While attempting to create some additional Virgin Media email accounts with my new cable-internet set up (and this time succeeding), I noticed that the company had sent me a welcome-aboard email.
Sweeties, aren't they?
This is what it said - and you may notice one daft error in the first par (I've
highlighted it, just in case):
Hi there,
Say hello to your new, no-nonsense Dial-up internet service from Virgin Media.
Now that you're with us, you.re going to get a whole lot more from the internet. Here's a quick taster of what's in store:
15 email addresses - enough for you and the whole family
Webmail - access your email from anywhere in the world
55MB of web space - so you can have your very own website
The best of online entertainment at www.virginmedia.com
Need a hand? There's loads we can do to help you out online, including:
Account management tools - to help you with things like setting up new email addresses.
Up to the minute service status information
Helpful advice so that you can get the very best from your service To find out more ,just log on to www.virginmedia.com/help
We make staying safe online easier than anyone. Here are a few of the things we can give you to help out.
Free personal firewall
Free Anti-Virus software
Helpful tips and advice on protecting your computer
To learn more, log on to www.virginmedia.com/security
And don't forget, once you're up and running, there's loads of great things you can do with your internet service - from starting your very own website to finding the best bargains on the web - it's all ready and waiting for you on our big, shiny homepage, www.virginmedia.com
Enjoy.
Kind regards,
The Virgin Media Team
Oh and I've realised I forgot to mention something that puts my earlier comment about the mess made by the installers into a sensible context - when they appeared at the front door, they made great play of putting on elasticated plastic over-shoes, so as not to mess the place up as they went in and out!
Stupidly, what I didn't think to do was see if, in fact, they removed them whenever they left the house and put them back on before coming back in but at the back of my mind (and I absolutely wouldn't swear to this), I don't think they did.
So, I'd be keen for others to tell me whether or not their fitters did actually put 'em on/take 'em off/put 'em on as they should have done - or whether they just left them on all the while.