I have internet service provided by Virgin Media which took over NTL, my previous provider. It provides the internet by way of a cable modem. My cable modem failed last week so I tried to buy another one from Maplins and PC World but they didn't sell them. I was stuck without internet while Virgin Media sent me one out in the post after several days.
Can someone tell me why it isn't possible to buy these modems since, if I had ordinary ADSL service provided over my phone line, I could buy a big selection of modems.
It seems most odd to me in the age of the free market that Virgin has a monopoly of supply of the modems.