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Virgin Media 'cluster failure' caused email problems
Blog Virgin Media customers were hit by email problems between Monday and Wednesday, due to a 'cluster failure' on the ISP's Blueyonder platform. Virgin Media said in April that it would migrate its customers over to Google Mail.
[August 28, 2009, 12:56]
Virgin Media to monitor traffic for file-sharing
News Virgin Media is to monitor its customers' data packets in an effort to gauge the level of unlawful file-sharing on its networks. A Virgin Media spokesperson told ZDNet UK on Thursday that customers would not be asked for consent before the trial...
[November 26, 2009, 14:14]
Virgin Media Freedom Netbook
Blog For the last couple of weeks I’ve been using the Virgin Media Freedom Netbook. I’m not sure whether Virgin Media thinks anyone will enjoy using the bright red, heavily branded neoprene slipcase, or will make any use at all of the range of stickers...
[October 23, 2009, 10:34]
Virgin Media unlimited broadband on 5GB a week
Talkback Virgin media, I am contracting with for £ 17.99 a month restricted my broadband usage as a penalty to 5GB usage a week. Virgin Media should think if in the 21 century on should try to educate people by penalizing user like they did it in my case.
[October 5, 2008, 23:44]
Virgin Media to cut 2,200 jobs
News Virgin Media is to shed 2,200 jobs as part of the ongoing restructuring of various parts of the communications company's business. Virgin Media provides broadband, cable TV, mobile phone and landline phone services.
[November 11, 2008, 15:17]
IPL Case Study - ntl: (Virgin Media)
White Papers ntl:, now part of Virgin Media, was the UK's leading supplier of bundled services to residential customers. These included a range of digital and analogue cable television, broadband internet and telephone services.
[July 18, 2008, 1:01]
Virgin Media loses 3,000 customers' details on CD
News Virgin Media has lost a CD containing 3,000 customers' unencrypted personal and banking details, it has emerged. According to a spokesperson for the telecommunications company, the incident occurred on 29 May as part of a "data-reconciliation...
[June 25, 2008, 14:36]
Virgin Media to raise fibre-network capacity fourfold
News As web users' thirst for bandwidth soars, cable broadband purveyor Virgin Media is looking to squeeze four times the capacity out of its optical network, but without the expense of ripping out and upgrading its fibre.
[May 12, 2008, 9:46]
Virgin Media Freedom Netbook
Blog Comment PR blunder rather than Virgin Media blunder. JW - Mobile broadband is via a dongle rather than internal slot. I didn't get the dongle, but it is usually supplied with the netbook. As to the source, I am sure it is a third party's machine but not...
[October 23, 2009, 17:19]
TalkTalk and Virgin Media still evaluating Phorm
Blog Service providers TalkTalk and Virgin Media are continuing to evaluate Phorm's ad-serving technology. Virgin Media also told ZDNet UK that it is still evaluating the technology, which has drawn criticism from BT customers and privacy campaigners...
[July 6, 2009, 17:36]
Virgin Media Freedom Netbook
Blog Comment Ah, ok thanks, I misunderstood - so the dongle would be included for an ordinary customer, they just failed to send one along with your evaluation unit. That makes much more sense. Anyway, thanks again for the review, it was interesting reading...
[October 23, 2009, 19:30]
Virgin Media Freedom Netbook
Blog Comment Perhaps Virgin thinks that customers who are going to get this netbook for "free" won't expect too much. The mobile-carrier-branded netbooks are generally someone else's product that has simply been relabeled.
[October 23, 2009, 15:17]
TalkTalk and Virgin Media still evaluating Phorm
Blog Comment & I see that TalkTalk have dropped out now, leaving Virgin the only contenders.a further 13% drop on Phorm's share-prices, wonder if they really have any chance of survival now.
[July 8, 2009, 13:01]
TalkTalk and Virgin Media still evaluating Phorm
Blog Comment Hi Azonei, You're right, Phorm made an announcement to the markets this morning that TalkTalk had terminated its agreement with Phorm, which led to another fall in share price. However, BT still has a commercial agreement with Phorm, and was very...
[July 8, 2009, 17:43]
Virgin broadband back after outage
News Virgin Media's broadband service is operational again following a national outage on Monday evening. Virgin Media was created by the merging of the two original cable operators — NTL and Telewest — and the mobile virtual network operator Virgin...
[December 19, 2007, 10:45]
Virgin considering filesharer suspensions
Blog Virgin Media could start suspending persistent filesharers on a temporary basis, using information provided to it by the Universal record company. In parallel, the two companies will be working together to protect Universal Music's intellectual...
[June 15, 2009, 13:22]
Virgin to migrate customers onto Google Mail
News Virgin Media is to move all its home broadband customers onto the Google Mail platform, the company said on Wednesday. While the customers will be moved off Virgin Media's existing email platform, they will be able to retain their existing email...
[April 15, 2009, 15:10]
Virgin starts 200Mbps broadband trials
News Virgin Media are shaking up the UK broadband market. Cable broadband purveyor Virgin At the end of last year, Virgin launched its current fastest 50Mbps service — still the fastest consumer broadband service available in the UK.
[May 11, 2009, 9:35]
Virgin launches 50Mbps broadband service
News Virgin Media has finally launched its long-anticipated '50Mbps' cable broadband service, but analysts have warned that the headline speed may not be attainable for very long. Virgin Media's spokesperson told ZDNet UK that the 50Mbps service would...
[December 15, 2008, 13:57]
Virgin Radio may go worldwide with Ericsson
News Media mogul Chris Evans' latest scheme to usurp Rupert Murdoch as media king is to transmit Virgin Radio all over the globe. Despite losing the first London digital radio license to Capital this week, Virgin said it will begin national digital...
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