Virgin Net - Any reasons against?

I am considering going broadband using Virgin Net
No activation fee and no long term contract

Has anyone any good reasons for avoiding them?

Brian E.

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:31:02 +0100, "Brian"
<bj[hyphen]edwards[at]tiscali[dot]co[dot]uk> wrote:

>I am considering going broadband using Virgin Net
>No activation fee and no long term contract
>
>Has anyone any good reasons for avoiding them?
>
>Brian E.
>

I emailed their support team recently (~two weeks ago +) and havn't
had a reply, but I've not tried chasing it up.

Nothing particularly to whinge about, reckon it might be a bit pricy
in the current market. Bandwidth is consistently good, I'm on the no
limits account but I could probably get away with the 3Gb cap so I'm
no heavy user.

"silangdon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:31:02 +0100, "Brian"
> <bj[hyphen]edwards[at]tiscali[dot]co[dot]uk> wrote:
>
> >I am considering going broadband using Virgin Net
> >No activation fee and no long term contract
> >
> >Has anyone any good reasons for avoiding them?
> >
> >Brian E.
> >
>
> I emailed their support team recently (~two weeks ago +) and havn't
> had a reply, but I've not tried chasing it up.
>
> Nothing particularly to whinge about, reckon it might be a bit pricy
> in the current market. Bandwidth is consistently good, I'm on the no
> limits account but I could probably get away with the 3Gb cap so I'm
> no heavy user.

I'd agree with silangdon about their support.
That's the reason I left them.
Have you read their area in ADSLGuide ?
http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/postlist...oard=virginnet
You may find more recent gripes/praises in there.

eric
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Brian wrote:
> I am considering going broadband using Virgin Net
> No activation fee and no long term contract
>
> Has anyone any good reasons for avoiding them?
>
> Brian E.

Absolutely abysmal customer support for a start...

Brian wrote:
> I am considering going broadband using Virgin Net
> No activation fee and no long term contract
>
> Has anyone any good reasons for avoiding them?
>
> Brian E.
>
>

Seems odd to only offer a 512k service, but that might be you can get.
Webspace is low if that matters to you.
As usual you need to do your own maths as to whether the 'free' setup is
worth the extra per month over paying up front.

Bill

good service, consistent bandwidth. I've no experience of customer support
except one call when I originally joined when I wanted to find out the
settings to enter into my ethernet modem (i didn't go for the 9.99 starter
pack) and I got just the info I needed.

24.99 for unlimited is perhaps a bit pricey for 512kbps now, but I share the
cost with a flatmate anyway so I'm not bothered.

I'm happy to recommend Virgin based on the connection, but I've read a lot
about bad customer support, so I guess it depends on whether you think you
will need to phone them much!!

Also I don't use the web space, so the size doesn't concern me.


"Brian" <bj[hyphen]edwards[at]tiscali[dot]co[dot]uk> wrote in message
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>I am considering going broadband using Virgin Net
> No activation fee and no long term contract
>
> Has anyone any good reasons for avoiding them?
>
> Brian E.
>