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Originally Posted by Kushan
Didn't those talks fall through a month or so ago?
The problem is that Virgin can't just ramp up capacity without significant investment. They're only just about on top of the majority of the congestion they currently have, bumping the majority of users to 100Mbit would just cost them a lot of money and, if capacity isn't there, actually cause them to lose customers.
I do think Virgin is missing a trick with the landline pricing, but now that ISPs are going to be forced to quote the full price of broadband including telephone line (if required), Virgin could make a compelling argument that they're significantly cheaper than the competition. Perhaps with their VoIP offering, they could basically give you broadband without a landline for no additional cost. That would be an incredible win.
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It is so easy to go down the voip path yourself without bothering to use Virgin for that. Virgin's own telephone service is fairly uncompetitive so it does make sense for customers to go down their own path. Obviously the only problem with voip is that should the internet go down, you also lose your phone service.