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So I've had no internet at home for nearly two weeks after Virgin Media "upgraded" me for "free" to 150mbps. I have had four modems and three "Engineer" visits or technicians as they call them. Today I just got this by email.
From February next year, your bill will be going up by £4.49 a month
We know it's never nice when prices go up. That's why we're always looking to give you an even better Virgin Media experience – with faster broadband speeds for our customers and brand new Virgin Media WiFi coming in 2016.
That's around a 10% p.m. increase WTF are they completely insane?!?!!?
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10%? You're paying 40 quid a month for home broadband? No offence, but who's the insane one?
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Yes you are right, the £52 I pay each month includes £17.50 a month for the phone, I never use the land-line so I forgot to factor it in. The increase is probably nearer 5%, but its still a lot considering I currently have 0.0mbs broadband.
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You should see what it costs in the U.S.  And in most places you can't even get that kind of speed.
My long term goal is to live forever. So far, so good...
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Frank Alviani wrote: You should see what it costs in the U.S.
Well, if you will live in these third world countries! 
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I pay almost $60 for about 20mbps on a good day. I'm lucky enough to have a provider that isn't Comcast or TWC (although they're not much better). Some people in the cities pay ridiculous amounts for like 50mbps. I'm not sure 150mbps would even be considered.
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Display Name Taken wrote: I've had no internet at home for nearly two weeks
Display Name Taken wrote: I just got this by email
Pretty impressive that they can deliver email to you when you haven't got an Internet connection. Sounds well worth the extra £4.49 per month! 
Also, how did you post that message if you're off-line? Are you some sort of wizard[^]?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I do have a phone with a data connection, that's my only link with the outside world at the moment, tethered to my PC when I'm @ home. I feel like I'm in the dark ages, its amazing how much I/we rely on the internet these days.
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I used to have a phone w/Virgin Mobile.
I hate them.
Hate there patronizing and useless India Customer Service.
Hate the quality of service (last to recover from Sandy by 6 months == 300% longer)
(I hate them even more than I do Verizon)
If you've an alternative, you ought to take it.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Thanks for the reply.
I hate them too now, the thing is this is the first problem I've had in nearly 20 years, I can't help but think I'm being unreasonable and that I should give them 6 months to fix it, but then again I'm not at all confident they will, nobody seems to know what the problem actually is anyway.
I get a different answer from each person I speak to.
I asked to be put back to a lower data-rate, like the 100mbps I was on, before these problems started they refuse to do that, apparently its "very difficult" to do so.
W∴ Balboos wrote: If you've an alternative, you ought to take it.
I'm Considering this option now.
I did email their ceo, that resulted in a quick response from "a member of his department" but its actually achieved nothing either, this gent seemed to agree I'd be better off leaving Virgin Media too. 
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One item I failed to include in my first reply: there is no way to contact Virgin Mobile directly. You go through their support - who stonewall.
Can't change you back? Add "Elephanting Liars" to their resume.
Too hard? That's there problem.
Your lost service? If their like the US based version, they issue NO REFUNDS once they got your money.
I suppose, if you talk to them again, you might note that if it's too hard for them to change you back then you'll find a provider who is willing to work harder for you.
You might also link their parentage to your pet's breeding habits.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Luckily, there are still libraries in the big cities. Maybe one near you. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I'm with Virgin media too and was somewhat miffed when I got that letter.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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So this year, I am doing a competition where we are given an app concept that we must build. It's a small competition and I like to see who I am up against so I decided to do some research on past winners. To my suprise Last year's national winner (that's U.S.) was absolute crap. His app had no set color scheme, there was poor contrast between controls and backgrounds, majority of the app were UIWebViews (wtf why not just use a hybrid solution) that loaded poorly done web pages. The app was nearly 80mb in total.
But that's not all. Looking at his GitHub repo, alot of his code was copied and pasted from Appcoda.(an iOS development tutorial site) He didn't even remove the copyright in the comments -_-. The other half was written by his friend (who as far as I can tell received no recognition.
This is sad. While the competition is for high school students, this is pathetic. I may sound cocky, but I feel like I might be winning nationally this year.
i cri evry tiem
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Sounds like he's highly employable then.
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Hi James,
Wish you all the best.
Prasad P. Khandekar
Knowledge exists, man only discovers it.
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Thanks, I got till the very beginning of February, so time is making me nervous, but my team and I are doing well so far.
i cri evry tiem
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This sounds like really poor judgment on the organizers of the competitions part. 
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The guy must be a pro in bullshit-bingo 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Sounds like this is your chance to show them how it's done.
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Well, I've had to suffer through my third Win7 install in the span of two months (three different computers). This one was my laptop. It's taking an awful long time to get Windows Update to do anything. Even with a wired 1gb ethernet connection, it took FOUR HOURS before it started downloading updates (after I clicked he "download updates" button).
I'm thinking I could blame this on global warming, since Obama is blaming everything else on it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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You need more horsepower.
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I don't believe in global warming, but climate change, that is happening here in the UK right now.
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Summer holiday... 
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Sir, your mixing Obama up with Sanders 
i cri evry tiem
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