Virgin Media Broadband School

Ignitionnet · 27-04-2009, 16:01

UK ISP Virgin Media Finds Brits Baffled by Broadband Jargon

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The latest study of over 3,000 Internet users conducted by Virgin Media has revealed that 18% of online surfers don't know what broadband actually is, 53% thought broadband relied on having a phone line (satellite, Wi-Fi and Mobile Broadband solutions don't) and almost half are puzzled by the term meg (usually short for 'Megabit(s) per second' or 'Mb' - a measurement of broadband speed, though 8% thought it meant Megapixels).

To combat this problem Sir Richard Branson has announced plans to trial Virgin Media 'Broadband Schools', which will launch in cities that display the least amount of broadband knowledge and no doubt help VM increase its customer base too.

joglynne · 27-04-2009, 17:41

I wonder if I can sign up my husband.

Ignitionnet · 27-04-2009, 22:25

I wonder if they'll be teaching people what Subscriber Traffic Management and all fibre optic broadband are myself.

They will I'm sure have sales bots wandering around there as well. If I get the chance I'll go for the comedy factor.

keyholder · 27-04-2009, 22:33

Personally i dont think kids care what their parents got , as long as they got internet i dont think it really matters to them what its called or not called.

Ignitionnet · 27-04-2009, 22:36

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Originally Posted by keyholder

Personally i dont think kids care what their parents got , as long as they got internet i dont think it really matters to them what its called or not called.

I think kids are a lot more clueful than you think. Tell the kid who plays games online that it's fine someone in another country has better pings to London than him.

joglynne · 27-04-2009, 22:40

It does sound like too good a marketing opportunity for VM to miss but anyone who gets to try and show my husband how to switch a computer on will certainly either earn their money and have the patience of a saint or lose the will to live after the first 10 minutes.

browney · 27-04-2009, 22:45

All well and good but how much was spent on this survey costs and how much will these 'Broadband Schools' cost...

Money that could be spent better else were

Peter_ · 27-04-2009, 23:14

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Originally Posted by joglynne

I wonder if I can sign up my husband.

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Originally Posted by joglynne

It does sound like too good a marketing opportunity for VM to miss but anyone who gets to try and show my husband how to switch a computer on will certainly either earn their money and have the patience of a saint or lose the will to live after the first 10 minutes.

You should be quite capable of teaching him yourself.

Just ensure that the is nothing sharp to hand or even club shaped as we do not want the headline.

Wife kills husband after multiple attempts to get him to switch computer on.

FairyFairy · 28-04-2009, 11:30

I hope they include the remote on the tv in school as well.

I've given up trying to teach hubby how to record something and now do it for him.

And .... how simple is recording !!!!!

I'll let him go to the school as long as its residential .....

3 years should just about be long enough

joglynne · 28-04-2009, 11:34

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Originally Posted by FairyFairy

I hope they include the remote on the tv in school as well.

I've given up trying to teach hubby how to record something and now do it for him.

And .... how simple is recording !!!!!

I'll let him go to the school as long as its residential .....

3 years should just about be long enough

Oh Fairy it seems as though we have a matched pair of husbands.

FairyFairy · 28-04-2009, 11:42

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Originally Posted by joglynne

Oh Fairy it seems as though we have a matched pair of husbands.

28-04-2009, 20:00

Some first line advisors could do with this

Gary L · 28-04-2009, 23:55

Sounds to me like Virgin are just finding out if we are as stupid as they've always thought of us to be. I'm not surprised STM isn't in there somewhere.

Callumpy · 29-04-2009, 00:49

Ha, virgin are asking people if they know the speed of thier internet so that if they dont they can continue to rip them off with a crappy service?

broadbandking · 29-04-2009, 11:06

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Originally Posted by Callumpy

Ha, virgin are asking people if they know the speed of thier internet so that if they dont they can continue to rip them off with a crappy service?

That's good coming from a BE customer