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Cable News · 16-09-09, 11:30 AM

It seems that all was not well with the Virgin Media broadband network over a period of days according to the register.co.uk, with Leeds in the North East of the UK suffering from connection problems with the broadband, TV and phone service.The problems started over the weekend and it seems that they were not restricted [...]

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G77 · 16-09-09, 03:17 PM

heh, cool. there obv trying some more stuff out in leeds.

maybe they choose leeds because thats where they have the most engineers?

rawsy · 16-09-09, 06:33 PM

a building site severed some of the fibers close to the head end in seacroft. a mate of mine had to replace 2000meters of cable to fix it

G77 · 16-09-09, 08:52 PM

i hope they had liability insurance, lol

MorriSoft · 16-09-09, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by G77

i hope they had liability insurance, lol

Lmfao, I cringe at the size of that repair bill

AciidSn3ak3r · 16-09-09, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by rawsy

a building site severed some of the fibers close to the head end in seacroft. a mate of mine had to replace 2000meters of cable to fix it

Im not that far away from the seacroft headend and i havn't had any problems connecting or watching anything.

earthworm · 16-09-09, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by AciidSn3ak3r

Im not that far away from the seacroft headend and i havn't had any problems connecting or watching anything.

im about 3 miles from seacroft and i didn't experience any problems either.maybe was just restricted to the locality and towards the other direction away from seacroft?

rawsy · 17-09-09, 08:23 PM

well i dont have a map of the virmin network ( so cant say if that fiber leads to your house) but as the story above said there was an outage and all i know was it was near the buiding site at th wmc

16-09-09, 11:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
Cable News Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 271 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Virgin Media customers in Leeds hit with problems It seems that all was not well with the Virgin Media broadband network over a period of days according to the register.co.uk, with Leeds in the North East of the UK suffering from connection problems with the broadband, TV and phone service.The problems started over the weekend and it seems that they were not restricted [...] More: Virgin Media customers in Leeds hit with problems

16-09-09, 03:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
G77 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,118 Thanks: 695 Thanked 1,250 Times in 1,044 Posts	Re: Virgin Media customers in Leeds hit with problems heh, cool. there obv trying some more stuff out in leeds. maybe they choose leeds because thats where they have the most engineers? __________________ 1M Motorised Dish, 45W-36E, DM800HD. Quad LNB Mesh Mini Dish, 28.2E, DM500, TM500. Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 XXJVU & CF-Root.

16-09-09, 06:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
rawsy The Great Cornholio Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 639 Thanks: 32 Thanked 129 Times in 122 Posts	Re: Virgin Media customers in Leeds hit with problems a building site severed some of the fibers close to the head end in seacroft. a mate of mine had to replace 2000meters of cable to fix it __________________ a little THANKS goes a long way

16-09-09, 08:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
G77 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,118 Thanks: 695 Thanked 1,250 Times in 1,044 Posts	Re: Virgin Media customers in Leeds hit with problems i hope they had liability insurance, lol __________________ 1M Motorised Dish, 45W-36E, DM800HD. Quad LNB Mesh Mini Dish, 28.2E, DM500, TM500. Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 XXJVU & CF-Root.

17-09-09, 08:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
rawsy The Great Cornholio Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 639 Thanks: 32 Thanked 129 Times in 122 Posts	Re: Virgin Media customers in Leeds hit with problems well i dont have a map of the virmin network ( so cant say if that fiber leads to your house) but as the story above said there was an outage and all i know was it was near the buiding site at th wmc __________________ a little THANKS goes a long way

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