Virgin Media say

"It's official. We're the UK's fastest broadband"

That's funny, I thought BE was at 24MB?
http://allyours.virginmedia.com/webs...ervice.do?id=2

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at 21:10:07 on Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Gonz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>"It's official. We're the UK's fastest broadband"
>
>That's funny, I thought BE was at 24MB?
>http://allyours.virginmedia.com/webs...ervice.do?id=2
>
I know 2.5 rounded up is 3, but also surely it's not right to say they
are 3x faster than those other ISP's
--
Mike News

"Daffy Duck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> That's funny, I thought BE was at 24MB?
>> http://allyours.virginmedia.com/webs...ervice.do?id=2
>
> You can't even get that right can you
> http://www.smallworldmedia.com/defau...and&pa=2&pb=19


Thanks, that makes it an even bigger lie than what it already is!

Mike wrote:

> Gonz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>
> >"It's official. We're the UK's fastest broadband"
> >
> >That's funny, I thought BE was at 24MB?
> >http://allyours.virginmedia.com/webs...ervice.do?id=2
>
> I know 2.5 rounded up is 3, but also surely it's not right to say they
> are 3x faster than those other ISP's

Worth a complaint to ofcom and OFT I reckon.

Graham

Daffy Duck wrote:

> > That's funny, I thought BE was at 24MB?
> > http://allyours.virginmedia.com/webs...ervice.do?id=2
>
> You can't even get that right can you
> http://www.smallworldmedia.com/defau...and&pa=2&pb=19

WTF is that supposed to be about ?

Graham

"Eeyore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Mike wrote:
>
>> Gonz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>>
>> >"It's official. We're the UK's fastest broadband"
>> >
>> >That's funny, I thought BE was at 24MB?
>> >http://allyours.virginmedia.com/webs...ervice.do?id=2
>>
>> I know 2.5 rounded up is 3, but also surely it's not right to say
>> they
>> are 3x faster than those other ISP's
>
> Worth a complaint to ofcom and OFT I reckon.

ASA too.
I think Virgin Media must be officialy the most complained about ISP in
the UK.
I bet they won't stick that on any of their pages.

Gonz wrote:

> "Eeyore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> > Mike wrote:
> >> Gonz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> >>
> >> >"It's official. We're the UK's fastest broadband"
> >> >
> >> >That's funny, I thought BE was at 24MB?
> >> >http://allyours.virginmedia.com/webs...ervice.do?id=2
> >>
> >> I know 2.5 rounded up is 3, but also surely it's not right to say
> >> they are 3x faster than those other ISP's
> >
> > Worth a complaint to ofcom and OFT I reckon.
>
> ASA too.

Sounds reasonable if the ASA stuff applies to websites.


> I think Virgin Media must be officialy the most complained about ISP in
> the UK.
> I bet they won't stick that on any of their pages.

Why on earth do they DO IT ?

Are the top nobs at Virgin simply so incompetent they don't even KNOW it's an
fraudulent claim ?

Graham

On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 21:37:52 -0000, Gonz wrote:

> "Daffy Duck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>
>>> That's funny, I thought BE was at 24MB?
>>> http://allyours.virginmedia.com/webs...ervice.do?id=2
>>
>> You can't even get that right can you
>> http://www.smallworldmedia.com/defau...and&pa=2&pb=19
>
>
> Thanks, that makes it an even bigger lie than what it already is!

I never said VM's claim was accurate,just that you were wrong in thinking
Be was the fastest.

"Eeyore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Daffy Duck wrote:
>
>>> That's funny, I thought BE was at 24MB?
>>> http://allyours.virginmedia.com/webs...ervice.do?id=2
>>
>> You can't even get that right can you
>> http://www.smallworldmedia.com/defau...and&pa=2&pb=19
>
> WTF is that supposed to be about ?
>
> Graham

They claim to be faster than Be - even than Idnet!

On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:03:01 +0000, Eeyore wrote:

> Daffy Duck wrote:
>
>>> That's funny, I thought BE was at 24MB?
>>> http://allyours.virginmedia.com/webs...ervice.do?id=2
>>
>> You can't even get that right can you
>> http://www.smallworldmedia.com/defau...and&pa=2&pb=19
>
> WTF is that supposed to be about ?
>
> Graham

What bit is it you're having difficulty understanding?