fecking Virgin media

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:04 am

Another thread slating Virgin - I seem to be getting my emails as and when they feel like delivering them - sometimes minutes after being sent to me, sometimes hours - anyone else on Virgin got the same problem?

Post by **Marty** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:06 am

Anything to do with Virgin is a crock of logger i cant stand them and i complain that much they must recognise my voice by now

empsburna · Post by **empsburna** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:14 am

it has always been the same since it was blueyonder/NTL

I've never used thr mail service. its junk.

Aquila · Post by **Aquila** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:32 am

I've had a virgin.net email for ten years and it's only started going beers-up since virgin.media came into being. I don't think that they were in a position to accommodate all the NTL/BlueYonder crap when they assimilated them.
I have a GoogleMail account now for work use from home and it is faultless - can't recommend it high enough...

MickUK · Post by **MickUK** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:46 am

its gash. always doing "maintenance" work on it, whatever the teacup thats is. great guys, I love em.

Quiche81 · Post by **Quiche81** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:21 pm

I've been having nothing but grief since christmas, random losses of connectivity
and POP timeout problems. Also had this huuuggggeee delay in in getting email problem
you're talking about.

But ! They've been faultless for the last 5 years i've had the service so im bearing
with them while they sort out these irritating issues.

Raistlin · Post by **Raistlin** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:28 pm

I'm with VM as an ISP but I wouldn't use them for e-mail.

They are diabolical.

Quiche81 · Post by **Quiche81** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:30 pm

Raistlin wrote:I'm with VM as an ISP but I wouldn't use them for e-mail.

They are diabolical.

Must be honest, i've been using my Hotmail account more these last couple of weeks, I
needed to get my taxreturn stuff back and forth and VM was taking forever !

Funkster · Post by **Funkster** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:19 pm

I too have them as an (extremely unreliable and expensive) ISP but I don't use their email service.

You might prefer to buy a domain name and get it hosted with someone reputable who will give you a pop3 mailbox - although you'll then have to change your email address, at least it won't change again in the future when you leave VM and find someone better :o)

I've used 123-reg recently and found their service to be very good. Nice big, free pop3 mail boxes when you host a domain with them. Avoid UK2.net, nothing but grief.

I'm sure others will have more recommendations of good domain hosts.

fwiw,
--
Olly

Raistlin · Post by **Raistlin** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:42 pm

Funkster wrote:You might prefer to buy a domain name and get it hosted with someone reputable who will give you a pop3 mailbox - although you'll then have to change your email address, at least it won't change again in the future when you leave VM and find someone better )

Precisely what I did.

I use servage myself.

Post by **Punx0r** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:51 pm

I've always used web-based email (hotmail or yahoo) and wouldn't have it any other way...