StigVillan Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 My brother is fed up of Sky. He reckons their service is terrible and the broadband is a joke. He wants Virgin, but the infrastructure isn't there even though he lives on a new estate. He was considering if a petition to get them involved would be worth a shot? Anyone know of anything similar working? Who would he have to go through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted October 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2013 Dunno about the inner workings of the UK but here it would be a chance of about **** all of getting something from a petition. Only $$$ work. If you get a certain amount of people together to pledge to use them on a certain site and pay a rather hefty amount for the installation, maybe! That said, the DSL coverage is pretty good, even out in the sticks. You'll find it hard not to get 8mbit regardless of location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StigVillan Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 My brother is lucky to get 1mb at the moment. I've seen that with my own eyes. Awful provision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lions_Roar Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 I think there's a form on their site which can be completed. They will need to get a certain percentage of the estate to sign up to make it worth their while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 (edited) I'm toying with the idea too. I live in a new build and it's one of a cluster of about sixteen houses which don't have cable connected. It's not on a new estate though, it's a ten year old house on a hundred year old street (the cluster of houses stand on the site of an old factory) and everywhere surrounding is had cable laid by NTL in the late 1990s. Edited October 17, 2013 by The_Rev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nath182 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 I'm in the same situation, brand new estate but they wouldn't install cable for whatever reason. I'm with Sky but think that their broadband is actually quite reasonable compared to other providers I've had the misfortune of using before (especially BT). Anyway, I reckon it's worth a shot but wouldn't be surprised if nothing comes of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted October 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2013 Have you checked to see if BT are rolling out Fibre in the area? You can put your post-code in here http://fttc-check.alc.im/ and it will check to see if you can get FTTC. Alternatively, you can check BT's website. I have no problems with BT's FTTC.... pretty damn good service really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 That said, the DSL coverage is pretty good, even out in the sticks. You'll find it hard not to get 8mbit regardless of location. I get less than 1mb here in Fradley BT have also said there is very little chance of fibre coming any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Bet you cant wait for 4G then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Unfortunately mobile signal is also pants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 4G might change that though, it travels further from every cell tower and penetrates buildings better so relatively rural areas should see a big improvement over 3G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) That said, the DSL coverage is pretty good, even out in the sticks. You'll find it hard not to get 8mbit regardless of location. I get less than 1mb here in Fradley BT have also said there is very little chance of fibre coming any time soon. I feel your pain. I had to put up with Fradley broadband for years, I used to get 0.5mb. I now live in Lichfield and have 60mb virgin cable. Edited October 25, 2013 by AndyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I live in a house of 4 students and we signed up for their student package in mid-september. Said they'd install on the 3rd October, got there and said they'd have to come back on the 23rd to drill or some shit. Got to the 23rd and they didn't turn up so we called and they then informed us that the service wasn't available in our area. No phone call, nothing. I live in **** London and it's not available? Richard Branson can go **** himself the **** word removed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp_villa830 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Branson sold the Virgin TV/Broadband company did he not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 He is still a minority shareholder I think, he certainly appeared prominently in their advertising campaign last year with Usain Bolt and Mo Farah. Branson makes keeping the name "Virgin" for a period of time (20-30 years) part of the terms of the sale of most of his companies though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDon Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) Branson sold the Virgin TV/Broadband company did he not?He's never owned it. It's still very much the old ntl guys who run it (until berkett steps aside as part of the recent takeover). They just bought the rights to use the virgin brand. Branson has never had a say in how the company is ran, he's just paid by them so they can run it under his banner. Edited November 4, 2013 by TheDon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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