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BarFly · 20-03-2009, 14:31

As has been previously mentioned, VM in previous form have opened up their network & it was still open during the first few months of being branded VM, AOL provided cable broadband, via an AOL branded ambit 200.

AOL billed customers, provided 1st line support, VM\NTL provided 2nd Line support & engineer's if needed, as long as the fault was not the modem, if it was, AOL were to send the modem out by post to the customer.

At its close there were very few customers left with AOL taking their cable service, & the speeds that AOL where offering had not increased at the same pace as NTL\VM upgrades.

There is a big possibility this could happen again, 3rd party ISP using the cable service, but it will be very closely tied to the current VM structure etc, as this could a nice cash cow for VM when times are hard & they need an injection of cash.

20-03-2009, 14:31	#40
BarFly Inactive Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Liars Corner Posts: 284	Re: Sky calls for access to cable network As has been previously mentioned, VM in previous form have opened up their network & it was still open during the first few months of being branded VM, AOL provided cable broadband, via an AOL branded ambit 200. AOL billed customers, provided 1st line support, VM\NTL provided 2nd Line support & engineer's if needed, as long as the fault was not the modem, if it was, AOL were to send the modem out by post to the customer. At its close there were very few customers left with AOL taking their cable service, & the speeds that AOL where offering had not increased at the same pace as NTL\VM upgrades. There is a big possibility this could happen again, 3rd party ISP using the cable service, but it will be very closely tied to the current VM structure etc, as this could a nice cash cow for VM when times are hard & they need an injection of cash.