[Carl J]

Originally Posted by themelon

I have found BT as awful as ever recently. Admittedly I have only dealt with the business side in the past year but that has been terrible. When ordering they cocked up the order, when fitting they sent the wrong van without a lift, and refused to install where I wanted 'because it was too difficult'. The wiring inside is a mess the bx is stuck to the wall not even level.

Not good.

The ADSL Service keeps disconnecting for no reason and BT Say they can do nothing and we should contact our provide, who say to contact BT in the end our speed has had to reduced to 1.5Mbs despite being less than 3 miles from the exchange. Still appalling in my eyes!

True that your provider should be interfacing with BT to fix these things, not you. Providers do seem to love passing the buck to BT though.

3 miles from the exchange is a long way, in a lot of countries you wouldn't even have broadband.

My mums ADSL service now won't connect the familiar pass to pilar to post and back of blame is now going on. Pipex say its a BT issue, BT say its a Pipex issue, a week without ADSL and my mum is none the wiser. Looks as poor as ever to be honest!

Again Pipex should be liaising with BT to resolve the issue. All this said it's Pipex, and I think that's enough said. Their CS is appauling, their broadband also pretty poor due to going mass market and cheap, and giving The Hoff the upgrade cash.

As for the Sky and Virgin Media debate, I cant see why Sky wants more for Sky One, FACT is viewing figures are reducing, the channel has more competition and is becoming less popular. Thefore the channel commands a lower price simple as any idiot (except Murdoch) can see that. Sky is talking from its backside if it says otherwise!

We don't know who is asking for what to be honest, though it is true Sky One's viewing figures have dropped. Unless you know the exact amounts that Sky are asking for, etc, neither you nor I can claim that Sky want more for Sky One.

It is Skys problem if they want to pay excessive amounts for import shows with no original programming, Virgin Media should not fund this. The Terrestrial channels are the most watched on all platforms, the rest are thinly spread Sky One viewing figures are way below 800000 and dropping all the time, with PVRs and VOD people are watching what they want when they want and not second rate television which they may have settled for in the past. I say if Virgin Media cant get a deal at the price they want they should drop Sky One like a hot potatoe its only 1 average channel that possibly 20% to 30% of cable subscribers watch every now and then it WILL NOT be missed.

You really don't like Sky do you?

I would rather Virgin Media invest in more VOD Content this is the future, Linear channels like Sky One are dying a death as there is no flexibility in viewing.

The stats say you are wrong: http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary...viewingsummary

I see no huge drop in viewing on the linear channels there.