Virgin advertising 2Mbps broadband for £4.50 pcm

Came across it by chance here .....

http://www.free-codecs.com/VDownloader_download.htm

I've no idea if the ad will be the same when you load the page. Smacks of
desparation (or something). I wonder what customers paying full whack would
think ?

Graham

"Eeyore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Came across it by chance here .....
>
> http://www.free-codecs.com/VDownloader_download.htm
>
> I've no idea if the ad will be the same when you load the page. Smacks of
> desparation (or something). I wonder what customers paying full whack
> would
> think ?
>
> Graham
>

Should Imagine you have to take their phone line..

Hairy Dog wrote:

> "Eeyore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>
> > Came across it by chance here .....
> >
> > http://www.free-codecs.com/VDownloader_download.htm
> >
> > I've no idea if the ad will be the same when you load the page. Smacks of
> > desparation (or something). I wonder what customers paying full whack
> > would think ?
>
> Should Imagine you have to take their phone line..

Yes.

I see it's on their main site too actually.

Graham

"Eeyore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I see it's on their main site too actually.
>
> Graham
>

"Actually" I never looked at the site but hey..

I noticed your username from the VM groups, seems like a nasty chip you have
there :0)

On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:24:07 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband , Eeyore
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I've no idea if the ad will be the same when you load the page. Smacks of
>desparation (or something).

It smacks of the usual marketing stuff. You think VM are the only ISP
offering cheap startup deals? Get real.

>I wonder what customers paying full whack would
>think ?

Same as we always think - sigh, is it worth facing retentions to see
if I can get the same deal,can I be ar*ed spending 2 hours on the
phone....
--
Mark McIntyre

Hairy Dog wrote:

> "Eeyore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>
> > I see it's on their main site too actually.
>
>
> "Actually" I never looked at the site but hey..
>
> I noticed your username from the VM groups, seems like a nasty chip you have
> there :0)

The one where they charged me £70 for a broadband 'trial' ?

Oh no, I disccovered that one later. They are an utter shower.

Graham

Eeyore wrote:
> Came across it by chance here .....
>
> http://www.free-codecs.com/VDownloader_download.htm
>
> I've no idea if the ad will be the same when you load the page. Smacks of
> desparation (or something). I wonder what customers paying full whack would
> think ?
>
> Graham
>

Yeh but they probably don't say that this is the connection speed to the
exchange. Most of the time, you will never actually reach 100k on their
network

Mike

Mike J wrote:

> Eeyore wrote:
> > Came across it by chance here .....
> >
> > http://www.free-codecs.com/VDownloader_download.htm
> >
> > I've no idea if the ad will be the same when you load the page. Smacks of
> > desparation (or something). I wonder what customers paying full whack would
> > think ?
>
> Yeh but they probably don't say that this is the connection speed to the
> exchange. Most of the time, you will never actually reach 100k on their
> network

I actually tried a friend's 2Mbps connection on my cable. I borrowed his NTL
modem and plugged it in here. The performance wasn't to bad actually. Trouble
was, when I tried the 4Mbps it was barely any better and sometimes seemed worse.

Graham

"Eeyore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>The performance wasn't to bad actually. Trouble
> was, when I tried the 4Mbps it was barely any better and sometimes seemed
> worse.
>
> Graham
>

Now i`m with you on this ;0)

I have 20mb, up and down like a whores draws but when I get STM`d it`s rock
solid 5 meg..
Something very strange occuring...

Mark McIntyre wrote:

> Same as we always think - sigh, is it worth facing retentions to see
> if I can get the same deal,can I be ar*ed spending 2 hours on the
> phone....

Is it worth phoning retentions who will tie you into another 12 month
contract of a service with a very bleak future?

I think not!

Pete
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