http://philtheone.com Right-leaning Blackpool blog covering South Shore, North Shore, Marton, Bispham, Cleveleys and the rest of the Fylde discussing politics, local life, tourism, national issues and the rest of the world. Lively discussions encouraged! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:36:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://philtheone.com/2012/02/crossing-of-death-bridge-repair-could-run-to-2million/ http://philtheone.com/2012/02/crossing-of-death-bridge-repair-could-run-to-2million/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:05:07 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=5790 AS PART of a megabucks programme of bridge repairs, strengthening Lytham Road's controversial bridge is top of Blackpool Council's priority list.]]> http://philtheone.com/2012/02/crossing-of-death-bridge-repair-could-run-to-2million/feed/ 16 http://philtheone.com/2009/08/longer-than-we-would-like-part-2/ http://philtheone.com/2009/08/longer-than-we-would-like-part-2/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:07:56 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=459 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]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/08/longer-than-we-would-like-part-2/feed/ 22 http://philtheone.com/2009/08/virgin/ http://philtheone.com/2009/08/virgin/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:10:50 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=266 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. You might also be interested in...Top of the PhormLonger than we would like… Part 2Longer than we would likeVive la Revolution?Branson Pickle]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/08/virgin/feed/ 2 http://philtheone.com/2009/07/longer-than-we-would-like/ http://philtheone.com/2009/07/longer-than-we-would-like/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:06:11 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=215 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]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/07/longer-than-we-would-like/feed/ 1 http://philtheone.com/2009/07/snip/ http://philtheone.com/2009/07/snip/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:24:24 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=211 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]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/07/snip/feed/ 0 http://philtheone.com/2009/07/top-of-the-phorm/ http://philtheone.com/2009/07/top-of-the-phorm/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:33:00 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=88 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]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/07/top-of-the-phorm/feed/ 0 http://philtheone.com/2009/06/branson-pickle/ http://philtheone.com/2009/06/branson-pickle/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:11:00 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=84 According to the Evening Gazette, Blackpool’s “broadband connection” is about to become “one of the best in the country”. These opening words in the article left me a bit confused. Is journalist Nick Hyde telling us that Blackpool is so behind the times that it has only one broadband connection? Or maybe, just maybe, he [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/06/branson-pickle/feed/ 9 http://philtheone.com/2009/06/vive-la-revolution/ http://philtheone.com/2009/06/vive-la-revolution/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:21:00 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=76 So, Lord Carter today will be announcing a £3billion “Digital Britain” project for delivering broadband internet to every home in the UK as well as plans for “combatting” piracy. Their benchmark for bandwidth is 2Mbit which, yes, compared to dialup is fast but compared to all broadband connections in the UK at the moment is [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/06/vive-la-revolution/feed/ 0 http://philtheone.com/2008/07/torrentalitarianism/ http://philtheone.com/2008/07/torrentalitarianism/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:30:00 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=65 Once again the upper echelons of big business appear to be pushing through their own agendas in the House of Commons. No, it’s not cash for questions or cash for peerages this time. No, following on from my last blog post, it’s the British Phonographic Industry again with its cash for laws. This self appointed, [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2008/07/torrentalitarianism/feed/ 1 http://philtheone.com/2008/07/the-falsehood-that-is-virgin-media/ http://philtheone.com/2008/07/the-falsehood-that-is-virgin-media/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:25:00 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=64 I’ve been with Virgin Media, or Blueyonder as it was for about 7 or 8 years now. We got it installed when they first dug the road up past our house to put the cable lines down, and were mightily impressed with the blazing download speed of 52k/s (0.5 megabit). Who wouldn’t be when the [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2008/07/the-falsehood-that-is-virgin-media/feed/ 0