virgin media extending network!!

[camy]

hi, i was on the virgin media media site earlier today just checking the latest special offers for customers when this little yellow speeach bubble appeared in the top right hand corner whitch said ask before you buy next to it i clicked on it and i started talking to a customer sales person, i asked her if virgin were extending there fibre optic network or if they were sticking with using adsl and she replied no were extending our fibre optic network but be patient because it takes time!!!! just to prove im not lying go to http://allyours.virginmedia.com/webs...ket/gateway.do then go to the top righr hand corner and click on ask before you buy.

[chickendippers]

They're probably paid on comission so would say anything to get you to sign up.

[camy]

Originally Posted by chickendippers

They're probably paid on comission so would say anything to get you to sign up.

yeah but im already a customer!!! vip package

[lostandconfused]

They're really not expanding the network, except maybe for business areas.

The people that answer those questions arnt usual VM employees, its another company that does it

[Magilla]

Originally Posted by camy

hi, i was on the virgin media media site earlier today just checking the latest special offers for customers when this little yellow speeach bubble appeared in the top right hand corner whitch said ask before you buy next to it i clicked on it and i started talking to a customer sales person, i asked her if virgin were extending there fibre optic network or if they were sticking with using adsl and she replied no were extending our fibre optic network but be patient because it takes time!!!! just to prove im not lying go to http://allyours.virginmedia.com/webs...ket/gateway.do then go to the top righr hand corner and click on ask before you buy.

Went there and asked them about their FUP, they point me at the STM page.

I point out that according to the information on that page, I will be capped within 30/40 minutes of use, seems very draconian, can this possibly be right?

"Thanks for contacting Virgin Media", and then the connection is dropped

[Gary L]

She kept asking me what I was wearing, and started sending me pics of her and her friend Mandy

[akira]

its all depends on what you would class as extending the network.

They are 100% not laying new cable to new areas but they are backfilling parts of the network where new builds have gone up or a roads been missed etc but even still this isn't mass scale.

[camy]

i know a guy who works for virgin and he said that virgin were looking into finding some extra funding to add an extra 4-5 million houses to there network because then they would cover all the uk urban households and 70% of the whole uk BUT if they cant find any extra funding then are DEFINATELY going to fill in all the gaps in the network e.g new housing and streets that ntl and telewest missed so this means thely be adding about an extra 1.5-2 millions households tom there network and once this is complete they will cable all new houses that are built in the future by installing the cable network while the houses are being built

[TraxData]

Originally Posted by akira

its all depends on what you would class as extending the network.

They are 100% not laying new cable to new areas but they are backfilling parts of the network where new builds have gone up or a roads been missed etc but even still this isn't mass scale.

They have layed new cable in a new area less than 4 months ago here

They -are- extending the network...but only where its viable and profitable to do so...countryside area's are still out of luck.

[camy]

traxdata which area have they recentley cabled