AS PART of a megabucks programme of bridge repairs, strengthening Lytham Road’s controversial bridge is top of Blackpool Council’s priority list.
This is a continuation of my previous trials and tribulations with Virgin Media’s business arm in relation to a simple query. I spoke to a bird called Gemma at Virgin Media a month ago and based on the fact we’d been paying £100 per month too much on our contract with them for 4 or [...more]
Aug 022009
I have made a tune about my favourite company, Virgin Media. It contains 3 swear words so if you’re easily offended, don’t download it.
Jul 272009
I’ve just had the misfortune of phoning Virgin Media. Actually technically it was NTL Telewest business, but it’s all the same thing now, leasing the name from that ginger bearded attention seeker. After all my rants and raves about how I hate this company, I guess it makes me a hypocrite for having Virgin Media [...more]
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Jul 262009
More ISP madness and lobby group loving! I’ve just read on TorrentFreak that another UK ISP, Karoo, has been disconnecting users on request of third parties such as the BPI. I’d not heard of Karoo before, but it is owned and operated by Kingston Communications in the Hull area. Kingston is, if I recall, run [...more]
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Jul 102009
Success! Shares in Phorm dived 40% yesterday when BT said it wouldn’t be using their system (although they have not fully terminated their agreement with them). Phorm is a company started by people that made money by infecting your computer with spyware that now offers a similar service that you can do nothing about. At [...more]
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