General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)

[DaMac]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Sky and BT would not be allowed to collude by the Competition and Markets Authority so that won't happen. VM's argument is that its channels like Bravo did not win it subscribers, so investing the money instead on buying Smallworld and laying cable wins them more customers.
In the future, with Netflix and Amazon fighting aggressively for content against Sky, owning a great broadband network might just be the wiser choice. In LGI's eyes.

Having a great broadband network isn't worth zilch if say Netflix has a major outage, err like it did overnight (prime time in North America)

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

Atlantic?.......

More chance getting Pacific

[gba93]

Originally Posted by theone2k10

More chance getting Pacific

... or Indian

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by DaMac

Having a great broadband network isn't worth zilch if say Netflix has a major outage, err like it did overnight (prime time in North America)

Don't follow your logic. Netflix is just one of many content providers. The value of a good broadband network is not altered but the value of Netflix's shares might be!

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by DaMac

Having a great broadband network isn't worth zilch if say Netflix has a major outage, err like it did overnight (prime time in North America)

I suspect that most cord cutters have more than one streaming service, so in the case of the above event, they would switch to another one.

In fact, for cord cutters, who depend heavily on streaming, a good, reliable service is essential. That is why I would be extremely reluctant to have to move away from VM for internet.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by passingbat

I suspect that most cord cutters have more than one streaming service, so in the case of the above event, they would switch to another one.

In fact, for cord cutters, who depend heavily on streaming, a good, reliable service is essential. That is why I would be extremely reluctant to have to move away from VM for internet.

Spot on. It's a bit like saying to someone with Freeview that their aerial is useless if Channel 5's transmitter breaks down.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by passingbat

I suspect that most cord cutters have more than one streaming service, so in the case of the above event, they would switch to another one.

In fact, for cord cutters, who depend heavily on streaming, a good, reliable service is essential. That is why I would be extremely reluctant to have to move away from VM for internet.

This is true although i have netflix and xfinity i do have direct tv, verizon and dish as backups total cost for all those services for me is £23p/m but i'm vey fortunate i think as i have a few friends in USA who have various services.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by passingbat

I suspect that most cord cutters have more than one streaming service, so in the case of the above event, they would switch to another one.

In fact, for cord cutters, who depend heavily on streaming, a good, reliable service is essential. That is why I would be extremely reluctant to have to move away from VM for internet.

That's the exact reason I wouldn't move to them , I've been with numerous ISP's over the years and VM are easily the worst I've ever had. I'm sure thats just an area issue where I live but we suffered from regular outages , oversubscription , poor equipment the list goes on.

When it was working it was great sadly it soon went downhill.

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

That's the exact reason I wouldn't move to them , I've been with numerous ISP's over the years and VM are easily the worst I've ever had. I'm sure thats just an area issue where I live but we suffered from regular outages , oversubscription , poor equipment the list goes on.

When it was working it was great sadly it soon went downhill.

Sorry to hear that MM, my BB with Virgin is excellent and very stable, and this is one of the reasons why I'm reluctant to leave.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

Sorry to hear that MM, my BB with Virgin is excellent and very stable, and this is one of the reasons why I'm reluctant to leave.

Absolutely I don't disagree , as I say when ours worked it was great. It was probably so popular it became oversubscribed because at the time BT Infinity was a distant dream meaning people only had the choice of ADSL or cable.

They were so slow at fixing oversubscription I ended up leaving and have never been back since purely because I'm wary of the same happening. For the record I have family members who have perfect BB services with them.

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Absolutely I don't disagree , as I say when ours worked it was great. It was probably so popular it became oversubscribed because at the time BT Infinity was a distant dream meaning people only had the choice of ADSL or cable.

They were so slow at fixing oversubscription I ended up leaving and have never been back since purely because I'm wary of the same happening.

So, who are you with now mate, and is it much better?

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

So, who are you with now mate, and is it much better?

BT Infinity which to be fair I can't fault however I'm sure there's those with issues on every service including my current choice.

[solitaire]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

Atlantic?.......

Careful, you'll have certain posters jumping on you from a great height.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

BT Infinity which to be fair I can't fault however I'm sure there's those with issues on every service including my current choice.

Aren't plusnet owned by BT?
I'm with plusnet and apart from one major outage a couple of months ago i've had no trouble at all.

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by DaMac

Having a great broadband network isn't worth zilch if say Netflix has a major outage, err like it did overnight (prime time in North America)

Or like VM's network did on Tuesday!