Originally Posted by
BoozyDave
Virgin media were in the news last year with a similar thing. They were giving customers the 'superhub' and 60 meg broadband, and signing them up to a 2 year contract. Certain places haven't got the 60 meg, and when questioned, virgin said it was due to upgrade the service in about 18 months! Customers have been told they can't leave the contract early because 'before the contract is up, they will be getting 60 meg'!
It just shows what some companies will do to get cash out of people
VirginMedia is effectively ntl:
It had such a bad reputation that it bought Branson's name (and reputation) to give it credibility.
It had fibre optic years ago, but ran out of money and only the higher populated areas had it, yet the company still advertised the fastest and best. Those who fell for it ended up with broadband via telephone line, 1-2mb when ntl:/VM were claiming up to 20 on fibre.