Nthellworld
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Lobbying
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groups in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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, whose main focal point was British ISP
Internet service provider
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and Cable television
Cable television
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company ntl Group. nthellworld.com was created by Frank Whitestone, a university student, in November 2000 to create a community where people could discuss NTL issues, submit their own views of the company and publicise ntl's failings. Frank Whitestone later joined NTL and sold nthellworld.com to them in the process.
ntl:home, as the consumer division of the NTL was known (now Virgin Media
Virgin Media
Virgin Media Inc. is a company which provides fixed and mobile telephone, television and broadband internet services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom...
), closed nthellworld.com in November 2003. However, in June 2003 after foreseeing the closure of the original nthellworld site by NTL, Neil Crayne and Mick Ramsden, launched a new version of nthellworld using the domain nthellworld.co.uk, which was purchased from its original owner by Frank Whitestone as an insurance policy shortly after joining NTL. In February 2004, nthellworld was renamed Cable Forum in preparation for an NTL - Telewest
Telewest
Telewest, formerly Telewest Broadband and Telewest Communications was a cable Internet, broadband internet, telephone supplier and cable television provider in the United Kingdom...
merger and to shift the emphasis of nthellworld in a positive direction. In October 2005, merger plans were confirmed by ntl and Telewest boards. NTL (Now Virgin Media) provides an official community forum for its customers.
Dates
- Nov 2000 : nthellworld.com created
- Apr 2002 : Frank Whitestone takes job at NTL and sells nthellworld to company
- Feb 2003 : nthellworld leaks information regarding a controversial broadband bandwidth cap which provokes a consumer backlash
- Jun 2003 : nthellworld.co.uk launched by former administrators
- Oct 2003 : Frank Whitestone quits ntl, ntl pull nthellworld.com
- Nov 2003 : ntl confirm nthellworld.com closure
- Feb 2004 : nthellworld.co.uk renamed Cable Forum
- April 2005 : Simon Duffy, ntl Chief Executive Officer, invites Cable Forum to meeting to discuss overall customer service issues.
- 16 July 2007 (23:55): Cable Forum passes 1 million posts.
- 23 Feb 2010 : The former CableHellCableHellCableHell was an independent consumer lobby group designed by customers of Virgin Media to discuss issues and create a community where people could submit their own views of the company, and opinions on how to improve products or services...
domain and database were acquired by Cable Forum.