My opinion on TV down

Manageddon · 11-10-2007, 22:53

I have two ideas why this has happened.

1. Virgin have tried wacking all illegal boxes and whilst they have done this they have killed everyones box.
This isnt the first time they have made this massive error.

2. Its a ratings thing, apart from channels 101 - 105 Virgin 1 is the only other channel available.

And whats most annoying about this, they waited until 20 mins after the phone lines close to do this so they dont have to listen everyone in the UK phoning to complain.

In my opinion every time this happens we all should be re-inburst with £2, I am sure if this was to happen then they would hesitate wacking boxes.

fatassmichael · 11-10-2007, 22:55

to the forum Manageddon, TBH, I was thinking on the lines of no.1, i just didnt want to be the one to say it.

danielf · 11-10-2007, 22:59

Perhaps it was just a fault?

fatassmichael · 11-10-2007, 23:05

Maybe, But for me, its too coincidental after that watchdog program last night.

monkey2468 · 11-10-2007, 23:07

Maybe they have moved/outsourced the super head end to India to cut costs.

fatassmichael · 11-10-2007, 23:08

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Originally Posted by monkey2468

Maybe they have moved/outsourced the super head end to India to cut costs.

LOL

BBKing · 13-10-2007, 10:24

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Maybe, But for me, its too coincidental after that watchdog program last night.

Just because they're out to get you doesn't mean you should be paranoid.

[It was an electrical fault, and it was bloody annoying, trust me, I was one of the poor sods trying to recover from it. Watchdog my backside]

Stop It · 13-10-2007, 11:26

Well, the conspiracy theories didn't take long to arrive, heh.

Seriously, faults happen, things break, the power went, the UPS failed, simple, it wasn't a ratings thing, and it wasn't a failed anti-piracy attempt, stop being paranoid.

themelon · 13-10-2007, 11:47

When are Sky and BT going to get on Watchdog? They are equally clueless.

I have recently waited 2 hours to get through to BT and 58 minutes on an 0870 number to speak to Sky.

I guess the must be better at cover ups or organising for the truth not to be shown.

All the uk media companies suck.

BT and Sky couldnt care less because 60% of people can not get anything else whether they want to or not.

spiderplant · 13-10-2007, 13:24

BT were featured on the same Watchdog, for being difficult to contact and failing to turn up for installs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/consumer/tv_and...20071010.shtml

Manageddon · 13-10-2007, 18:13

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Originally Posted by BBKing

Just because they're out to get you doesn't mean you should be paranoid.

[It was an electrical fault, and it was bloody annoying, trust me, I was one of the poor sods trying to recover from it. Watchdog my backside]

Trust me mate I have absolutly nothing to be paranoid about.

If Virgin come to my door I can unplug my dodgy box and put in legit box quicker than you can type your ****ty comment.

No seriously though, nothing dodgy in my house to be paranoid about, I am just stating whats happened in the past.

Mick Fisher · 13-10-2007, 18:23

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Originally Posted by themelon

When are Sky and BT going to get on Watchdog? They are equally clueless.

I have recently waited 2 hours to get through to BT and 58 minutes on an 0870 number to speak to Sky.

I guess the must be better at cover ups or organising for the truth not to be shown.

All the uk media companies suck.

BT and Sky couldnt care less because 60% of people can not get anything else whether they want to or not.

From what I hear from friends in the US, Scandinavia and Poland maybe you need to amend your statement to "All media companies suck."

beeman · 13-10-2007, 22:04

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Originally Posted by themelon

When are Sky and BT going to get on Watchdog?

Well actually BT WERE on the exact same eposide of watchdog for taking over 3 months to connect someone and never answering the CS line :-)

KenK · 13-10-2007, 22:22

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Originally Posted by BBKing

It was an electrical fault, and it was bloody annoying, trust me, I was one of the poor sods trying to recover from it.

Been there, done that. Annoying is not the word I'd use - and I might have picked a different expletive as well! My sympathies, and thank you all for your efforts in getting it back on.