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Old 08-07-2011, 10:52   #1
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virgin media merger ?

http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/1079...will-end-12pm/

could be a printing error, or i need glasses lol !
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Old 08-07-2011, 11:18   #2
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Re: virgin media merger ?

So VM is really owned by Rupert Murdoch!

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Old 08-07-2011, 11:19   #3
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Utter nonsense.
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Old 08-07-2011, 11:19   #4
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Re: virgin media merger ?

i dont know lol but unless its a printing error or i have stumbled on something only time will tell !
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Old 08-07-2011, 11:49   #5
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It's an error end of.
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Old 08-07-2011, 11:52   #6
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Re: virgin media merger ?

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It's an error end of.
Indeed and thankfully as well, I would never want to work for the devil sorry i mean Murdock.

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The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed it will not extend the deadline on the consultation onto the proposed merger between BSkyB and Virgin Media, as the tally of submissions from protest group Avazz tops 135,000
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Old 08-07-2011, 12:41   #7
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Re: virgin media merger ?

Thankfully the article later gets it right, talking about New$ Corp$ takeover of $ky (does anyone know what's wrong with my s key .

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The consultation on the undertakings that will allow News Corporation to buy the 60.1% of BSkyB it does not already own closes at 12pm Friday.
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like muppetman said just a printing error !!
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Thankfully the article later gets it right, talking about New$ Corp$ takeover of $ky (does anyone know what's wrong with my s key .
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Re: virgin media merger ?

i dont care who owns it as long as the service improves and we all get a good deal something which is lacking now too many packages too confusing about time it was standard tarrifs again
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I do not care who owns it as long as improve service, we have been handling things well, this is the lack of too many packets are too concerned about the time confusion
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I do not care who owns it as long as improve service, we have been handling things well, this is the lack of too many packets are too concerned about the time confusion
And yet you apparently posted that from outside the UK. Unless you are on a VM connection and using either VPN or an Anonymous proxy, VM's lack of good performance on pings won't affect you.
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