Can someone confirm this...

[saabmania2]

Originally Posted by moaningmags

Dunno about the NTL but I'd love Telewest back.

Yeah but they are ntl with a differant name, anyway i thought the word Virgin meant never before, but ntl seemed to have changed the meaning to never again

[Kellargh]

We don't get many discounts We're on recruitment agency contracts, not Virgin ones...sadly

Originally Posted by saabmania2

Yeah but they are ntl with a differant name, anyway i thought the word Virgin meant never before, but ntl seemed to have changed the meaning to never again

They may both be under the Virgin Media Banner but the Telewest side is still quite different to the NTL side, similar systems is the only comparison and separate networks as well.

[moaningmags]

Originally Posted by saabmania2

Yeah but they are ntl with a differant name, anyway i thought the word Virgin meant never before, but ntl seemed to have changed the meaning to never again

Exactly, whereas Telewest were brilliant and I'm not saying that cos I work for them. I've been a customer since 31st Dec 2000 and none of the hassles people have had with NTL.

[saabmania2]

Originally Posted by moaningmags

Exactly, whereas Telewest were brilliant and I'm not saying that cos I work for them. I've been a customer since 31st Dec 2000 and none of the hassles people have had with NTL.

yeah but saying that i've been with ntl since 1997 and it was fine until it went under the virgin banner, apart from either upgrading or downgrading channels with ntl i never had to contact them, that's not the case with virgin i have probably been on the phone at least once a month since then with either a tv fault, poor broadband or just billing problems,and i've still yet to ask for a discount for anything as i beleaved like others on here that virgin needed full paying customers to be able to afford to upgrade the network.
virgin media has certainly not taken a leaf from richard bransons buisiness book on how to look after it's customers and still make money.
personally i think telewest and ntl where as bad as each other and now they have merged it like a marrage made in nthell.

[monkey2468]

Originally Posted by saabmania2

yeah but saying that i've been with ntl since 1997 and it was fine until it went under the virgin banner, apart from either upgrading or downgrading channels with ntl i never had to contact them, that's not the case with virgin i have probably been on the phone at least once a month since then with either a tv fault, poor broadband or just billing problems,and i've still yet to ask for a discount for anything as i beleaved like others on here that virgin needed full paying customers to be able to afford to upgrade the network.
virgin media has certainly not taken a leaf from richard bransons buisiness book on how to look after it's customers and still make money.
personally i think telewest and ntl where as bad as each other and now they have merged it like a marrage made in nthell.

Indeed, most if not all of the current processes, proceedures, billing, and middle managment are ex-telewest, not ntl. So when people moan about wanting telewest back, well, we are all telewest now as far as I can see.

[eth01]

Richard Branson remains the majority shareholder...

Originally Posted by eth01

Richard Branson remains the majority shareholder...

As per my post below

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Originally Posted by whydoIneedatech

Your Security Guard is quite right, NTL and Telewest are there but with a new name, Virgin Media lease the use of the name from Virgin and Richard Branson owns only 10% of the business but it is the biggest single owned portion.

Remember when a Snickers bar used to be called a Marathon bar its just a re branding exercise.

As above

[Womble]

Originally Posted by monkey2468

Indeed, most if not all of the current processes, proceedures, billing, and middle managment are ex-telewest, not ntl. So when people moan about wanting telewest back, well, we are all telewest now as far as I can see.

here here and what a shower of poo those systems are!!!

IMHO, the last time the company was run correctly was under Cable and Wireless! (awaits the the flak!!)

[saabmania2]

Originally Posted by Womble

here here and what a shower of poo those systems are!!!

IMHO, the last time the company was run correctly was under Cable and Wireless! (awaits the the flak!!)

being a womble you must go around picking up litter and rubbish? how many VM shares have you picked up recently

[Womble]

Originally Posted by saabmania2

being a womble you must go around picking up litter and rubbish? how many VM shares have you picked up recently

lol :-)

Trying to fit the whole company in the bin is proving a tad difficult

[dodgem22]

i never had any problems with ntl so yeah come back

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by willas00

Cheers and I guess because 10% of the business is owned by Richard Branson its also why staff get discounts on all Virgin Products I guess

Thanks

Well its more to do with using the Virgin name for the company rather just Branson owning 10%

[tvtimes]

Originally Posted by whydoIneedatech

I said single owned percentage not company owned which does make him personally the biggest single stakeholder in the company.

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You will soon be offered the option of a virginmedia.com addy as will all blueyonder.co.uk customers, and you will still receive emails from your original addy if you take one.

Don't Virgin group own the shares? Hence that's a company too! He just happens to be the founder and chairman of Virgin group.

Here's a link for you to read http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/...ortune/18.html

Branson's Virgin group is the largest shareholder. That article is old now and riversource and the largest shareholders.

[chuzzlemonkey]

Originally Posted by willas00

Cheers and I guess because 10% of the business is owned by Richard Branson its also why staff get discounts on all Virgin Products I guess

Thanks

AMEN! Although i'm not sure why we get 25% off at the RAC???

Big up Dickie B! =]