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m419 · 29-07-2011, 01:41

0800-952-0345 has now closed meaning there no longer a dedicated line for the ex-BT franchises.

This is all BT's fault, if it didn't shack up to Sky in the late 90's it wouldn't of had to sell the Cable franchises and you could have been enjoying Digital TV and superfast broadband from BT itself way back in 2005, but no they thought they would try and compete with the rest of the cable industry and shack up with Sky, then once Sky and News International gained a lot of custom much of the work done by BT through the special offer deals which existed between 1998 and 2002, Sky then decided to enter the internet industry and acquired Easynet and became a competitor to BT.

Now BT is left looking stupid with its joke of a TV service BT Vision and a couple of ancient cable franchises.

NTL were also daft trusting BT back in 2000 when they acquired these franchises, they paid all that money but don't get much say in the franchises and is now left out of pocket with no customers and they also have to pay a high lease as well! NTL are also not allowed to offer people telephone services in Westminster even though Videotron offered a telephone only service there and was part of the deal when NTL acquired the Cable franchises and 131/132 service from Cable and Wireless.

If I was Virgin Media, I would exit and leave the mess for BT to clear up.

And all that rubbish about Westminster being a conservation area, that's rubbish because where most people live are in the high rise hell holes and council estates near Paddington Green,Kilburn,Maida Vale,Harrow Road,pimlico and Queens Park. The conservation area is just round the tourist bit like Oxford Street,Parliament Square and Mayfair. In reality a very small area.

I read some comments on the Virgin Media forums and they say they no longer offer new customers services, they are not able to, the equipment is no longer supported and only existing users can subscribe.

29-07-2011, 01:41	#10
m419 Inactive Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Services: BT Broadband,BT Anytime calls,Sky entertainment extra HD,Vodafone pay monthly Posts: 1,512	08009520345 0800-952-0345 has now closed meaning there no longer a dedicated line for the ex-BT franchises. This is all BT's fault, if it didn't shack up to Sky in the late 90's it wouldn't of had to sell the Cable franchises and you could have been enjoying Digital TV and superfast broadband from BT itself way back in 2005, but no they thought they would try and compete with the rest of the cable industry and shack up with Sky, then once Sky and News International gained a lot of custom much of the work done by BT through the special offer deals which existed between 1998 and 2002, Sky then decided to enter the internet industry and acquired Easynet and became a competitor to BT. Now BT is left looking stupid with its joke of a TV service BT Vision and a couple of ancient cable franchises. NTL were also daft trusting BT back in 2000 when they acquired these franchises, they paid all that money but don't get much say in the franchises and is now left out of pocket with no customers and they also have to pay a high lease as well! NTL are also not allowed to offer people telephone services in Westminster even though Videotron offered a telephone only service there and was part of the deal when NTL acquired the Cable franchises and 131/132 service from Cable and Wireless. If I was Virgin Media, I would exit and leave the mess for BT to clear up. And all that rubbish about Westminster being a conservation area, that's rubbish because where most people live are in the high rise hell holes and council estates near Paddington Green,Kilburn,Maida Vale,Harrow Road,pimlico and Queens Park. The conservation area is just round the tourist bit like Oxford Street,Parliament Square and Mayfair. In reality a very small area. I read some comments on the Virgin Media forums and they say they no longer offer new customers services, they are not able to, the equipment is no longer supported and only existing users can subscribe.