All Posts Tagged With: "Virgin"
How To Create a Buzz
I like blogs. I enjoy them so much that I blog on numerous niches. As a blogger, there’s one thing that really warms the cockles of my heart: and that’s having my blogs blogged about by a bunch of other folks on the world wide web.
Out of the handful blogs I maintain, only two or [...]
ISPs Beware! Joost Is Coming At The End Of The Year
Joost, the peer-to-peer TV sharing application from the inventors of Skype and Kazaa, has signed up more than a million beta testers and is on track for an end-of-year launch, its co-creator has revealed. Finally, the whole world will get to see what a great service Joost is, which in my view makes a [...]
26Jul2007 | Everton | 9 comments | ContinuedVirgin Media Need To Change Their Speed Capping Policy
With every day that goes by I am getting more and more frustrated with Virgin Media’s new speed capping policy. After having an unlimited genuine 10MB service from Telewest for 1 year for £35 a month with no complaints, I’m now paying £37 a month for a 20MB service which is effectively giving me [...]
21Jul2007 | Everton | 42 comments | ContinuedBT Vision Sports Packages Available From £4 Per Month
BT Vision have just launched the pricing for their BT Vision Sports service. BT Broadband users will be able to watch near live action from 242 Premier League games (75% of games) for just £4 a month, and 46 live Premiership games for an extra £9.99.
If customers want both packages, then they are available [...]
Something On Your Chest? Try MyBiggestComplaint.com
I love the concept behind MyBiggestComplaint.com. This site gives you a platform to let the world know about your biggest beefs. If other readers agree with your complaint then they can add to it by leaving comments, and also rate it with the most popular complaints bubbling up to the homepage.
My biggest complaint [...]
How To Get The Best Mobile Phone Deal
A common mistake that most people do when they buy a new phone or mobile contract is forget to shop around to find the best deal. Most people just sign up for whatever deal their current provider offers.
This is a big mistkae as a bit of research can save you a lot of [...]
Happy 25th Birthday This Week For High Definition TV
TechDigest have picked up that European High Definition TV celebrates its birthday this week. 25 years ago the first HDTV demonstrations were given to the European Broadcasting Union in Killarney, Ireland.
28Jun2007 | Everton | 1 comment | ContinuedVirgin Media Caps Are Driving Me Crazy
I’ve been playing close attention to my broadband speed every since Virgin Media introduced Speed Caps, and they are starting to drive me crazy. Although my newsgroup usage appears to be unaffected, which is crazy as I’m sure that newsgroups usage is probably a big component of Virgin Media’s usage spikes, my web browsing [...]
23May2007 | Everton | 48 comments | ContinuedBT The Number 1 Broadband Provider In The UK
BT has regained it’s lead as the number one Broadband Provider in the UK, passing Virgin Media who had held the top spot for the last year. BT now has 3.7m Broadband users in the UK and 26% of the overall market. What was even more impressive was that BT grabbed 32% of [...]
17May2007 | Everton | 5 comments | ContinuedVirgin Media Introduce Speed Caps
Virgin Media are introducing speed capping measures that for users who download large amounts from the Net during peak hours. Peak hours have been defined as 4pm to midnight which is much longer than for most other ISPs, who consider 6pm to 10pm to be the peak.
Virgin claim that only 5% of downloaders will [...]

