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Old 03-05-2021, 00:15   #16
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Re: Virgin Media merger with O2 approved by competition regulator

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Have vodaphone at the moment and it is rubbish .
I moved to sky in readiness.
They carry over my unused data for 3 years as well, as opposed to Virgin who do it for 1 month.
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Re: Virgin Media merger with O2 approved by competition regulator

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What's O2 customer service like (never used them) and do they use UK based call centres?

If it 's any good, hopefully they will improve the current abysmal CS efforts of VM.
I think it was okay when I was with them a while back. But mergers are rarely about doing things well and they can tend to be a race to the bottom. I'd honestly expect VM to not change a habit of a lifetime, they'll more than likely offshore O2's customer services if they are still UK based.
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Re: Virgin Media merger with O2 approved by competition regulator

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I think it was okay when I was with them a while back. But mergers are rarely about doing things well and they can tend to be a race to the bottom. I'd honestly expect VM to not change a habit of a lifetime, they'll more than likely offshore O2's customer services if they are still UK based.
It's a merger and no reason that VM will dominate decisions like this one. Indeed, the Chief Commercial Officer for Mobile in the merged company will come from O2. https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2021...nts-confirmed/

And when BT acquired EE, it subsequently committed to onshoring call centres which it has achieved.

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Re: Virgin Media merger with O2 approved by competition regulator

The merger was finally approved today.

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...-to-merge.html
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Re: Virgin Media merger with O2 approved by competition regulator

Now launched today

https://www.o2.co.uk/virgin-media-o2


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The firm said it will deliver gigabit broadband speeds across its network by the end of the year and deploy fibre to millions of additional homes.

While there are no changes to existing services, Virgin Media O2 is preparing to offer converged broadband, entertainment and mobile services in one place later this year.
[I thought VM did the latter anyway? ]

https://www.cityam.com/virgin-media-...r-31bn-merger/
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