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Originally Posted by Media Boy
With UPC Netherlands looking set to be rebranded as Ziggo in Holland I think Liberty Global may also think about rebrand UPC Ireland as Virgin Media Ireland.
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I don't think it's up to Liberty what is branded as Virgin Media. The agreements cover ex-ntl/Telewest. Liberty can't just take the name and do as they please with it.
Liberty spent a long time slowly migrating UPC Ireland from ntl to UPC, too.
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Originally Posted by Top banana
Yes, I said about, actual is 37%, VM actual 66.1%, point was that it's an area for growth if Sky can find a way of driving take up. It's currently growing at 2% per annum, although this should accelerate with the free BB offers etc
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Obvious way for Sky to drive take up is to invest in their own access network, which they are looking at through various trials, rather than using the same network as every other xDSL ISP. Comparing Sky's 38Mb for £20/month, requires phone line at £15.40/month, and 76Mb for £30/month, requires phone line at £15.40/month, with VM. It's not flattering - VM deliver 152Mb + phone line for less than Sky sell half that speed, and 100Mb for a quid a month more than Sky sell 38Mb.
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Originally Posted by nn012
Sky do the same now when reporting RGUs. It helps them report increasing numbers while their TV business has saturated. I'm aware they have been increasing TV additions but this includes Now TV subscribers which they don't provide actual numbers for.
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Cable companies and, in turn, Sky once they started offering telco and DSL, have all done this. An RGU is any product a customer has purchased that, well, generates revenue. A single household can happily be a 4 RGU property if taking mobile as well as fixed-line.