It's called a leased line
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It's called a leased line
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/aa509fb59f08398d7a1979f0c94b6b93-22-05-2016.html
tell them where you want the cable laid, when i told them how i wanted the cable the guy moaned that it would be extra work for them, i explained it was me paying virgin and not the other way round and if they could not do it then take the lot away and cancel my order, funny enough they came around to my way if thinking
Soldato
Usually they run the cable in some green tubing and run it along the edge of a concrete front.
It is maintenance that you were notified of by letter?
Last time I had this a few months back I needed to manually power off/on my Virgin router to get the internet working again, it didn't come back automatically.
Yeah we had a letter 2 weeks ago about work being done in the area today, I can see them still working so will give it some time before i reset it.
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/f81fe68b2ca8fe370991a50ab366ba84.html
Im not sure if this is average or not
Pretty standard for VM, though looks better than most. My Zen connection, you can tell when I'm downloading/streaming.
Not heard anything yet myself, though I will call Virgin and speak to someone in the know as to when/if this is scheduled.
Virgin currently digging my street up to lay the cables for the local area. Wonder what options we will have when they are finished.
Very pleased with sky fibre(apart from the cost) - out of contract, so will see what offers come my way when they are done.
Very pleased with sky fibre(apart from the cost) - out of contract, so will see what offers come my way when they are done.
Commissario
If they're going to provide services to your area it'll be the full range, none of this "you can get ADSL2 at up to 40mb, but because of your location it'll be 8mb" nonsense
So at the very least you'll be able to get 150mb with the only drop in speed being if your area is over subscribed.
I bought Warhammer Total War yesterday, started the download and about 15-20 minutes later when I came back from a cuppa it was done
So at the very least you'll be able to get 150mb with the only drop in speed being if your area is over subscribed.
I bought Warhammer Total War yesterday, started the download and about 15-20 minutes later when I came back from a cuppa it was done
I have an engineer coming to install VM tomorrow, any top tips? I had Plusnet fibre in the flat previously (we're on the first floor), but the flat has now been refurbished. The landlords have put in the "fibre points"* in the wall next to the phone socket and say it's all ready to go. I would have done a self-install but Virgin said they would have to do an engineer install seen as nobody had used VM in the property since 2004 (That was our previous downstairs neighbour). I wonder if this is going to get complicated... 
*Sorry I don't know the correct term
*Sorry I don't know the correct term
If they're going to provide services to your area it'll be the full range, none of this "you can get ADSL2 at up to 40mb, but because of your location it'll be 8mb" nonsense
So at the very least you'll be able to get 150mb with the only drop in speed being if your area is over subscribed.
I bought Warhammer Total War yesterday, started the download and about 15-20 minutes later when I came back from a cuppa it was done
cool thanks - will wait and see what pops up when they're done cabling.
I really want to ditch the house phone line as it's bearly used and with monthly line rental heading towards £20 a month generally it's frustrating that you still need it for Bt/Sky fibre etc.
Why is it frustrating? Your broadband service comes over the same line.
Good luck with VM if you are in a congested area, you'll be wishing you hadn't have moved. Do your research.
After my fire I have been moved to temporary accommodation (The insurance are renting me a house). So I called Virgin to move the services over and was told towards the end 'this will start you in a new contract' I wasn't happy about that, but it turned out mine had just ended. So I asked what deal I could get.. Long story short I got:
New customer deal for Big Kahuna with 1 extra Tivo (Currently I had Kahuna with extra VHD), topcashback had £231 cashback for this at the time and he could only match £9 loyalty off per month, but then said he could remove the fee for the extra VHD box (£6.50) which then actually saved me £279 over the 18 month... Then I wanted Tivo in the second room and as it was going as a new customer deal I get a new Tivo free anyway so for £5 extra to make up the amount between VHD and Tivo he added that on so I now get:
Big Kahuna + 1 extra Tivo for:
£55.99 for first 12 month then 68.99 for the next 6 month.
All in all, I can't complain!
New customer deal for Big Kahuna with 1 extra Tivo (Currently I had Kahuna with extra VHD), topcashback had £231 cashback for this at the time and he could only match £9 loyalty off per month, but then said he could remove the fee for the extra VHD box (£6.50) which then actually saved me £279 over the 18 month... Then I wanted Tivo in the second room and as it was going as a new customer deal I get a new Tivo free anyway so for £5 extra to make up the amount between VHD and Tivo he added that on so I now get:
Big Kahuna + 1 extra Tivo for:
£55.99 for first 12 month then 68.99 for the next 6 month.
All in all, I can't complain!
Inception-quote: VM suggest June will be the month for 200Mbit upgrades in my area.
I know I probably could've got it earlier by complaining but I guess I'm hopefully avoiding capacity issues. My 152Mbit is still rocksolid
