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Originally Posted by brundles
I'm all for employees representing their company by using the products, but Virgin Mobile isn't really Virgins product - they don't own the network and aren't responsible for any failures on it. Not to mention the fact that although there are most likely SLAs inplace, I'd be very surprised if T-Mobiles equipment didn't prioritise T-Mobile subs in problem areas or high traffic areas.
Personally I'd be surprised if they did use Virgin Mobile given the coverage compared to someone like Vodafone or Orange. As a customer, you'll think worse of them if their mobile doesn't work than you would if they're not using Virgin Mobile.
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Virgin dont own it, i believe it will be a matter of time and virgin media will aim to have its own network by buying out t-mobile or a majority share. There was some talk that there is a long term contract agreement with the launch of virgin mobile broadband. If that takes off along with large numbers of mobile customers it would be worth them doing so. I dont expect t-mobile earn a lot of revenue out of virgin mobile customers with maintenance costs of the network. Virgin mobile must earn a profit out of the £10 deal for Virgin Media customers. No other providers match it Vodafone comes close with some of their new deals but still slightly more expensive. However as you said Vodafone has more coverage, in fact i would say probably the most coverage out of all providers and is becoming recognised worldwide hence why it has sponsored formula 1.