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Preeti_20 · 06-24-09, 02:41 PM

There was a time when I used to see lots of ads about Virgin mobile and they showed many of their offers, but these days neither have I seen anything on tv or heard about their offers. Were there a lot of people who took their services out in the beginning and don't anymore, well I don't know this!!! I don't know anyone who have Virgin as their mobile service provider either, so its difficult for me to tell.

I actually dont know what their service is like, anyone using Virgin mobile?

Whats it like, whats their reception and over all performance like?

just4kix · 06-24-09, 03:14 PM

Virgin Mobile did not become very popular, I guess. I do not know anyone using VM.

Part of the reason may be because they offered CDMA based service and CDMA is not very popular with the masses - main reason being absence of good handsets for CDMA.

panchabhut · 06-25-09, 03:10 AM

Virgin Mobile does not have any nerwork of their own. For all practical purposes it is a MVNO riding on the TATA teleservices network. So its service is just as good or as bad as the Service of TATA.

All Numbers of Virgin start with 92 (the same as that of TATA). So even if you have someone using Virgin services you can not guess by looking at the number. The only way to know is if the person tells you.

Further, as J4K already stated, its a CDMA service and generally comes with handsets locked to the service provider. So not many are interested for them.

At the same time, Virgin was the first to offer quality Samsung Explore set at just Rs. 3000. They were also the first to promote the idea of 50p calls after the first minute or first few minutes.Presently, the offer 150 min Virgin to Virgin local calls free daily without any special recharge. I personally know many young couples who maintain an alternate connection of Virgin for calls between themselves.

just4kix · 06-25-09, 11:29 AM

However, Virgin Mobile rocks in UK. It is the cheapest service out there (as in 2004). In UK also, VM did not own their own network - they leased the circuits.

This begs an important question:

VM leases bandwidth from others. Which means that the bandwidth costs more to VM than the owners. Yet VM provides cheaper service and manages to return profits as well. So are not the others overcharging?

06-24-09, 02:41 PM	#1
Preeti_20 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: In my Castle Posts: 3,280 Rep Power: 7	Virgin Mobile Performance There was a time when I used to see lots of ads about Virgin mobile and they showed many of their offers, but these days neither have I seen anything on tv or heard about their offers. Were there a lot of people who took their services out in the beginning and don't anymore, well I don't know this!!! I don't know anyone who have Virgin as their mobile service provider either, so its difficult for me to tell. I actually dont know what their service is like, anyone using Virgin mobile? Whats it like, whats their reception and over all performance like?

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06-24-09, 03:14 PM	#2
just4kix Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pune Posts: 8,899 Blog Entries: 6 Rep Power: 19	Virgin Mobile did not become very popular, I guess. I do not know anyone using VM. Part of the reason may be because they offered CDMA based service and CDMA is not very popular with the masses - main reason being absence of good handsets for CDMA.

06-25-09, 03:10 AM	#3
panchabhut Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New Delhi Posts: 2,215 Rep Power: 9	Virgin Mobile does not have any nerwork of their own. For all practical purposes it is a MVNO riding on the TATA teleservices network. So its service is just as good or as bad as the Service of TATA. All Numbers of Virgin start with 92 (the same as that of TATA). So even if you have someone using Virgin services you can not guess by looking at the number. The only way to know is if the person tells you. Further, as J4K already stated, its a CDMA service and generally comes with handsets locked to the service provider. So not many are interested for them. At the same time, Virgin was the first to offer quality Samsung Explore set at just Rs. 3000. They were also the first to promote the idea of 50p calls after the first minute or first few minutes.Presently, the offer 150 min Virgin to Virgin local calls free daily without any special recharge. I personally know many young couples who maintain an alternate connection of Virgin for calls between themselves.

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