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Not that it really matters but GiffGaff is owned by the newly combined Virgin Media O2.

Yes, IIRC Giffgaff was originally owned by Telefonica, O2’s parent. Never by BT.

Ok right you are. What's weird though is that O2 were once BT's mobile arm (BT Cellnet) so it's all still a bit incestuous.