Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Very observant. Someone had to be first. It would have been more helpful if you could have knocked my speculation (1 to 3) down with some facts about their suspiciously timed closure for "maintenance".

Doesn't my speculation tell you something about VM's current standing and image with its customers? The fact that VM is open to the sort of speculation I offer is something for which VM should be ashamed.

EDIT

The Virgin Media forum is back up. So 25% of my speculation was correct! Just goes to show the reputational state VM has reached that there is cause for cynicism.