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Old 28-07-2011, 11:57   #32
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Re: Virgin Media Notification of Second Quarter 2011 Results

BT results.

http://www.btplc.com/news/articles/s...e-9e5c783003f5

Some extracts from TBB analysis, for comparison:

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4746.html

251,000 net wholesale DSL additions in the quarter, of which BT Retail's share (BT Broadband customers) was 141,000.

The BT Infinity product gained 71,000 customers, taking the total to over 200,000.

BT Vision continues to grow with some 600,000 customers.

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Originally Posted by spych102 View Post
GCampbell: I do think that if Berkett takes the right price action and the sales force are given a kick up the posterior (no more of the 'computer says no' attitude, Sky don't have it) they should gain market share in both broadband and pay TV.

Sky's results come out on Friday and will provide some useful market context.
For what they offer in many fields Virgin's prices are already rock bottom in many different things.

Sorry but the broadband has enough restrictions without them dropping the prices even more to satisfy people who want high end products for pennies and ramping the contention ratios up yet further.

I'd actually far rather they increase the price of the broadband service along with improve its quality

The phone service prices are a bit excessive, TV I've no issue on, broadband service really doesn't need any more price reductions per Mbps. Already the capacity planning causes complaints.

Berkett himself said they don't want unprofitable business, I entirely agree. There is no point in chasing customers who don't want to spend with you, I'm hoping that Berkett / VM finally get this after years of cable in the UK throwing discounts at people like sweets to prevent churn. It's not fair on Joe Average for Money Saving Expert readers to blag their way to lower prices while they continue to pay full whack and cross-subsidise.
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