Comments on: Richard Branson’s Four-Play Move http://gigaom.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:58:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pete http://gigaom.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111363 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:07:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111363 as a former telewest installer giving 8 years to them virgin take over and cut costs inhouse install being part of that cost cutting now all installs are being done by contractors which we all are now and as Mr Branson is all about caring for his staff all this has cost me a 6K a year drop and killed a job i did love so thanks agian for taking the last 8 years of my life and chucking them in the bin

]]> By: Dave http://gigaom.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111362 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:32:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111362 The NTL Service in Milton Keynes is old archaic and abismal. Since taking it over from BT, NTL have done nothing to bring it forward. The lack of NTLs after sales service to its customers means that they are leaving to BSkyB Satellite in droves. This is reflected in Milton Keynes no longer enforcing the local bylaw of not allowing external dishes or aerials.

The reception is only maintained by a part-time service of technical staff who only work daytime hours up to 3 o’clock and never do any outside hours work or maintenance. The reception quality is, in the case of many areas, of poorer quality than analogue aerial reception.

If NTL had had the foresight to maintian the cable and to invest in upgrading it to fibre optic they would now have a solid customer base in Milton Keynes. But, they could probably switch it off long before 2012 because they wont have any customers watching it.

]]> By: Gil Burrows http://gigaom.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111361 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:55:23 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111361 Sir Richard,
As you are a majority shareholder of NTL you know it supplies an analogue signal to the TV Cable system in Milton Keynes. This signal is due to be turned off in by 2012. Could you let me know if and when you will upgrade the Milton Keynes TV cable system to Digital? If the answer is nothing, as aerials are mostly ineffective, we will all require satellite dishes. Is this the next Virgin Enterprise?

]]> By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Playing catch up - again http://gigaom.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111360 Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:56:27 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111360 [...] Richard Branson is into four-play. [...]

]]> By: Dinesh http://gigaom.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111359 Mon, 05 Dec 2005 18:45:46 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111359 oops (continued from before)

One of the reasons a mobile company does better with a partnership with a landline company is that the landline partner can carry and terminate a lot of the calls with better clarity and towerhopping latency reduction – now that’s quality.

Nationwide coverage becomes simpler if you have a strong landline partner for ex. – vz+ vz wireless.

The other benefit for the consumer – One bill for their services, dsl+wireless+landline is already in play pretty heavily by SBC + VZ.

Fourplay – I predict Verizon FiOS is about to hit it (bb+wireless+video+voip) — Enhanced Fourplay…

Dinesh

]]> By: Dinesh http://gigaom.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111358 Mon, 05 Dec 2005 18:35:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111358 One of the reasons a mobile company does better with a partnership with

]]> By: virginbrand.com / a virgin blog http://gigaom.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111357 Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:03:40 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111357 Virgin’s Four Play

According to reports, Virgin Mobile UK will merge with NTL, a cable company offering landline, broadband and TV services to create a communications giant worth £4.5bn with 9 million users. If the deal goes through Branson will swap his 72 per cent sta…

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111356 Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:42:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111356 hey i am proud of my perceived lewdness. anyway it was way back when i started using it, so it have become part of the lexicon. which is pretty cool.

]]> By: Raj http://gigaom.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111355 Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:40:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111355 Om – found it funny that you used “four-play” as an official term instead of quad-play or “grand slam” – the last usage I heard was from the VP of Marketing at Verizon who was kidding about seeing quad-play being addressed as four-play (foreplay)! Guess its de-facto now…

]]> By: Connected Internet News | Broadband Mobile Gaming News http://gigaom.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111354 Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:44:59 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111354 NTL/Telewest and Virgin Want To Offer Four-Play?

The Telegraph features a story today, which if true, will really shake up the UK market.  It reports that NTL/Telewest, who are currently in the midst of a merger, are due to announce tomorrow another merger with Virgin Mobile creating an entertai…

]]> By: everton http://gigaom.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111353 Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:34:29 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/03/richard-bransons-four-play-move/#comment-111353 This would be an awesome deal they could offer fixed/mobile services as well which would be cool. I wonder how they would offer 3G services though?

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