If you live in the US, it seems that Virgin Mobile wants you to associate its brand with rape sudden surprises -- or at least that's the message the ad team is pushing. As part of its advent-calendar style of an ad a day (what was wrong with chocolate?), Virgin Mobile US pushed out the above ad, which it later described as an "ill-advised move". That's the understatement of the year. Read More >>
After that little leak we saw this morning from EE, Virgin's gone ahead and officially announced a partnership with both EE, including Orange and T-mobile customers, and Vodafone, as well as pay as you go plans starting at £2-per-day from next year, for its London Tube Wi-Fi network. Read More >>
The official EE account tweeted out, and then immediately removed said tweet, that EE customers were going to be able to grab free Wi-Fi on the London Underground in 2013, presumably using Virgin's tube station network. Looks like the free surfing's going to continue, if you're luckily on the right phone network that is. Read More >>
Many customers have found that the promised Usain Bolt-like performance of Virgin broadband has actually been distinctly James Corden-like in the real world. Over the last few weeks, some customers have been complaining that a crippled network has allegedly rendered browsing stalwarts such as streaming 240p video on YouTube an impossible, stuttering mess. Read More >>
Featured comment by PrinterElf:
"HDDs are faster than your 120Mb/s connection, and they're faster than you need to be able to stream the data to play it back again, so where's the iss..." More »
Virgin Media has announced a new converged mobile calling plan it's calling SmartCall, a system designed to let you use your land line calling allowance on your smartphone through an app and any Wi-Fi connection you can borrow or steal. Read More >>
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"I'm a Virgin home phone and broadband customer, both on XL tariffs. I've been waiting for them to offer a more competitive price on the Note 2, it's ..." More »
Despite rumours to the contrary, Virgin's extended its free Tube Wi-Fi network access through till the end of the year, despite the "Summer of Sport" being done and dusted months ago. The interesting thing is you might get it bundled in for free your home broadband too, even if you're not with Virgin, next year. Read More >>
Featured comment by TheHealthyEconomist:
"Sky have already promised their own Tube station access. Maybe it was promised on the back of this deal, in which case it was cheeky of them to sell t..." More »
Good news for those with Virgin's blazing 100Mbit broadband; after doubling everyone's speed for free, meaning 50Mbiters already got upgraded to 100Mbps, the cable company has just started bumping you all up to 120Mbit, and you don't have to spend a penny to get it, either. Read More >>
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"I see your point but the majority of people would stil wind up talking in fractions all the time. Plus whoever changed first would lose all their cust..." More »
The government's bizarre decision to take the West Coast Main Line train franchise away from Virgin Trains, which infuriated boss Richard Branson no end, has fallen apart in spectacular fashion, with the whole transfer now cancelled amid claims of mass incompetence. Read More >>
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"University of Lancaster. The university of cumbria is a strange place, they have a campus in Lancaster as well as a campus in Penrith, cumbria." More »
In an interview with a US news station, Richard Branson has revealed this he'll be taking his kids up with him when the first Virgin Galactic edge-of-space planes start running next year -- but a mission to Mars is his new ultimate fantasy. Read More >>
We've seen what Microsoft, and others like Corning, think the future will look like, but it's always been modelled on the US. What about good ol'Blighty? What will future Britain look like? It'll be full of virtual screens, I, Robot-like cars, and nagging technology that tells you what to do, apparently. Read More >>
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"It's just a joke buddy, in response to what I assumed was a joke from you about my ex. Anyway, when can we buy the floating hologram? Or have Samsun..." More »
Had your fill of the free Tube Wi-Fi yet? If not you better get down there, pronto. Virgin's always said it'll only be free until the end of the "summer of sport", which has kind of been and gone now. In fact, come October, things are going to change. Read More >>
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"I loved it! I used it every single day. Very handy while waiting for your train on the platform or even when your train is held up mid-station. Manage..." More »
The iPhone 5 is coming! But is that REALLY a cause for celebration? What if you've let your mobile contract expire in readiness to pick up the new Apple model and now you're feeling underwhelmed? Read More >>
Featured comment by Glenbot3000:
"I really badly want one of those IPS screens, but I don't have that sorta cash coming in for a while and my computer is still sans case... bad times." More »
I was going through a whole lot of awesome cockpit photos yesterday when I stumbled upon this image, the most impressive of them all. It looked more like the interior of a secret Imperial fighter from Star Wars than a machine made on Earth. Read More >>
The mobile data wars are starting to hot up in the run up to 4G in the UK. Virgin, after spitting out some cheap, "all you can eat" plans, has just launched new SIM-only contracts with unlimited data from £12 a month. Read More >>
Virgin boss Richard Branson has taken to doing a bit of angry blogging, launching an attack on the government for handing Virgin's prize West Coast Main Line train franchise to rival operator FirstGroup. Read More >>
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"Good Lord I said "there's". Before anyone picks me up on it, it is Sunday evening, it has been a gorgeous day, and I've been inside studying tax since..." More »
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