O2/Three Merger Has Been Blocked - Page 3

Bambino · ‎10-05-2016

It's not looking promising. Meeting is today.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7958a956-15f4-11e6-9d98-00386a18e39d.html#axzz48HBZG1Ua

Edit: News as of this morning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36266924

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MI5 · ‎11-05-2016

It's because they didn't buy any of the 4g bandwidth to keep their costs down.
Owning the network would obviously give them full access.

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Bambino · ‎11-05-2016

I think you can get 4G on Virgin Mobile if you're a business customer, but I doubt it has generated much revenue for them. If Liberty Global did buy the business, I would think that it's pretty certain that the O2 logo would disappear. All of Virgin Media's support is outsourced as well, so that might not be great for customers.

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Bambino · ‎11-05-2016

It's happened. No merger.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36266924

@Toby Can this thread please be moved to the top, as it's very important for all.

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gmarkj · ‎11-05-2016

I've not used their network but do have most of the home services (TV, BB and home phone).
Generally they are pretty good. Only had one problem which was a pain, but that was due to a hardware fault that took ages to track down (a port splitter in a cabinet had failed).
Anytime I have had an issue they have been good with communicating what they are doing, and compensating for fixing - with the issue above we got almost two whole months free once it was fixed.

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MI5 · ‎11-05-2016

@Bambino wrote:
It's happened. No merger.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36266924

@Toby Can this thread please be moved to the top, as it's very important for all.

As expected, sadly....

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Anonymous · ‎11-05-2016

I have to stick up for Virgin customer service, I called them several times and right up until I ported out there was never a problem (porting was a nightmare), but the staff themselves were helpful and competent, although they all sounded vaguely american.

Bambino · ‎11-05-2016

@Anonymous Virgin's call centres are based in the Philippines, which would probably explain the vague American accents.

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Anonymous · ‎11-05-2016

I had figured something like that, ringing them always made me think of a scene in Slumdog Millionaire, where they are teaching people how to speak with english accents and what happened onEastEnders, you just knew it wasnt natural.

Cleoriff · ‎11-05-2016

@Bambino wrote:
It's happened. No merger.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36266924

@Toby Can this thread please be moved to the top, as it's very important for all.

Quite sad about this really...:smileysad:

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Anonymous · ‎11-05-2016

HWL are considering a legal challenge, so I doubt we've heard the last of this saga.

The fat lady may be clearing her throat, but it ain't over till it's over