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There are big problems with Netflix speeds on Virgin Media, but who's responsible?


I think that Virgin's Customer Service is terrible, way worst than UPC. It's obvious they don't want you to contact them by social media (I.e. Twitter of Facebook) or email. I'm a broadband/telephone customer & got the notice of the €5 price increase ...

Virgin Media named Ireland's fastest broadband network


Richard Branson arriving by juggernaut at the RDS for the announcement that UPC Ireland is to 1 Richard Branson arriving by juggernaut at the RDS for the announcement that UPC Ireland is to become Virgin Media. Virgin Media, formerly known as UPC, ...

Virgin Media: Small Businesses Lose 15 Minutes a Day to Slow Internet


Slow internet speeds tied with Customer Service queries as the biggest distractions from senior decision makers' main tasks at work (33%); Over a third of small and medium sized businesses (34%) think a faster internet connection would accelerate their ...

Both Eir and Virgin Media increasing cost of services


HOUSEHOLDERS are set to have to pay more for telephone calls and broadband services with both Eir and Virgin Media increasing the cost of their services. Share. Email. Go To. Comments. Eir, which used to be called Eircom, is hitting 500,000 residential ...

Virgin Media to Cut 900 Jobs


Virgin Media, the U.K.-based MSO owned by Liberty Global, plans to cut 900 jobs over the next two years in order to streamline while also pushing ahead on growth strategies, according to media reports. “Over the last three years Virgin Media has been ...

Virgin Media Streams in Vevo


Tightening its embrace of OTT services, U.K. cable MSO Virgin Media said it is adding music video service Vevo to its IP-connected, TiVo-based platform. The operator said the new Vevo app will be available to all TiVo customers regardless of their package.

Inside AAISP the ISP taking on Virgin Media and BT with straight-talking charm


“All of our technical support staff are well trained and know what they're talking about,” said Kennard. “They're not following some script, they're not just employed to answer the phone. We try not to treat people like idiots and insist upon going ...

Virgin Media chief calls for EPL TV restrictions to be changed - SBS


He said the Premier League could follow the example of the NFL in the USA where regional blackouts operate to protect attendances. It is not clear however how easy it would be to operate such a system in a much smaller country - most US states are ...

Virgin Media daddy Liberty Global swoops on Cable & Wireless Communications


Liberty Global – the owner of UK telco Virgin Media – has agreed to buy Caribbean-based operator Cable & Wireless Communications for £3.5bn ($5.3bn). The cash and stock deal extends Cable Cowboy John Malone's lasso into Latin America. CWC said ...

Save money on your Virgin Media bill


They can do more for you deals-wise than the rest of the Customer Service team. Try telling them that what you're currently paying is too high or that you've found a cheaper deal with another provider. Make sure you do your research beforehand so that ...

Virgin Media whines about Sky's customer service claims, ad watchdog agrees


It's been a quiet year for ISPs being placed on the naughty step by the UK's advertising watchdog. But today, Sky has been admonished for making misleading and unsubstantiated claims about its Customer Service. Rival Virgin Media successfully ...

Virgin Media filters are still eating our email – Ntlworlders


The woes of Virgin Media Ntlworld.com account-holders are no closer to being resolved, with continued reports of customers unable to access their email. Last week The Register reported that subscribers affected by the ISP's migration from Google's ...

Virgin Media appoints Irish CEO


New UPC owner Virgin Media has appointed former O2 Ireland ceo Tony Hanway as CEO of its operations in Ireland. Share. Email. Go To. Comments. Mr Hanway held a number of roles with Telefonica across Europe, including the O2 role in Ireland, ...

Virgin Media's SPAM-AGEDDON 'fix' silences mailboxes


Gary claimed that it had been "impossible" to get answers from VM's customer support staff. "I feel sorry for their customers who aren't receiving train tickets and other critical emails," he said. "The emails aren't even going into their spam folders ...

Virgin Media Intros 'Vivid' Broadband Upgrades


Virgin Media, the largest cable MSO in the U.K., this week introduced “Vivid” as the brand of any broadband service that offers at least 100 Mbps downstream, with a fastest tier that tops out at 200 Mbps. Under an upgrade plan, existing Virgin Media ...

WATCH: Richard Branson launches Virgin Media in Ireland and talks celebrating with Bono last night


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Phones in the classroom 'are good for children's results'


It might come as a surprise to those who think technology, even used for educational purposes, is a distraction from work. But smartphones and tablets used in the classroom could actually boost exam results by at least one grade. More than a third of ...

Branson gets geared up for UPC's rebranding as Virgin Media


Virgin group founder Richard Branson said Virgin Media has revolutionised the UK market, improving Customer Service, increasing speeds and bringing more choice to customers. He added that he was “delighted” to bring the company to Ireland. “We are ...

Virgin Media customers cut off in the South West


Virgin Media customers have taken to Twitter to complain about a breakdown in the company's Broadband and TV service this evening. Iebrjmdd_normal. Jemima Laing · @jemimalaing. The children and I have just had an actual conversation. It was quite ...

Virgin Media iPhone 6S prices announced for pre-order


Virgin Media has announced pre-order price points for the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, ahead of the phones' official streetdate of September 25th. The iPhone 6S is up for grabs from £34 per month with no upfront charge on Virgin Media's Freestyle tariff.

Virgin Media time out issues with eBay


eBay Bug We're hearing from an increasing number of Virgin Media customers that pages are timing out on eBay on a regular basis. This has apparently been occurring since Thursday last week. We are pretty sure that eBay isn't down (at least we're able ...

Why you'll love Virgin Mobile


Enjoy the freedom to upgrade to a new phone before your contract ends. We give you the freedom to upgrade to a new phone early; Your phone is on a separate plan to your minutes, texts and data; This lets you upgrade early by just paying off your phone ...

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UPC Confirms Plans to Become Virgin Media in Ireland


We are proud of the way it has revolutionised the UK market, improving Customer Service, increasing speeds and bringing more choice to our customers. Building on the strong platform in Ireland, I know we will do great things together with Liberty ...

UPC to become Virgin Media Ireland


"We are proud of the way it has revolutionised the UK market, improving Customer Service, increasing speeds and bringing more choice to our customers. Building on the strong platform in Ireland, I know we will do great things together with [UPC parent ...

Goodbye UPC, hello Virgin Media


Hopefully now their Customer Service follow up will improve, 3 complaints logged over the last 4 months and not one of them dealt with despite numerous phone calls to them telling me that the complaints were resolved, personally found service great in ...

UPC to be rebranded as Virgin Media in Ireland


“We are proud of the way it has revolutionised the UK market, improving Customer Service, increasing speeds and bringing more choice to our customers. Building on the strong platform in Ireland, I know we will do great things together with Liberty ...

Media company UPC to rebrand as Virgin Media


We are proud of the way it has revolutionised the UK market, improving Customer Service, increasing speeds and bringing more choice to our customers. "Building on the strong platform in Ireland, I know we will do great things together with Liberty ...

HomeWorks


HomeWorks is available for an additional £9.99 a month (minimum 3 month term) for all of our broadband customers. When home is your head office, you'll want to know your connection is powerful enough to keep your business and your home life running ...

ASK TONY: Virgin Media is charging me £220 to buy myself out of a contract ...


I have a TV and broadband package with Virgin Media and am halfway through my contract. I am due to move house next month and Virgin doesn't offer services at the new address. They say I have to pay £220 to buy myself out of my contract, but this doesn ...

Help! Our Virgin Media TiVo boxes are stuck in a loop! Help! Our Virgin..


Virgin Media subscribers are complaining that their TiVo set-top boxes are randomly and repeatedly restarting in what appears to be a widespread service disruption. Lots of Brits posting to the UK cableco's support forum say the TV boxes, provided by ...

Virgin Media starts its broadband-of-the-gaps fibre rollout


Virgin Media has started work connecting customers to the fibre broadband infill it announced in February. The £3bn programme significantly larger than anything planned by BT and represents a growing trend among companies to provide higher speed ...

Project Lightning: Virgin Media begins £3 billion expansion of its superfast broadband network


Virgin Media has started work on Project Lightning, the largest investment in the UK's broadband infrastructure in more than a decade. A £3 billion extension will offer superfast broadband to 4 million extra premises over the next five years, leading ...

Virgin Media Sparks 'Project Lightning' Expansion


Virgin Media, the largest cable operator in the U.K., said Manchester will be the first city to be wired for “Project Lightning,” a £3 billion (US$4.7 billion) plan that calls on the MSO to extend its broadband network to an addition 4 million premises ...

Belarusian startup in Virgin Media's top 10 projects


MINSK, 8 June (BelTA) – The project by Brest residents Artem Stavenko and Kirill Chikeyuk is one of the world's ten best startups selected by the company Virgin Media, BelTA learned from Artem Stavenko. “We have come up with a 2D technology that allows ...

Vodafone IS talking to Virgin Media daddy Liberty Global


Rumours of all kinds of talks between Liberty Global, which owns Virgin Media in the UK and Vodafone, have been rumbling for months. Vodafone's now come out and confirmed those rumours are true. Vodafone put out a release this morning saying:.

100s of Virgin Media customers hit by handset repair glitch, telco admits


Virgin Media has admitted to The Register that hundreds of its mobile customers were left without their handsets for weeks due to a "glitch" with its repair service. The company has also confessed to us that it was yet to process roughly 100 ...

Virgin Media Conducts Groundbreaking Staff Health Experiment


Top exercise Professor conducts world's longest ever sit-stand study at Virgin Media offices in Sheffield. The longest scientific experiment of its kind has begun today at Virgin Media's Sheffield contact centre. John Buckley, Professor of Applied ...

Virgin Media Extends TiVo Agreement


TiVo's big play in the U.K. is getting a boost in the form of a new, expanded deal with Virgin Media that will keep the relationships going through 2020. TiVo and Virgin Media, the U.K.'s largest cable MSO, announced Thursday that they have struck a ...

Virgin Media users hit by brodband outage


The Customer Service representatives on duty are telling users: “We have an emerging problem that we are trying to investigate and resolve ASAP. Thanks for your patience.” Although the firm has not been more specific yet, we reached out to a Virgin ...

Virgin Media Services Appear To Be Down Nation wide In The UK


Virgin Media Services Appear To Be Down Nation wide In The UK. Customer Service Has a Recorded Message Saying To Call Back Later Because they have an "Emerging Problem" ... Sunzy Solar · Brilliant Trick To Save Up To 70% On Electric BillSunzy Solar ...

Why Virgin Media is the world's worst CRM company


The more such companies blather on about their Customer Service, the more you should distrust them. Ring up Virgin about a fault and you get a load of sales rubbish, 30 or so clicks before you arrive anywhere useful. Virgin is currently running a ...

Help! Virgin Media FORGETS to renew its security certificate on contact page


Virgin Media has failed to renew its security certificate on the company's 'Contact us' page of its website. It is currently displaying an "untrusted connection" warning about the help.virginmedia.com url. Customers who attempt to contact the Liberty ...

OfCom: Virgin Media Rules UK Downstream Speeds


As the FCC gets ready to vote on new rules that could shape the future of the Internet in the U.S., Ofcom, the U.K.'s communications regulator, released a new broadband report Thursday finding that Virgin Media continues to deliver the fastest average ...

Virgin Media Broadband review (2017): The best UK broadband packages come at a price


I have had to wait for countless engineers to sort out this problem after a number of phone calls. The Customer Service is beyond poor. They get you tied in a contract then you are passed around from department to department. Disgusting and unacceptable.

Virgin Media to splurge BEELLIONS on UK network infrastructure expansion


Virgin Media temporarily pushed BT's shares down more than 2 per cent on Friday, after it announced a juicy £3bn cash injection into Britain's internet infrastructure. The cable company, which was bought by John Malone's Liberty Global roughly 18 ...

Virgin Media, Liberty Global to Place $4.6B Broadband Bet


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Virgin Media to invest £3bn in broadband infrastructure, but 'digital divide' fears persist


Virgin Media is to embark on what it claims is the largest investment in the UK's internet infrastructure for more than a decade, earmarking more than £3bn for improving the reach of fibre-optic superfast broadband. With the support of parent company ...

Virgin Media: 'Customers will bear costs of Premier League TV deal'


Virgin Media doesn't own the rights to any Premier League football matches and didn't bid in Tuesday's auction. But it does have skin in the games - many of its 3.7m television customers pay to watch BT Sport or Sky Sports on Virgin platform. Virgin ...

Virgin Media focusing on infrastructure over content with £3bn investment


Mockridge put the fall in customers leaving down to better Customer Service and a more effective network, which people value more as they watch more video via broadband: “The fundamental reason is people use their broadband services so much more.

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