my old trojan is just about dead and i was looking at virgin mobile for an LG cookie or ks 360,anyone care to tell me they/virgin are pants?

I've been with 'em for a couple of years now [1], no problems at all, in fact I can't remember the last time I had a dodgy signal/connection.

Fine for me

[1] I have broadband with Virgin, so I got a SIM from them, 300 mins and 300 texts per month, cross network, for a tenner a month.
They have a similar deal now if you're a broadband customer, same price but 200/200.

I'll tell you about VM tomorrow

Forgot to talk about this today. VM are basically resellers of airtime on the t-mobile network, so the coverage is good. I'm on PAYG with them, but I pay in arrears by DD so no faffing around with topups. As I only make a handful of calls a day my bill is normally very small, £7 rings a bell, but to be honest I don't notice it. Buying phones is very painless, and they normally get delivered in less than 24 hours.