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passingbat · 19-06-2012, 13:41

I'm not sure wheather a take over is a good or a bad thing, but it would be nice to have a cable company that has more money than Sky.

Because of their money resources, Sky leads the way in so many areas and VM's once killer advantage, fibre broadband, is now no longer there because Sky now offer that. VM even seem slow on maximising the advantages of Tivo (multi room, ipad, decent connected content etc.), presumably due to lack of money.

Personally, I find VM as a company very good, and there is always the risk that customer service can suffer when taken over by a bigger company, so that is a concern. Tivo leaves the Sky box way behind in my view, but it is the only thing that they lead sky on technology wise. With a cable company with more money, it would be great to see Sky trying to catch up and not being able to rule the roost on TV channels.

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passingbat Inactive Join Date: Dec 2005 Services: Virgin 100 meg BB, Talk More Anytime Phone, Mix TV, V6. Posts: 4,729	Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2. I'm not sure wheather a take over is a good or a bad thing, but it would be nice to have a cable company that has more money than Sky. Because of their money resources, Sky leads the way in so many areas and VM's once killer advantage, fibre broadband, is now no longer there because Sky now offer that. VM even seem slow on maximising the advantages of Tivo (multi room, ipad, decent connected content etc.), presumably due to lack of money. Personally, I find VM as a company very good, and there is always the risk that customer service can suffer when taken over by a bigger company, so that is a concern. Tivo leaves the Sky box way behind in my view, but it is the only thing that they lead sky on technology wise. With a cable company with more money, it would be great to see Sky trying to catch up and not being able to rule the roost on TV channels.