Thats Virgin's broadband service . Have a friend who is thinking of using them . Any one have any up to date user info about them . Thanks .

Check out the two links below loads of info on them and others.

http://www.dslzoneuk.net/

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/

Guess who came out top in the comparison chart , sham3e they are too expensive for me friend . Looks like I'll be recomending Virgin to me friend as they are offering her a package deal that sounds pretty good and they look fairly reliable .
Any actual user comments would be helpful in making the decision . Thanks .

Virgin/NTL Good very good at the moment at least?

Lemme see, from those comparison graphs, Virgin came 5th out of 6th yet still you're going to recommend them?

Oh boy.

After saying this, I'm going to run and hide but AOL actually are pretty good.

That is, if you're not that computer/net savvy and don't mind their software. You can always minmise the AOL browser and use the browser of your choice.

Not for me, but they are at least reliable and helpline is fairly good.

Oh, and I'm with the ISP who came top on that chart. In fact, they come out top just about everywhere

Here we go, I shall say all self-righteously and kinda smug: 'You only get what you pay for'

j/k

To be fair, thats Virgin and not NTL, as Thinkbroadband still class them as separate at the mo.

I have been thinking about changing bb supplier for a few weeks now and as Be has been available in my exchange for a while now i would like to try them out. Only thing stopping me at the mo is reports of high pings.
Sadly it seems that Nildram are on a slippery slope thanks to the Pipex buy out.... Thats why i prefer 1 month contracts!

If not them then maybe Zen, Vivaciti or UKFSN

The graph below is a good indicating of whos good and whos bad at the mo.
http://www.dslzoneuk.net/isp_ratings.php

Obviously Virgin have taken over NTL/Telewest - so judging my comments on my previous use of Telewest then I would imagine they would be pretty good to be honest - although I have read a few things regarding the NTL side of things regarding reliability and customer service, that may change now.

If I still had cable in my area I would always choose it over ASDL any day

I am now in a non-cable area and my ISP is Zen - they have been absolutely top class from the moment I first phoned them to the present day. Like Flops says they are more expensive, but you get what you pay for

Virgin/NTL/Telewest all now part of the new Virgin Media Empire.
Been with Virgin for 8 years & on BB for 2.
Service OK, but the hype about getting 8MB speed was all bull!
I'm lucky to get 4MB & on average it's about 3.5MB.
All OK but service has dropped a bit recently, good deals outthere if you look.
On the whole an OK service.

Thanks everyone for the info .

I hate ntl

Have been with them 6 years and they are nothing but trouble.

I pay £25 a month for a 4mb d/l speed, but download testers say I get maximum 1800kb.

Also, branson tv has lost the rights to sky tv.

nice one.