Virgin.net
Virgin.net was an Internet service provider (ISP) operating in the United Kingdom. It launched in November 1996. Once a joint venture between NTL and the Virgin Group, the ISP became wholly owned by NTL in 2004.[1]
It sold a range of ADSL broadband packages through BT landlines to those living outside areas served by NTL's cable television network. Virgin.net broadband customers could receive up to 8 Mbit/s downstream and 400 kbit/s upstream, with usage-allowances depending on which package the user takes. Virgin.net also offered bundled phone-services via Carrier Preselect (CPS) to broadband subscribers. Subscription-based and subscription-free dial-up Internet access was also available.
Like most ISPs Virgin.net had a Web portal covering topics such as music, movies, travel, technology and motoring.
On 8 February 2007, the company was incorporated into the newly established Virgin Media.
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- ^ "NTL takes control of Virgin Net". BBC News. 28 September 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3698894.stm. Retrieved 7 July 2006.
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