Bloody Broadband.

I pay for a 20mb connection with Virgin Media. So I would imagine that I would get between 15mb - 20 mb. 15 mb when there is a lot of traffic. Would you say that was reasonable? Well I phone Virgin Media and they warned me that I could experience lows of 6mb which is more or less a quarter of the speed they told me I would get. Do you smell something a little fishy here? It's 11 o'clock on a Friday night and I am getting 11.6mb download and 0.7 upload. I get the feeling I am being conned. What a fucking liberty. What the hell am I paying for. If I buy a car I don't expect just the front half I expect the whole fucking thing. How the hell can these bastard companies get away with this? It's fraud plain and simple and this is not just Virgin Media, this is all broadband providers. What is Ofcom doing about this? Fuck all that's what. I just checked it again, 12mb download and 0.7mb upload.

This is the shit they sell you on there website. "It's here! 20Mb broadband for XL customers. That's right from May 1st our flagship XL broadband service is rolling out to a supersonic 20Mb. Although the existing 10Mb service is already four times faster than other industry players, we've decided to step on the gas and double the speed.
Download an MP3 track in 2 seconds or an episode of your favourite TV show in just two and a half minutes".

Is it bollocks, It looks like the public is being ripped off yet again.

To quote Which? Online Editor Malcolm Coles:

"It’s shocking that Internet service providers can advertise ever-increasing speeds that seem to bear little resemblance to what most people can achieve in reality. If it’s unlikely you’ll reach the advertised speed it should be made clear up front, so that you know with some certainty what you’re buying. Do your research to check what speed you’re likely to get before upgrading, and if you think what you’re getting differs vastly from what you’ve paid for, speak to your provider – or if they won’t help, report them to Ofcom."

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Phone-ins Again...

So these TV phone in quizes are a fix, suprise, suprise these include Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Richard and Judy, Mint Mansion, Big Brother, Stars on Ice, GMTV, X Factor, This Morning, Saturday Kitchen and many more. In fact all of them are ripping us off. It's fraud plain and simple. People need to be prosecuted for this and those people who rang in should have there money back. We need to make an example of these conning bastards.Im absolutely disgusted they have got away with it for so long. They should all be stopped until we are satisfied that they are run in a legal and fair way.

Rip Off Britain

I have just been watching Newsnight, and Jan Raven (dead ringers) said that Gordon Brown is a nice guy and we should all get off his back and judge him on what he has done as a chancellor. Am I missing something? House prices climbing, inflation's rising, wages aren't rising in line with inflation, the average young couple can't afford a mortgage, a lack of investment in schools and colleges, the NHS on its arse, record personal lending, pension shortfall, young cunts on the street causing mayhem and then hiding behind the law when they get reprimanded, extortionate road tax, extortionate tax on your hard earned money. Well done Gordon you have done a great job!

Come election time if you are as pissed of as I am with this government and all the other parties then make a protest vote by not voting. I don't want Gordon as PM and I can't remember the government asking us who we want as our prime minister. some times these arseholes lose sight of the fact they are here to serve us and not help themselves.

Series: Rip-Off Britain (House Prices)

Oh, How I can't wait for the prices of 'penthouse' flats to crash!

The labour government states that Britain is enjoying unprecedented economic growth and prosperity. Interest rates have never been so low! (Woo Hoo!!)

The rates maybe low, but this is compensated by first time buyers having to shell out £150K for a used ex-council house on some shitty estate. Whatever way they spin it, property in the UK is a complete fucking rip-off.

Don't bother moving here unless you are some sort of political refugee or intend to house share with 50 other people who should not really be here.

Sure the late eighties saw horrendous double digit interest rates, but at least the sale price for the property was not a rip-off value equivalent to 10 times the average UK salary.

Thanks Gordon...

Britain Is Fucked
Abracadabra