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Virgin.net Cuts Unmetered Internet Prices
News While rival Internet Service Providers are raising the monthly subscription of their unmetered Internet access packages, Virgin.net is planning to cut the cost of its package. Virgin.net is lowering the price of its unmetered Internet access...
[April 22, 2002, 17:37]
Update: Virgin.net Closes In On Surrey Hacker
News It has been revealed that the investigation into Virgin.net's security problems are being handled by the Surrey police. Virgin.net has no offices in Surrey. Asked if Virgin.net is confident it will prosecute someone soon over the security scare, a...
[January 12, 2000, 10:56]
Virgin.net Calls Police Over Security Breach
News The police have been called in to assist Internet service provider Virgin.net following Sunday's "security breach," that forced the company to close all its email accounts and prevented thousands of users getting online.
[January 11, 2000, 12:05]
Virgin Takes Axe To Broadband Start-up Cost
News Virgin.net announced on Monday that it is cutting the start-up cost of upgrading to broadband by £20. Virgin.net is also continuing to waive the broadband activation fee, even though BT Wholesale's half-price offer on this £50 charge recently ended.
[April 29, 2003, 10:35]
A Year Ago: Virgin Shuts Down All Email After Hacking Scare
News Ask Virgin.net's customers. A hacking scare at Virgin.net Sunday forced the company to close all email accounts and some customers were also hit with restricted Internet access. A statement within the customer services section of the Virgin.net Web...
[January 10, 2001, 6:05]
Virgin Shuts Down All Email After Hacking Scare
News A hacking scare at Virgin.net Sunday forced the company to close all email accounts and some customers were also hit with restricted Internet access. A statement within the customer services section of the Virgin.net Web site -- buried three pages...
[January 10, 2000, 16:42]
Industry Says ISPs Must Adapt Or Die
News David Clarke, managing director Virgin.Net The average bill for a Virgin.Net customer is about £20/month (compared with @Home's estimate of between £30 - £40/month) and that includes telephone costs and I'd expect that to be around the same price...
[May 29, 1998, 16:15]
Connecting With Customers Using .NET
White Papers Virgin.com was quick to see the potential of Passport Services, a key component of Microsoft’s .NET initiative which enables companies to provide superior customer service by connecting with customers, wherever they might be and through whatever...
[December 7, 2003, 23:00]
AOL Filter Prevents Anonymous Email
Talkback I use Virgin.net and my brother uses AOL.com. AOL are not only filtering 'anonymous' email, but blocking perfectly legitimate mail also. I tried sending a message to him about a job vacancy detailed on www.planetrecruit.com, to which we both...
[January 23, 2004, 12:15]
Screaming Net: Localtel Who?
News While a Virgin Net spokeswoman admitted the screaming.net service sounded attractive, she was sceptical people would be happy about changing their telco: "That would be akin to changing your bank and is sure to put people off," she said.
[May 4, 1999, 8:22]
Entertainment Retailer Expects Store Data Analysis To Increase Sales By $1.8 Million
White Papers Virgin Entertainment Group operates Virgin Megastores, one of the largest entertainment media retail specialty chains in the United States. Virgin wanted to increase the effectiveness of its store managers and product buyers by giving them flexible...
[July 3, 2007, 1:00]
Virgin Cuts Broadband Prices
News Virgin.net is now offering users broadband internet access for £24.99 and is promising to waive installation costs, normally £39.99, until 31 March. Many ISPs, have come forward in the past week and announced price cuts - with all of them offering...
[January 16, 2003, 15:40]
Hackers: This Week's Cyber-crime Round-up
News Virgin.net calls police over security breach Virgin.net not only called the police but even mailed out individual letters of apology to customers after email and dial-up access was disrupted. Evidence of organised criminal computer hacking is...
[January 12, 2000, 16:04]
Small ISPs Being Forced Into Niche Services
News In fact, as Telewest, NTL and Virgin.net (at number nine) are effectively one company, the market’s dominance by big players is even more pronounced than the figures initially suggest. Consolidation among large Internet service providers (ISPs) has...
[June 30, 2006, 16:05]
Free Broadband Causes Satisfaction Free-fall
News The top spot went to Virgin.net with 85 percent satisfaction, and BT managed the only rise in customer satisfaction, up one percentage point. The advent of "free broadband" has caused customer satisfaction levels to plummet by up to 16 percent in...
[November 14, 2006, 9:23]
Telewest Broadband Trial Undercuts Dial-up
News This is the same price as Virgin.net charges for its unmetered 56kbps Internet package and is £2.50 per month cheaper than unmetered 56kbps services from AOL and BTopenworld. New subscribers to Telewest's broadband package will, for a limited...
[April 30, 2002, 12:48]
A Year Ago: BT Launches London DSL Trials
News The services cost between £165 and £420 per line per month, with the Internet services being provided through third-party ISPs: currently, these include Virgin.net, i-way and BT Interactive. BT has announced the immediate start of its long-awaited...
[October 14, 1999, 7:00]
Gambling Sites Beat The Dot-com Downturn
News One site, Grab.com, moved from the 25th most popular UK entertainment Web site to the third most popular, behind Virgin.net and WindowsMedia, during the month of December. Internet gambling is one trade that is booming despite the current...
[January 18, 2001, 13:43]
Virus Hits Windows-based Cashpoints
Talkback Another example is the "Virgin Fasttrack" machines. Has anyone else noticed that "Windows .NET" based automatic machines in general always seem to be broken? At Birmingham New Street station, it seems every 2nd day trying to use these machines ends...
[December 9, 2003, 14:03]
BT And NTL Get Wooden Spoon For Customer Satisfaction
News Virgin.net 87 percent How much do you love your ISP? If you're a customer of BT or NTL, you're most likely to be suffering from a lack of warm and fuzzy feelings towards your provider. A study by utilities comparison site uSwitch.com, which...
[May 5, 2006, 15:55]
