[Rob King]

Originally Posted by Chad

It could certainly be in that area. At the end of July Virgin had 50,000 estimated installs. Since then the price of TiVo has been slashed, and is now free to new customers.

I'd say 85,000 confirmed installs. What would be more interesting is how many people are still awaiting TiVO to be installed.

I'm looking forward to seeing the majority of the 21,200 customers lost in the last quarter, students cancelling their services for the summer according to Neil Berkett, returning. With all these students coming back, and all the new customers taking advantage of free TiVo this should be a bumper quarter for Virgin in terms of new customers taking TV services. Failing to replace the 21,200 lost customers from last quarter, or even further losses, would not be positive at all.

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That would be great but I can't see if happening. Virgin would need to give away hundreds and thousands of mini hubs to current broadband customers to allow them to access some of the new speeds. Virgin wouldn't do this free of charge. I would expect them to at least charge either their standard £30.00 activation fee or installation fee of £49.95.

I'll tell you what though, if that is announced tomorrow I'll be chuffed to bits. I'll also eat my hat.

you heard it here first letters going out soon he says