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Post by Dstock7080 on Mar 14, 2012 17:53:33 GMT
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Post by Deep Level on Mar 14, 2012 19:21:31 GMT
Damn, I was hoping it will go to BT as part of their BT Openzone of which I have unlimited access to.
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Post by trt on Mar 14, 2012 19:23:26 GMT
As a VM customer, I'm happy!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2012 21:34:39 GMT
I often worry at the seeming inability of some to go without communication be it phone, text, e-mail or web for more than a few minutes. It borders on addiction.
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Post by Deep Level on Mar 14, 2012 21:56:18 GMT
I can see it already: "oh we're in a station, update Facebook Status as quick as possible".
I just don't get it, either do the whole network or not at all.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2012 22:20:53 GMT
I often worry at the seeming inability of some to go without communication be it phone, text, e-mail or web for more than a few minutes. It borders on addiction. I'm with WK on this. Before long people will be using Skype or one of the other VOIP phone systems, and conversations will be dominated by passengers wearing headphones shouting "I'M ON THE TUBE" |
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Post by citysig on Mar 14, 2012 22:31:02 GMT
Well, as someone who has experienced my Virgin TV box crashing inexplicably last night during 2 recordings, my Virgin Broadband modem crashing inexplicably this morning for an hour, and my Virgin Mobile reception being, well, dire for the large majority of time I'm south of Potters Bar, well done Virgin for winning the contract.
Ok, to be fair, the crashes are relatively infrequent - I'm avoiding the word "rare". But my mobile coverage is something I am ridiculed for in my office. I am the one who chose one of the "budget" networks (at the time) and is now paying for it - having to lean out of the office window to try and send a text.
I'm waiting to see what "Richard Branson" in the current TV ads is going to really do for me, and based on today's announcement, it better be good...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2012 22:48:46 GMT
Metcontrol. Off topic but relevant, if you are experiencing this level of problem with a virgin phone you are either very unlucky or in an area of generally poor coverage. Since the merger of T-Mobile and Orange (to form Everything Everywhere) your phone should switch seamlessly between the two networks to give more theoretical service than VF, O2 or 3. Make sure you have not locked your handset to one network only, otherwise call Virgin.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2012 22:49:26 GMT
This is just sad. Even without wi-fi and no signal underground you have to contend with brain-dead drones dordling around on their notverysmartphones, not paying the tiniest ounce of attention to the outside world, especially in the peaks. This will just make things worse...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2012 22:54:09 GMT
Excellent idea. Bearing in mind we got along fine without it for the past hundred or so years can anyone give me one good reason why wi-fi is deemed so necessary on the underground? |
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Post by trt on Mar 14, 2012 23:52:17 GMT
Because then you can look up the tube status on your iPod/iPhone/Android. No need then for DMIs or CSAs!
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Post by Deep Level on Mar 15, 2012 3:06:15 GMT
I'm waiting to see how Usain Bolt is going to advertise this one, perhaps running down Charing Cross Jubilee or something ;D.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2012 7:03:14 GMT
Because then you can look up the tube status on your iPod/iPhone/Android. No need then for DMIs or CSAs! Are you suggesting redundancies?  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2012 7:53:19 GMT
The view of this seems to be 'Oh, back in my day' etc - while this isn't always a bad thing, perhaps we should look at this as a step forward. Lets say you're on a deep level platform and someone jumps in front of a train at the station ahead. You can plan a new route, email your boss to say "May be late for the meeting" and so on. 'They cold use the tube map!' I hear you cry - but the sad truth is, a lot of people rely on route planners (my app is very useful) and maps don't tell you about other disruption, whether the bus is quicker etc. Do you really think everyone will pay for more than basic travel information access after the free period is over? I doubt it.
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Post by trt on Mar 15, 2012 11:42:40 GMT
So long as they can sort out auto-connect better than The Cloud. Currently with The Cloud you have to type in passwords and usernames (except Phones 4U customers) on a web page that comes up as a result of DNS redirection, meaning the whole process takes several minutes. This means you have to get your device out in public (mugging/snatch risk), reveal your password to shoulder surfers etc. If the whole connect and verify process can take under 15 seconds, then you could, just, pick up your emails as you go through a station.
Also, the correlation of WiFi hardware addresses with GPS data might break unless there is some mechanism for manually entering the geo-location data, which means that a geo-logging service, like Track My iPhone or the security services, could follow you within a station. There is also the possiblity it could be used for terrorist activity, but there are enough other ways to achieve that kind of disruption.
@whistlekiller. Only with my tongue firmly in my cheek.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2012 16:45:53 GMT
Great so now underground you will have people twitting and falling under a train, followed by the usual HELLO IT'S ME I'VE JUST COME OUT THE TUNNEL I'LL BE THERE SOON  Mobile phones are by far one of the worst things ever invented! |
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Post by citysig on Mar 16, 2012 23:38:57 GMT
Metcontrol. Off topic but relevant, if you are experiencing this level of problem with a virgin phone you are either very unlucky or in an area of generally poor coverage. Since the merger of T-Mobile and Orange (to form Everything Everywhere) your phone should switch seamlessly between the two networks to give more theoretical service than VF, O2 or 3. Make sure you have not locked your handset to one network only, otherwise call Virgin. ;D ;D ;D Tell me you work for Virgin, and I can grill you like many do to us staff members on here, and forever use you as an example of a company trying but not succeeding ;D ;D Apparently, my area is not "poor coverage" and nor is the regular commute from my town to London (tunnels excepted). My phone can also utilise the "alternative" network resources that are meant to be at my disposal, and for the first week some improvement was found. The wife is also on Virgin, and whilst she generally gets a slightly better reception (I have a nokia, she a blackberry) her service does not always afford her some of the promised blackberry services (don't ask me which ones - I've never had a blackberry). There are a couple of other billing anomalies, but they are another story altogether. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2012 23:56:49 GMT
;D ;D ;D Tell me you work for Virgin... No, merely going by my own experience as a Virgin Mobile customer. |
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Post by plasmid on Mar 18, 2012 0:47:54 GMT
I've been a VM Mobile customer for 12 years and I haven't had a single issue. I've also had their broadband services for 3 years and it's been a pleasure.
So what happened 2 months ago? OH NOES! 10 minutes of disruption to the UK broadband service and angry idiots flock to Twitter to vent some distress. Wow...what the hell were these people like 10 years ago with 56k modems or no Internet? These people are spoilt like people in my office, they get new computers which are faster and when there is a slight disruption to the service it's the end of the world.
Back on topic and I am glad Virgin Media have won the contract, they'll be advertising 100mb broadband and hold on a sec...I'll actually get 100mb broadband! BT said to the BBC a few months ago when Virgin Media announced the doubling of speeds that they were playing catch up...wait, what? How does that work BT when you currently offer slower broadband speeds and use copper wire? Oh you mean you used "futuresight". Well when 2015 rolls around the corner then your comments will become true, otherwise null, void, fail.
At least TFL will be getting a reliable internet service with broadband speeds they paid for.
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Post by mcmaddog on Mar 18, 2012 9:22:29 GMT
I work in IT and Virgin Media have an awesome reputation amongst my colleagues. In my last house their service was beyond reproach and I'm sad now that my new house cannot have cable. ADSL modem reboots are unfortunately all too familiar now.
Well done VM. Well deserved.
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Post by trt on Mar 18, 2012 11:48:21 GMT
I'll second mcmaddog. I'm an IT person too, and if for some reason the internet goes down at my flat, I have it set up to show as a fault on my management console. It's only done that six times in the last four years - three of those were general power cuts, twice I logged into Virgin Media and rebooted the modem remotely using their diagnostic page and the last failure was a network wide outage. Now I reckon that's pretty good for a single point of connection costing around a tenner a month. I've had Sky, Tiscali and Bulldog at my old place, and they would go down once a month at least, sometimes it was off for days. Not only that, but I get 10Mb/s on Virgin (which is all I need) and it is consistently 10Mb/s, apart from a 3 month spat shortly after it was installed where we were getting 3Mb/s due to someone else in our block illegally interfering with their equipment. They sorted that out quickly too as soon as they'd locked onto who it was.
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Post by redsetter on Mar 23, 2012 23:04:01 GMT
after all the warnings to hide valuables',now they are trying to encourage open use.
i don't know about anyone else but i wouldn't use anything of value visible on the tube or bus in london.your chances of being a victim of crime rise substantially.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Mar 26, 2012 17:09:52 GMT
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Post by antharro on Apr 23, 2012 13:24:04 GMT
Metcontrol. Off topic but relevant, if you are experiencing this level of problem with a virgin phone you are either very unlucky or in an area of generally poor coverage. Since the merger of T-Mobile and Orange (to form Everything Everywhere) your phone should switch seamlessly between the two networks to give more theoretical service than VF, O2 or 3. Make sure you have not locked your handset to one network only, otherwise call Virgin. In theory, yes. But as I've found, Orange/T-Mobile have been closing down masts in areas where they have excess capacity. As we found out at work, where the "work" phones are all on Orange. Maximum signal but network busy all the time as the cell tower was oversubscribed. |
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