Bolt vs Blot

[Qtx]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

I however do find your attitude surprising about not complaining to Ofcom or the ASA considering you do so heavily believe the ad is misleading and leaving it to others..I'd have thought you would be the first to do so.

Well you thought wrong

Not so long ago it was stated that Virgin Media had 25 adverts banned in the 18 months prior to that post. Just shows that the misleading adverts will get banned by the ASA without needing any input from me.

Originally Posted by Qtx

Well you thought wrong

Not so long ago it was stated that Virgin Media had 25 adverts banned in the 18 months prior to that post. Just shows that the misleading adverts will get banned by the ASA without needing any input from me.

OK but expect people to get rather fed up with the constant anti-VM rants and to respond in kind remembering they are entitled to have an opposing viewpoint provided everyone remembers that they should not bait,flame,troll or take a thread too far off topic.

[Qtx]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

they should not bait,flame,troll or take a thread too far off topic.

I'm out of this thread for now as its only you that can't keep on topic.

[Pierre]

I've always found the Sky-philes strangely amusing.

I have a vested interest in VM, as I work for them. I also like to ensure that some of the ignorance trying to be passed of as knowledge on here is rebutted with actual facts.

I work for VM but I don't have any of their products as I can't get them where I live.

I've always wondered what stake the sky-philes have in their conviction, they are just a companym that provide a service and take your money. Why with all the tub thumping and flag waving and frothing of the mouth when criticising VM?

I mean when I truly support something it's either because I have a financial or emotional stake in it. I support VM because I work for them, I support Everton because I'm from that city.

But to support a service provider that I have no stake in??????

It would be like me banging on about how Scottish Power is better than Npower and mocking those who are customers of Npower, or extelling the virtues of Yorkshire water, and shouting down anyone that says Severn Trent is better.

It's all a bit sad really.

[kwikbreaks]

I suspect that most of those promoting Sky etc. have had their fingers burned by VM in the past and find adverts such as Bolt v Blot so disingenuous as to annoy them.

[GrimUpNorth]

Just seen the advert, the bit with Richard playing with the train set was very funny (and I thought very subtle). I'd go as far as saying one of their best adverts yet.

Cheers

Grim

I love Virginnmedia's "Terminology".

They don't have "limits" but you can trigger STM by going over the "Threshold"

An now they have created "Regular broadband

[Chad]

Originally Posted by kwikbreaks

I suspect that most of those promoting Sky etc. have had their fingers burned by VM in the past and find adverts such as Bolt v Blot so disingenuous as to annoy them.

As a SKY broadband customer, who up until 7 months ago had 100mb from Virgin, I decided to take the Bolt Vs. Blot challenge. I noticed on the first page Virgin state:

"Find out what speed you need to keep up with your digital life"

So first I confirmed there is 2 of us using the internet at home. I then selected all 5 devices being smartphone, desktop, tablet, games console and smart TV. Finally I confirmed we use the internet for catch up TV, emailing & browsing, social networking, downloading music and playing games.

The race is over with Blot being blown out of the water. The result from Virgin:

"Up to 60 Mb fibre optic broadband is perfect for your needs because...All five of you can play the latest games online and stream and download your favourite music & movies on your tablet and pc - 8 times faster than regular broadband."

We manage alright with our 16mb connection with no problems. I find this all very misleading from Virgin. People who don't know any better might be persuaded to commit to a broadband service they don't really need for 18 months.

The advert didn't get banned after all and was not deemed to be misleading either

http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/a...t-virgin-media

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Top banana

The advert didn't get banned after all and was not deemed to be misleading either

http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/a...t-virgin-media

Indeed so gratifying that for once the BT fans lost, they know who they are

Meanwhile, the ASA also ruled that the ad did not misleadingly exaggerate the difference in Virgin Media’s service compared with other providers.

"We considered Virgin had demonstrated that they delivered consistent superfast broadband speeds to their customers, whilst a significant proportion customers on other superfast packages did not, on average, achieve superfast speeds, [and so] we concluded that the ad was not misleading on this point," the ruling noted.