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Originally Posted by Peter_
He has not leased his actual name though has he. 
The Virgin group of companies have leased the name to NTL/Telewest who pay his company in 7% of company shares which include him appearing in advertising but excludes him from caring one jot about any issues you may have. |
Part of the confusion is caused by for example the "advert" that appears when you look up when your speed is due for upgrade. Picture of Usain Bolt with a message "I'm Richard Branson and I'm doubling everyones speeds" Then followed by this
"I was taking the balloon for a ride the other day and got thinking: 'These days, everyone's doing more and more online. We all tweet, shop, play, video-chat, even watch HD movies.'
Then it hit me. 'My customers already have the UK's fastest broadband, but they'd get a lot more enjoyment out of it if I doubled their speeds.'
So that's what I'm going to do for over 4 million Virgin Broadband customers. Because I can. "
Not everyone realises its just advertising
