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 Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject: new to virgin media |
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got a 2mb BB, the XL tv package, and home phone last week
Its the dogs b*llocks being able to finally see the 1080 hd tv working properly. Really like the free music videos, and all the on demand stuff. The content is the same as sky appart from sky one, and has some extra channels as well.
the recorder does twice the hrs of sky+, and records 2 channels whilst watching another.
The broadband is rock solid on 2mb at all times.
the switch from bt to virgin with the home phone was instant and no problems.
all in all, very happy with the change............only time will tell, but one week in and everything is fine 
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Foggy
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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been with then since the days of diamond cable ..14 years ish
only ever lost connection on bb once for the whole weekend ,customer service aint the best but hardly needed to phone them as the services you get are as good as anyone
you will find your speed will drop when you reach are certain download limit ,but if your not downloading much then thats not a problem
glad your happy with it
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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blue planet on 1080 HD....................bloody hell its good 
Going to try a on demand hd movie soon
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Telmay
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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The HD is the dogs for sure and unlike Sky no subscription for the pleasure
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Hoovie
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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go on, rub it in  .... When will cable ever come to Devon 
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handyman
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Hoovie wrote: |
| go on, rub it in .... When will cable ever come to Devon |
you dont even have proper roads yet 
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Hoovie
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Roads? what be them then? 
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handyman
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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just upgraded the internet to 20mb.........did a speed test
Speed Down 18401.24 Kbps ( 18 Mbps )
Speed Up 713.35 Kbps ( 0.7 Mbps )
not bad  Remember the bad old days of dial up? 
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| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:29 am Post subject: |
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down sides to virgin media;
annoying slight time lag from pressing the remote to something happening
doesnt have sky one or sky news
doesnt have 1471 (being rolled out apparantly  )
1571 answerphone only stores the messages for 3 days
Indian call center most of the time
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handyman
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| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:36 am Post subject: |
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forgot to add........
if you record two programmes, on 2 different channels, one finishing at 8pm, one starting a 8pm, it sometimes fails to record the second programme due to a clash (the overlap of recording)
It should just start the later recording 8.01pm
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skiking
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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I've been VM since the days of.....well, I can't even remember what they were called then it was that long ago!
The 1471 feature has been available for a long time - the one where you retrieve the callers telephone number
Don't need 1571 as I have an answer machine.
As for the 2 programmes clashing its only a problem if you try to record a THIRD programme at the same time. V+ will allow you to record 2 programmes at a time (unlike Sky +).
Its not often I need to ring their CS (rare customer who actually thinks VM are good ) but the only time I've got thru' to an Indian CS was very recently when I took delivery of a new HD TV and I managed to f00k up the HD settings on the V+ box which meant I couldn't view the screen to reset it. Quick call to VM CS (India) to get the box reset code and its was fine, then she wanted to help me set it up properly and I couldn't stop her from trying to help - I was on my way to the pub so I wasn't bothered about it working properly |
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handyman
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| skiking wrote: |
The 1471 feature has been available for a long time - the one where you retrieve the callers telephone number
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it was on their website that it was being rolled out area by area. We now have it..............
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