| Virgin Media is just still NTL, except they have Virgin branding. Mr Branson got a 17.5% share in NTL in exchange for Virgin Mobile, plus £9M a year to Virgin for using the brand.
I do wonder why people seem to have come to the conclusion that its Virgin now so things will get better. Its far more likely that Mr Branson will just be sitting there, laughing all the way to the bank with£175k per week being deposited into his bank account for the use of the name.
Oh also the name has been sold for 30 years to NTL so thats a mere £270 million pounds to Mr Branson, just for a name!
Just to clarify the NTL and Sky comparison, afaik NTL engineers are employed by NTL, Sky engineers are all sub-contractors. So the subbies are liable themselves for all the mistakes they make, where as the NTL engineers aren't liable for squat, its their employers that foot the bill. I've got 2 NTL 'points' in my house, both are an absolute mess, still got brick dust falling on the floor from the one in my bedroom thats after 8 years. The Sky install we had years ago on the other hand was completely and still is very neatly done.
Tom Scott,
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