet 27-04-2009 22:36
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Originally Posted by keyholder (Post 34784153)
Personally i dont think kids care what their parents got , as long as they got internet i dont think it really matters to them what its called or not called.
I think kids are a lot more clueful than you think. Tell the kid who plays games online that it's fine someone in another country has better pings to London than him.

joglynne 27-04-2009 22:40
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It does sound like too good a marketing opportunity for VM to miss but anyone who gets to try and show my husband how to switch a computer on will certainly either earn their money and have the patience of a saint or lose the will to live after the first 10 minutes. :D

browney 27-04-2009 22:45
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All well and good but how much was spent on this survey costs and how much will these 'Broadband Schools' cost...


Money that could be spent better else were

Peter_ 27-04-2009 23:14
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Originally Posted by joglynne (Post 34783983)
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2009/06/20.gif I wonder if I can sign up my husband.
---------- Post added at 22:14 ---------- Previous post was at 22:12 ----------

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Originally Posted by joglynne (Post 34784158)
It does sound like too good a marketing opportunity for VM to miss but anyone who gets to try and show my husband how to switch a computer on will certainly either earn their money and have the patience of a saint or lose the will to live after the first 10 minutes. :D
You should be quite capable of teaching him yourself.


Just ensure that the is nothing sharp to hand or even club shaped as we do not want the headline.

Wife kills husband after multiple attempts to get him to switch computer on.:D:D:D

FairyFairy 28-04-2009 11:30
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I hope they include the remote on the tv in school as well.

I've given up trying to teach hubby how to record something and now do it for him.

And .... how simple is recording !!!!!:mad:

I'll let him go to the school as long as its residential .....

:dozey: 3 years should just about be long enough:shocked:

joglynne 28-04-2009 11:34
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Originally Posted by FairyFairy (Post 34784374)
I hope they include the remote on the tv in school as well.

I've given up trying to teach hubby how to record something and now do it for him.

And .... how simple is recording !!!!!:mad:

I'll let him go to the school as long as its residential .....

:dozey: 3 years should just about be long enough:shocked:
Oh Fairy it seems as though we have a matched pair of husbands. :D

FairyFairy 28-04-2009 11:42
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Originally Posted by joglynne (Post 34784378)
Oh Fairy it seems as though we have a matched pair of husbands. :D

:);):);):);)

xocemp 28-04-2009 20:00
Re: Virgin Media Broadband School
 
Some first line advisors could do with this :p:

Gary L 28-04-2009 23:55
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Sounds to me like Virgin are just finding out if we are as stupid as they've always thought of us to be. I'm not surprised STM isn't in there somewhere.

Callumpy 29-04-2009 00:49
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Ha, virgin are asking people if they know the speed of thier internet so that if they dont they can continue to rip them off with a crappy service?

broadbandking 29-04-2009 11:06
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Originally Posted by Callumpy (Post 34784888)
Ha, virgin are asking people if they know the speed of thier internet so that if they dont they can continue to rip them off with a crappy service?
That's good coming from a BE customer


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